Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch challenge #238. Click on the image below to see the cards made by their design team and other crafters, you may just want to play along yourself. For my card I am featuring the Happy Celebrations stamp set and Cupcakes & Carousels… Read More: PCC238 Sketch Challenge »
Happy Friday, today I thought I would share with you a card with a really cool watercolor background using watercolor paper, aqua painters and re-inkers. To create the background I put a few drops ink on a disposable plate and added a few drops of water. Next, I spritzed water over the watercolor paper and using my aqua… Read More: Cool Watercolor Background »
Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. Saturday it was cold and rainy then Sunday was sunny and much warmer. We spent sometime Sunday working on the “mud bowl”, better known as the back yard. With all the rain we’ve had the last couple months and the dogs running around we needed to put down some grass… Read More: PCC237 Sketch Challenge »
Happy Saturday, today we are celebrating my 600th blog post, woo hoo ! ! ! I want to take time to thank everyone who stops by to visit my blog, I really appreciate the time you take from your Thank you for stopping by, have a great day – Craft On! Click on any of the images… Read More: 600 Blog Posts! »
Happy Friday, today March 31st is the last day of Sale-a-bration 2017. Today I am featuring cards I’ve made with the Sale-a-bration stamp sets. Click on any of the images to see the original post with all supplies used listed. First up: Avant Garden, a photopolymer stamp set. Next is Tasty Trucks, a photopolymer stamp set. Dog is… Read More: Last day of Sale-a-bration 2017! »
Just 3 days left ofSale-a-Bration, were you earn free Stampin’ Up! product for every $50 (before shipping & tax) of merchandise. Below are some new items that have been added. Nice time to stock up on some of the new designer series papers from the 2017 Occasions catalog. Make sure to use the catalog numbers below for Sale-a-bration merchandise.… Read More: 3 days remain to Sale-A-Bration »
Hope you are having a good weekend, the weather was beautiful here on Saturday, high of 73 and mostly sunny. I decided it wa a good day to get the car washed and boy does it look nice, unfortunately with thunderstorms expected today I’m sure it will get dirty quickly. Now you would think with the weather this… Read More: PCC236 Square Sketch with Confetti Celebrations »
Happy Saturday, it’s a beautiful morning here in Cranberry Township, the sun is currently shining and I’m sitting out on the sun porch enjoying my morning coffee. Yesterday we had a high temperature of 72 degrees, sure hope the weekend is similar. Today I thought I would share a quick easy card with matching envelope, something I like… Read More: Need a quick card? Have some designer paper ? »
Happy Thursday, one more day until the weekend! Any special plans or just relaxing? I’m hoping to craft after a busy last weekend. Today’s card features the Balloon Adventures Bundle which includes the Balloon Adventures Photopolymer Stamp Set and matching Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits as well as the 2017 Sale-A-Bration Carried Away Designer Series Paper for a Shadow Box… Read More: Simple & Easy Shadow Box Card »
Last weekend my cousin Shari married Dave, her partner of over 20 years. Today I thought I would share with you the wedding card I made for them as well as my gift to them, thank you cards. Shari & Dave’s daughter Kenzi, along with sisters Erika and Jessie were in the wedding along with their brother Josh and Shari’s brother… Read More: Shari & Dave’s Wedding »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a great weekend. The card and St. Patrick’s Day treat bags were really enjoyed by the kids at the party, I’m already thinking about next year! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #235. Click on the image for a link to their blog to check out their design… Read More: PCC235 Card sketch with Sale-A-Bration items »
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, perfect way to start an early weekend (I’m on vacation today). I’ll be making my famous Pistachio Bundt cake (which is green inside thanks to the pudding and green food coloring) to take to the party we are going to this evening. The party has become a tradition since we meet the Gilliland’s. Each… Read More: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! »
Hope you all had a great weekend. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead one hour? I’ve spent mine doing some chores around the house and attending my cousin Shari’s wedding. Later this week I will share her card and thank you cards I made as a gift to the happy couple. Today’s card is for the… Read More: PCC234 – Card Sketch with Fresh Fruit »
Lately I’ve seen a lot of buzz online about “masking” and thought I would share with you a couple cards I’ve made using this technique. It’s a rather simple technique, were you create a “mask” to hide a portion of the paper or image and stamp on the open area. For my cards, I die cut a circle… Read More: Have you tried the masking technique lately? »
Happy Thursday, one day closer to the weekend! I’m part of a group called Stampy Wackers and about every other month there is a swap. A swap is where you make cards and share one with each person the group. This is a pretty cool swap in that you make your cards and mail them to the others in… Read More: Stampy Wackers Guy Swap »
I’m sure you have heard of Taco Tuesday or even Meatloaf Monday – were you have a specific food based on the day of the week, well I’ve switched it up to Sweet Tuesday – featuring the 2017 Sale-A-Bration stamp set Tasty Trucks and from the Annual Catalog the stamp set Bella & Friends. While I was working on… Read More: Sweet Tuesday »
Hope you are having a great weekend, it’s cold here but the sun is shing. Before I get started with today’s card, I want to take time to thank the design team over at the Paper Craft Crew Blog for picking my cards as Top Picks for challenge 229 and 231, click on the numbers to see those… Read More: Tic-Tac-Toe with PCC233 »
Happy Friday, any special plans this weekend? Around the holidays I purchased an extra turkey and this weekend we will be having our Spring version of Thanksgiving dinner – sure looking forward to roasted turkey, homemade stuffing and buttered carrots. Today’s card features the 2017 Sale-a-Bration stamp set, Hey Chick!, one of the most popular of the Sale-a-Bration… Read More: Hey Chick, have a nice day! »
Welcome to March – National Craft Month, perfect month for all us stamper/crafters out there! Last week Stampin’ Up! introduced three new products to the free Sale-A-Bration item choices Reverse Words Stamp Set – #144316 (W) or #143319 (C) Make a Medallion Stamp Set – #143274 (photopolymer) 6″x6″ Glimmer Paper Assortment Pack (Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum & Bermuda Bay)… Read More: New Sale-a-bration items »
When I first saw the 2017 Sale-a-Bration catalog the Avant Garden Photopolymer Stamp set did not stand out to me, and was not part of my wish list. After weeks of seeing all the card ideas out there I knew on the next order I placed I needed to have that set. Todays card features an image from the… Read More: Late to the party . . . »
While I’m out of town on business for my day job, I thought I would share with you a card made with the Jar of Love Bundle. This card uses Mint Macaron for the card base and a mat made from matching 2015-2017 In-Color Designer Series Paper. The flowers where stamped in Crushed Curry, Mint Macaron, Sweet Sugarplum… Read More: Just saying Hello ! »
Do you like the “Big on Birthdays” Photopolymer stamp set, just not sure what to do with the image below? Well I have the solution for you! If you are not sure how someone will take that sentiment I have a solution – cover it ! (thanks to some idea’s I saw on Pinterest mashed together) You can… Read More: That strange stamp . . . »
Today I’ll be meeting with my Sunday Stampers for our monthly stamping and thought I would share with you the cards we will be making. For two of the cards – Beautiful You & Hey Chick, we are coloring with Watercolor Pencils and using either Blender Pens or Aqua painter’s to move the color around. Both the Hey… Read More: February Sunday Stamper Cards »
Happy Saturday, hope the weather is nice were you are – it’s going to be in the upper 50/low 60’s this weekend, really looking forward to that! Today I thought I would post a card I completed for the Paper Craft Crew weekly challenge. Below is the banner for this sketch challenge, after some thought the past couple… Read More: Paper Craft Crew 231 »
Happy Friday, hope you have some exciting weekend plans. I’ll be having by Sunday Stampers class this weekend, working on thank you cards as a wedding gift and getting ready to go out of town on Monday for my day job. Speaking of weddings, today’s card is perfect for either a wedding or anniversary. This card features the Falling… Read More: Need a wedding or anniversary card? »
Happy Valentine’s Day Eve, are you prepared with something sweet for your sweetie? What do you prefer? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Theme Challenge . . . LOVE . . . Love is so much more than Valentines Day… It is a reflection of individuals we love or events that represent LOVE in out lives! There are many… Read More: Share Love with PCC230 »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. Hopefully the weather is fine where you are, we had about 3″ of snow earlier this week and now it may rain today and be around 50 degrees, sure is a weird weather winter. Today I thought I would share with you a card I made using the new Falling in… Read More: Make your own embellishment today »
Don’t know about you, but I just love me an embossing folder, especially the new Dynamic Textured Impression Embossing Folders. These folders make extra deep, super crisp impressions—great for card fronts and accents. In the 2017 Occasions catalog on page 47 is a new one, the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Size: 4-1/2″ x 6-3/16″ (11.4 x… Read More: Have you seen the new Dynamic embossing folder? »
While doing a little internet surfing I came across the SUO Challenges blog (SUO = Stampin’ Up! Only) and thought I would join the fun. It’s February, which means it’s time for Valentines! Cards, gifts or treats and treats helped me come up with the idea for my card. How many of you like the little candy hearts with… Read More: Card inspired by candy hearts . . . »
