The Butterflies have landed !!!

Butterflies Thinlits are Here and a Special Offer! Stampin Up realized you may have be disappointed that you were not able to purchase the  Butterfly Thinlits in time to receive Sale-A-Bration rewards–especially in the discounted bundles. Therefore, from the day Butterflies Thinlits are again available (today) through April 30, we are bringing you two special offers Get the Butterflies Thinlits at a 15 percent discount–just $21.20! OR Buy any of the Butterflies Thinlits… Read More »

FMS182

Each morning when I wake up I like to have a cup of coffee and check out some blogs before I start my day, it’s nice to see what some other demo’s are doing.  This morning I came across the sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and just knew I needed to participate. My card is one of those that just “popped” into my head the minute I saw the sketch. I… Read More »

Black & Gold Birthday

Living just north of Pittsburgh, I am a born Pirate-Penguin-Steeler fan and all teams have the colors black & gold. For family or friends who are big sports fans I really enjoy making black & gold cards. Today thought I would share a birthday card made with the Striped Scallop Thinlit – one of the new weekly deals from April 14-20th. Here are the current weekly deals, including the Striped… Read More »

It’s Your Day

Happy Monday, hope you all had a nice weekend. The weather here was beautiful, instead of crafting I spent some time out in the yard, it’s not that I like yard work, but it was just too nice of weekend to be inside. Not to worry, I’ll be back crafting this week in preparation of the Sunday Stampers class coming up and for project to share with all of you!… Read More »

PCCCS #139

Happy Friday night, Welcome to the weekend. Have anything special planned? Nothing special for me, just your normal weekend chores, hopefully some crafting time as well. My husbands softball team starts Sunday which means a few hours of alone time for me at home, love the man but also love some alone time!♥ Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew challenge, you can see the sketch below. For this… Read More »

CYCI#64

Happy Thursday, hope your week is moving along nicely. We just finished a few hours of some nasty storms. The creek behind our house is much higher and moving rather fast, I’m sure in a few hours all will be back to normal. There was a lot of rain in a short time. I even was three deer in the woods, haven’t seen any for quite some time. Today’s card… Read More »

Weekly Deals – Apr 7-13th

Here are the new weekly deals released yesterday, there is Burlap Ribbon, Seam binding, buttons, Fun Flower Punch, Star & Heart Framelits, just to name a few items. Click on any of the images below for more product information. Remember this is FREE shipping through Friday, April 11th, the perfect time to stock up on the basics and a few wish list items! This holiday card from 2014 featuring the… Read More »

Free Shipping – April 6-10th !

Get out your wish list! I’m excited to share with you that Stampin’ Up! is offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders placed between April 6 and April 10 (Monday through Friday this week, excluding expedited orders).  No minimum purchase required.   It’s the time to Stock up.  Of course you’ll pick up a couple of stamp sets or Framelits, but there’s more.  While shipping is FREE , here are some… Read More »

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! One of my favorite items from the Occasions catalog is the Berry Basket Bigz L Die, makes the perfect Easter Basket! Enjoy your day with family & friends.   Thank you for stopping by, hope you have a great day, Craft On! Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

PCCCS138

It’s been a busy week at work and now its a busy Saturday. I’ve been making desserts for Easter Sunday dinner at my Aunt Helen’s and doing some last minute shopping. For the desserts I decided on Shot Glass Cheesecakes, Pistachio Bundt Cake & Congo Bars (chocolate chip cookies made in a sheet pan). Everyone brings something and we have a great time together. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »

Weekly Deals through April 6th

If the Big Shot is one of your crafting staples, then have I got a deal for you. Through Monday, April 6th the Magnetic Platform that makes using framelits, thinlits  and edgelits a breeze is one of the item on special this week. The price of the magnetic platform is $29.96, 25% savings from the regular price of $39.95. To go along with the magnetic platform are: Chalk Talk Framelits Hearts… Read More »

MOJO391

Today is March 31st, the last day of Sale-A-Bration 2015. It’s not to late to place an order to receive one of numerous Sale-A-Bration items. So I thought for the last day I would make a card for the Mojo Monday Challenge using Sale-A-Bration items. The card is a Tall & Skinny – mine measures 3½” x 5½” and is filled with layers.  To go along with the card, I used the… Read More »

CYCI #63

Happy Monday, I wanted to get in a couple more cards before Sale-A-Bration ends tomorrow and thought the Can You Case it weekly challenge had the perfect sketch to use. Butter was this weeks special guest designer. You can see the sketch below. For this card I used one of my favorite newer Sale-A-Bration items, Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Paper, which comes in a 6″x6″ paper stack. I used the… Read More »

PCCCS#137 – Chalk Ink

Happy Saturday! There was snow on the grass when I woke up this morning, not sure about you but I’m ready for spring and warmer temperatures. Today I will planning my Easter desserts for next weekend, making sure I purchase what I can in advance. Made some macaroni salad last night and plan on making ham today and wings tomorrow for dinner to go with it, yummy! Hopefully will have… Read More »

CYCI #62 – Purple Day!

Today is Purple Day – an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide!  Did you know that when a dog is diagnosed with epilepsy they are treated with the same drugs as humans. Our first husky, Snowman, had epilepsy and I would go to the local drugstore to have his prescription filled.  Here is a picture of him, he lived until he was 15 years old. The little guy with him is… Read More »

Cake & Ice Cream

Just kicking back relaxing watching television this evening – switching between The Voice and Penguin hockey game. Today’s post is one of the cards I made over the weekend and it features two Sale-A-Bration items – the stamp set Big Day and  Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper. One of the nice features about this designer paper is the fact that you can color the paper to match for product since it has a clear white… Read More »

Birthday Vellum

Happy Monday, the beginning of another week of work. I really enjoyed my four days off, purchased new furniture, had a great steak dinner out, cleaned the sun porch in preparation for spring and did some crafting, all in all a very productive time. Hope you did something just as rewarding the last few days. Sunday was beautiful, a little cool but sunny – I enjoyed some down time on the sun… Read More »

PCCCS #136

Happy Saturday! Today was a nice weather day here, temps actually hit the mid 50’s, the sun was in an out, but still an overall nice day. I did some crafting, making a few requested cards, I will share at a later day and some for posting now. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge #136, the sketch is below. For this card, I decided to… Read More »

Just Sayin’ Hello

Happy Friday, don’t know about you but its been a busy few days for me, nice to sit back, make a card and write a post. On Thursday my husband and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary and I decided to take Thurday & Friday as vacation days so we could do some things together around the house. Thursday we went out looking for a new chair for the living… Read More »

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Each year we are invited to the Gilliand’s for a party on the exact day and each year to show my appreciation for their friendship I take a homemade card  and Pistachio Bundt Cake (it’s green inside).   Today’s card is the one I’m taking this year. Using the same template I did for a baby shower invitation, I made a few modification to the legs and arms… Read More »

Happy “Berry Basket” Easter

Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stampers, we made two cards and an Easter Basket using the Berry Basket Bigz L Die – complete with plastic Easter Eggs and Candy.  Below are two samples the group used to create their Pistachio Pudding Baskets. The one on the left uses the Hardwood Background stamp to add texture to the basket, where the one on the right has a handle.… Read More »

PCCCS #135

Happy Friday,  one more day, not sure about you but I’m ready to start the weekend! The weather has been really nice – in the 50’s the last few days. I even when to the store in my flip flops.  I’ll be getting ready for my Sunday Stampers group Saturday – – – cutting paper, checking supplies and making a few more samples to share. We will be making a Berry Basket and doing… Read More »

Wish Big Feathers!

It’s Thursday, one day closer to the weekend! Weather has been nice this week, some rain but temperature around 50, much better than the cold & snow! Today at lunch I want to make a run to the party store, I’m in charge of Easter desserts and thinking about ‘shot glass’ desserts and want to see what my choices are. While cleaning up after some crafting I came upon a… Read More »

CYCI #60

Well it’s Tuesday and I’m watching a rerun of the The Big Bang Theory, for some reason I can watch these episodes over and over and enjoy them each time. I just love episode #100 when Penny gives Shelton the napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy and all the gift baskets he has ready to give her, even the hug at the end. Todays card is a Color Challenge for “Can You… Read More »

Happy Birthday Connor!

Today my cousin Lisa is having a birthday party for her son Connor, he’s 4 =- – –  were does the time go.  I thought I would share with you the card and matching envelope I made for him.  The envelope is made using the Envelope Punch Board and a piece of the wrapping paper. I used the gift wrapping paper as the color combination for my card – Night of Navy,… Read More »

PCCCS134

It’s Saturday and the sun is out!  It’s amazing how seeing the sun can make you feel just that much better!  I received my Costco rebate check this week so I’ll be off to Costco soon for some shopping, mostly stocking up on items we need –  TP, paper towels and ketchup – three important items in this house! What are some of the must haves in your home? Todays… Read More »

FMS176

One day until the weekend, yeah!!!  I’m looking forward to the warmer weather expected this weekend, temperatures in the 40’s, it’ll be a heat wave. When I saw the sketch for this weeks “Freshly Made Sketches” hosted by Cindy Hall, I knew I needed to participate. The card is an elongated shape, 4″ x 9 1/4″ size. Don’t be concerned about an envelope, you can use a #10 regular business… Read More »

CYCI #59

Happy Wednesday, hope you are having a good week. Weather here is cold & snowy again today, but they say its gonna be in the 40’s this weekend, kinda like a heat wave. Stampin Up released new weekly deals yesterday. At the bottom of the post after the products used on todays card is the list of new deals – – – gift boxes and bags are some of the cool… Read More »

PCCCS133

Happy Monday, welcome to the work week. How was your weekend? Do anything exciting? I spent time crafting a bit then cleaning up the mess I made doing it. On Sunday I made some really good Beef Stew for dinner. After a snowy Sunday, we may actually have temperatures in the 40’s mid week, but I’ll believe it when it happens. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch weekly challenge #133.  Stop… Read More »

Bonus Sale-A-Bration items

Wanted to let you know about 4Bonus Sale-A-Bration items added to the list March 1st. You can earn Sale-A-Bration items (which are f)ree with every $50 purchase before tax/shipping.  If your order is $100 – that means you get to pick 2 items. Pretty cool if you ask me. New items: In Color Accessory Pack (2014-2016 colors) For Being You Stamp Set Nature’s Perfection Stamp Set Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack Brochure… Read More »

Amazing You!

Welcome to March! It’s another snowy Sunday morning here, you can’t even see where the street is, its been snowing since after midnight and the snow is still falling. They say we should see snow until Monday morning, hopefully we will not get the icy mix they are talking about.  A sunny warm beach sure seems good right now! Todays card features two of my favorite new thinlits – Butterflies &… Read More »

Weekly Deals – February 24 thru March 2nd

Ribbon and Bows  – This week the specials include – two colors of regular Baker’s Twine, a thick Baker’s Twine, Whisper White Satin Ribbon & Seam Binding.  Tip – Don’t have the right color ribbon on hand, use a Aqua Painter and a few drops of ink refill mixed in water to turn Whisper White Ribbon into a color to match your card. For those with parties in the future, the Simply Created Banner… Read More »

Butterfly Card

Happy Monday, hope you had a nice weekend. We sure needs some signs of spring, I’m over the bitter cold and snow. Keeping that theme in mind, I decided on a cheerful card with Butterflies. These dies are one of my favorite new products in the Occasions catalog. Today’s card features the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper, one of the Sale-A-Bration items which is free with a $50 purchase (before… Read More »

PCCCS132

Happy Saturday, just getting ready to settle down and watch some television this evening. There is always a movie to watch on the Hallmark channel! In our neck of the woods it’s been snowing since about 6am and we have about 6″ of snow. It was a great day to make some vegetable soup, turn on the fireplace and do some stamping. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »

FMS174

So how is the weather were you are? We are in a deep freeze, Friday morning with the wind chill we will be around -25°, now that is cold! About the only one who likes the weather tight now is our husky, Bandit.  To me its the perfect weather to work on some crafts indoors. My card today is for the Freshly Made Sketches 174 challenge, brought to us by… Read More »

CYCI #57 – Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday! Today I thought I would create a card for Can You Case It blog – its  a Clean & Quick design.  Stop by there blog to see other cool design. Who doesn’t like clean & quick when time is tight! For my clean & quick card I decided to highlight the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper, a favorite at my Sunday Stamping group this week.  The card base in… Read More »

New Weekly Deals – Feb 17th

Weekly deals for February 17 – 23, 2015.  Some of the items this week include the Mosaic, Pansy & What’s Up punches – Cotton ribbon in two colors, and 2014-2016 In Color Background Designer Series Paper Stack. For more product information click on an image below for a direct link to my on-line store. Thank you for stopping by, Craft On!   Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Sunday Stamper Cards

Happy Sunday, today my group of Sunday Stampers meet and I’m sharing with you the projects we will be making. Each month we meet and make three projects.  We will be using a variety of items from the 2015 Occasions catalog as well as the Irresstibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. The first card uses Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set, Whisper White & Early Espresso card stock, Soft Sky,… Read More »

Happy Valentine’s Day! – PCCCS131

Happy Valentine’s Day, any special plans today with your someone special?   Today is one of the three days I do not cook  (my birthday & anniversary are the other two), we will be having Chinese food from my favorite restaurant tonight for dinner and few Hallmark channel movies to watch – perfect Valentines Day for me with my husband! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Thought… Read More »

Clean & Simple Man Card

Welcome to half way through the work week, we’re on the downward slope to the weekend. Weather has been ok the last few days but we’ve seen our highest temps for awhile today – weekend temperatures are expected to be in single digits, hopefully my Sunday Stampers will brave the cold to come stamping – I have some ” cool” projects planned. Stop back Sunday to see those! Today’s post features… Read More »

Weekly Deals

Tuesday started the new weekly deals from February 10th – 16th. This week for the Big Shot Lovers there is the Floral Frames Framelits, Flower Frenzy Bigz L Die and Darling Doily Thinlits are weekly deals. For all the gardeners out there, if you’ve been eyeing the From the Garden Photopolymer Bundle from the 2015 Occasion catalog it’s part of the weekly deals. Click on any of the images below for more product… Read More »

PCCCS130 & Canyoucaseit

Well the weekend is almost over, it always seems to go to fast. Today was overcast outside but crafty inside.  I was able to create the card for today, a few future posts and two of the items I will be making with my Sunday Stampers this month. Today’s card actually works for two blogs, each week I like to participate in the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge and… Read More »

MOJO383

Saturday night and I’m relaxing watching the Valentine movies on the Hallmark channel. Great way to spend the evening with my husband, he enjoys watching the movies with me, we will most likely put the Penguin hockey game on a little later this evening.  It’s funny as you watch these movies how you see the same group of actors in a variety of movies from holiday to valentine to general subject, I just love them all. … Read More »

Balloon Celebration

Happy Friday and Welcome to the weekend! After work I did a little food shopping, looking forward to a nice homemade breakfast Saturday of hash browns, bacon and eggs, then on to making some meatballs for hoagies for dinner. This weekend my plan is to send some time crafting, I’ve had the flu the last few days and just wasn’t in the mood but I’m getting my mojo back. I really… Read More »

Tag made with Weekly Deals Feb 3-9

Happy Wednesday, half way through the week today. We are expecting a couple of inches of snow again today/tonight. Seems like a ground hog day around here the past week or so – snow – ice – rain – sun – melt – repeat, sure could do without the ice. ♥ Today I am featuring the new Weekly Deals and a tag made with a couple of the items. This week… Read More »

PCCCS129 – Friend is Family

Well it’s Super Bowl Sunday, what are your plans for the game?  making any good snacks? We’ll be having some wings and pretzel bites with cheese, yum.  It was nice to hear that former Pittsburgh Steeler Jerome Bettis was elected to the 2015 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an honor he truly deserves! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Here is this… Read More »

Happy Birthday Mikey !

Fifty one years ago today my baby brother was born – Happy Birthday Mikey.  This year I actually have a newer and improved baby brother, for Christmas he received a new hip, once he’s fully healed and rehabbed he’ll be a moving and a grooving just fine. Michael lives in New Jersey with my sister-in-law Diane, nephew Jake and crafty niece Maya. Below is picture from this past summer of Jake,… Read More »

Mini Treat Bag & Card

So how is your week so far, we had about 7″ of snow earlier in the week and expect a few more inches at the end of the week. Our husky is really enjoying the snow and being out in the cold. Today thought I would share with you a Mini treat bag with card that can be inserted into the bag which then acts like the envelope. The Mini treat bag… Read More »

Weekly Deals – January 27th thru February 2nd

The new weekly deals are perfect for the person who likes to add texture to their projects in an easy manner, the Texture Boutique Machine and a variety of embossing folders can be yours.  Here are a few of my past cards featuring some of the folders. If you click on the card the link will take you to the original post with supply list for each card.   Click… Read More »

One layer Painted Petals

So how was your weekend? I’m all set with my new drivers license. The snow has started to fall and we are expected to get between 3″- 5″  by Monday afternoon, much better than the [possible 12+ inches the people in the NJ-NYC-Boston area are expected to get. For today’s card I went with a simple one layer card. A one layer card is simply a card base with one layer of cardstock on the… Read More »

PCCCS128

Happy Saturday to all of you!  What are your plans for today? Shoveling snow, shopping or maybe some craft time? For me, its off to the drivers license office to get a new license. After that a little shopping at some of the shops around the office since in a different part of the county and I don’t get to them all that often. There is a scrapbook store near… Read More »

MOJO381 – Cookies & Washi tape

So who doesn’t want to be someone’s Valentine? Valentine’s Day is a day for not only sending a card to your sweetheart, but a great time to send a card to someone who is near and dear to you, say a friend, brother, sister-in-law, niece or nephew. Speaking of nephew’s, today I received a tin of homemade chocolate chip cookies for my birthday made for me by Jake. The cookies… Read More »

Weekly Deals January 20- 26, 2015

If you are a lover of Bakers Twine or Stampin Markers, this weeks deals are perfect for you.  Both the 2012-2014 and 2013-2015 Stampin Write Marker Sets as well as the Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Basic Gray Bakers Twine are on sale this week.  Remember bakers twine is not only good for cards, but can be wrapped around jars or wood cylinders for home décor items. Listing of all… Read More »

PCCCS127

So how was your weekend? Do anything special? I enjoyed a nice relaxing Saturday and my Sunday Stampers group yesterday.  Watched some football with my husband and some friends, wasn’t the end of the Seahawk’s game exciting, don’t see many pro game go to overtime for the winner. My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, don’t forget to check out their blog for other… Read More »

Sunday Stampers Cards

The cards featured today will be made during my January Sunday Stampers Gathering later today, thought I would share them with you now.  Each month we do three cards, I decided to use the card from my Demonstrators swap earlier this month that features the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set & Butterfly Thinlit Dies (which are sold separately or as a bundle in wood-clear-photopolymer), a Valentine Card and a Birthday Card. For… Read More »

MOJO380

Hello Sunshine, the perfect phrase for today!  It’s cold, but bright and sunny today, which goes along perfectly with my card.  The inspiration for todays card is a friend of my husband & I, Tom G. Every time he sees me, he always says “Hello Sunshine”, I thought that was a great phrase for a card.  The inside can then be stamped for a variety of occasions – get well, birthday… Read More »

Weekly Deals & Hearts

How’s your week going? Weather was a little better today, but its to get really cold again tonight – at least no snow! Just makes me wonder when will the snow come and how much, probably up to the eyeballs, LOL!  🙂   I’m enjoying my evening watching the Penguin game tonight on the tv in my jammies, right now we are winning 2-0! Today’s post talks about the weekly deals that… Read More »

PCCCS126

How’s your weekend been? Saturday was really cold with a high of about 15 degrees and the sun was out all day.  Today is rather  gloomy as we are expecting a possible ice storm depending on where the rain/snow line ends up. Even though my football team is out of the playoffs, I’ve been watching/listening to the games all weekend, most have been rather exciting. Last night we watched the Penguin vs.… Read More »

Butterfly Swap Card

HHappy Friday, sure has been a busy week at work, looking forward to a little down time this weekend. Still cold here, weathermen say its going down to zero tonight with wind chills will feel like -20, brrrrr 🙂  Only one around here that likes this weather is our husky Bandit.  He loves to curl into a little ball and lay on the couch on the covered and protected back porch.… Read More »

MOJO379

So how cold it is for you?  Currently we are at 10 degrees, brrrr. No snow today, but they say it will be back Friday. It’s the  perfect weather to sit in front of the fire, look at the new 2015 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs and make your wish list.  How many items on your list? Today’s card is for the Mojo Monday card sketch. My card highlights a few of the… Read More »

Weekly Specials thru January 12th

Here are this weeks specials including the Envelope Punch Board,  Chevron and Note Tag Punches and Moonlight Designer Series Paper Pack.  With the envelope punch board you can use almost any type of paper to create envelopes for your cards which gives you more choices of card size when creating. Who has enough punches? Silly question – this week both the Note Tag & Chevron punch are on sale.  Below… Read More »

2015 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration starts today!

What a wonderful day!  The new Stampin’ Up! 2015 Occasions Catalog goes live and Sale-a-Bration with it!  I am absolutely IN LOVE with these products, I’m super-excited about these books, and you can start ordering from them today. If I had to describe the Occasions Catalog with just two phrases, I’d choose BUNDLED FUN and SPRINGTIME LOVE.  This catalog is filled with amazing bundles of coordinated products at a discount –… Read More »

PCCCS125

So how is your weekend going? It was gloomy here on Saturday with a freezing rain warning until 2pm, good day to stay in and make a few cards for some upcoming blogs. Made some homemade spaghetti sauce for the freezer and snacks for watching the Steeler football game with friends in the evening.  Unfortunately the football was not the outcome we had hoped for, still a nice evening with friends.… Read More »

MOJO378

So what did you do January 1st, watch the Rose parade and football games or maybe start to take down Christmas decorations?  I used the day to make some cards I will be sharing over the next few days and cooking a pork roast with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and baked beans for our traditional New Years day dinner.  I enjoy looking at the decorations, they will stay up in the… Read More »

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year’s! Hope you have some exciting plans for this evening. My husband and I plan on a nice quite dinner at home after watching the Penquins play a NYE evening hockey game, hopefully a winner!  Weather here is cold, wind chills in the single digits expected for this evening, nice evening to spend by the fire! The other day while looking at some cards on Pinterest, I saw… Read More »

Weekly Deals 12/30/14 – 1/5/15

Here are the new weekly deals through Monday, January 5, 2015.  This weeks deals include the Fun Flower Punch and Amazing Birthday Wood Mount Stamp set.  With Valentines’s Day approaching the Hearts A Flutter Frameslits will come in handy. Cards below are a great example of the Amazing Birthday stamp set and Hearts A Flutter framelits used in a card.  You can click on the card for a link to the… Read More »

Mini Treat Bag & Year-End Closeouts

Hope you are having a good weekend, weather here is more like spring than end of December. A little snow for Christmas would have been nice. Today’s craft was created with the new ‘Mini Treat Bag Thinlits’ from the new 2015 Occasions catalog that starts January 6th, sentiment is part of the treat bag thinlits as well.  Butterfly die cut is also from another new thinlit collection in the catalog, . Paper… Read More »

PCCCS124

I hope you all had a nice Christmas, we have a few parties this weekend, including one at our house tomorrow to prepare for. I’ve been off work for the entire week – where did the time go, hard to believe back to work after this weekend. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, remember to visit their blog for other card idea’s. For my card,… Read More »

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas,  Hope you are enjoying the day with loved ones!  

PCCCS123

Happy Friday, today  after work starts my holiday  vacation until December 29th. Looking forward to doing some baking and working on swap cards using the new 2015 Occasions catalog items I preordered ( one of the perks of being a demonstrator).  Look for the swap card to premier on January 9th. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, you can see the sketch below. Don’t forget to stop… Read More »

Mikey – Thinking of You

Today my baby brother Michael is getting his new ‘bionic’ hip.  He has been having a lot of pain the last few months and decided he had enough, so today is first day to pain free walking, golfing, etc. I’ve been thinking about him a lot today so I thought I would use the new stamp set ‘Sheltering Tree’ from the new 2015 Occasions catalog to make a ‘thinking of you’… Read More »

Weekly Deals

Here are the new weekly deals through Monday, December 22nd,  included is a stamp set,  embossing folder, ribbon, punch and more. Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog  

Merry Christmas Debbie & Chuck!

Happy Monday, hope you all had a nice weekend. Weather here was cold and gloomy, perfect weekend for watching Hallmark channel Christmas movies and doing some crafting. Good to know all my Christmas cards are complete, with a few extra’s just in case. My pre-order from the new 2015 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs came today! Look for some sneak peaks between now and January 6, 2015 when the cataglogs start. Today I thought… Read More »

FMS166

Welcome to the weekend. Less than two weeks before Christmas, where has the time gone, seems like we just finished decorating. Not sure about you but I still need to finish some shopping this weekend. I did take time this week to do a little shopping. Since I started card making, I don’t remember the last time I visited a card store until this week. I am a big fan… Read More »

PCCCS122

Tomorrow is Friday, one day closer to the weekend. Hope you have been having a good week. I’ve been busy with work, getting ready for all the vacations in my department starting mid-month. Hard to believe Christmas is two weeks from today, where has the time gone! My card for today is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, I was lucky enough to be voted one of the… Read More »

MOJO375 – Happy Birthday

So how has your week started?  Weather has been cold, but they are saying we may see some snow over the next couple days, joy joy happy joy, only my husky Bandit is looking forward to that.  I’ve been busy with work and decided tonight was the perfect time for a little craft relaxation. Nothing is better after a stressful day than to spend some time crafting. Tonight’s card is for the MOJO Monday sketch  challenge.… Read More »

Weekly Deals Dec 9-16, 2014

Every week, Stampin’ Up! selects new items and offers them to you a great discount.  This week’s bundle of items is particularly great because the items are wonderful.  I use the Hexagon punch all the time – if you don’t have it,  you need it.  The Hexagon punch is PERFECT for creating a banner tip on the end of a strip of paper – and who doesn’t love a perfect banner tip?  How… Read More »

PCCCS121

Happy Sunday, it’s going to be cold and sunny day, better than yesterday which was cold and rainy.  Plan on doing a little more Christmas shopping today for before the birthday party for Jackson today (yesterday I posted his birthday card).  Saturday was pretty busy with cleaning, shopping and cooking. Made some homemade spaghetti sauce for the upcoming week and freezer – yummy for the tummy! The card for today… Read More »

Happy Birthday Jackson

Tomorrow the family will be celebrating my cousin Lisa’s son Jackson’s first birthday, today I thought I would share the card I will be taking to the party, it’s a shaker card!  Thought it would be entertaining for the little guy. 🙂  Before I share the card with you, thought I would fill you in on the Year-End Closeout sale that just started with Stampin Up. Click on the banner below… Read More »

PCCCS120

Hard to believe the four day weekend is almost over, where did the time go.  I am happy to report all presents are purchased, wrapped and packaged to send to my brother and his family in New Jersey, its always a good feeling to have this done, now I will concentrate on all the other gifts. Just plan on relaxing this evening in preparation for the upcoming week which will be busy… Read More »

FMS164

Don’t know about you but I’m not a big Black Friday shopper, getting up to shop at 4-6am – why?  I do plan on doing some shopping, but later in the day. So how was your Thanksgiving? Hopefully you enjoyed some time with family and friend having some great food and drink.  Turkey, stuffing and all the fixings sure was yummy, not to mention the pumpkin pie with whipped cream!… Read More »

Happy Thanksgiving

Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. While today’s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attendees of the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table—albeit with some updates to pilgrim’s menu. Wishing you and your family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving!      Thanksgiving Fun Facts: According… Read More »

MOJO373

Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day!  Are you all getting ready for turkey day like I am this evening?  I’ll be working on as much prep work as possible to make Thursday run smoothly. I just love watching the Macy’s parade Thursday morning while smelling the turkey in the oven.  Tonight we have our traditional pre-Thanksgiving dinner of salad and pizza, something we started some 25+ years ago when we married.  I have… Read More »

Weekly Deals through December 1st

This weeks deals include the Rosette Designer Bigz XL Die, some Textured Embossing Folders and Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details.  Click on the images for a direct link to my on-line Stampin Up store. Don’t forget about the Online Extravaganza, items listed at between 20-50% off. Happy Shopping – Craft On!     Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Online Extravaganza

There’s A LOT to be merry for this week.  Stampin’ Up! is launching an AMAZING sales promotion and an INCREDIBLE join promotion on Monday, November 24th that should not be missed.  SALES PROMOTION.  Starting Monday, November 24, Stampin’ Up! is launching an incredible sales event that runs for ONE WEEK ONLY, ending December 2, or while supplies last. The sale is bookended with huge, one-day only events. There will be limited-time doorbusters on November… Read More »

FMS163 – Happy Birthday

Note to self – when you hear on the news there is a chance for icy conditions, pay attention when walking out the front door.  Saturday was not as productive as I had hoped.  I was up rather early for a Saturday, ran a load of wash, showered, had breakfast and started to help decorate the sun porch when I had a bad sinus headache hit so I took some… Read More »

Weekly Deals through 11/24

Check out the new weekly deals through November 24th.  Deco Labels Collection Framelits, 1″ Square  and 1/4″ Hand Held Punched, Buttons and more!

PCCCS119

Hi there, welcome to the weekend! Hope you are all doing well and have some fun things planned. Last night we meet our friends Laurie & Walt and enjoyed the evening out with them, always nice to see friends.  Today I will be putting some finishes touches on the living room “Winter Wonderland” and then it will be all ready for Christmas – knowing me between now and then a… Read More »

Christmas Greetings

Happy Friday to me and Wednesday to you.  If you wonder why I am saying Happy Friday to me is because I am off work Thursday and Friday so that I can turn my house into a winter wonderland and work on some Christmas cards I need to mail out.  Scary to think that in 5 weeks Christmas will be here.  I have been looking at all the cards I… Read More »

PCCCS118

Good morning, hope you are all staying warm and enjoying the weekend. I  ran some errands yesterday, made a birthday for a special little boy for his first birthday, will post that card December 1st and finished the Christmas swag for above our television – colors are green, red and gold.   I’ll be posting a photo of the swag on Instagram – follow me at “Cqueen309”.  Today I plan on… Read More »

Gentle Peace

Happy Friday, welcome to the weekend!  Not sure about where you live but here it’s cold and there are snowflakes in the air. Luckily no snow is sticking around, just hitting the ground and melting!  We have a husky and he is loving this weather, doesn’t want to even come in the house most of the time. Earlier this week I received the new photopolymer stamp set “Gentle Peace” and… Read More »

Lovely as a Tree – Merry Christmas

Happy Wednesday, half way through the work week, two days until the weekend. Not sure what the weather has been like where you are but here it was 70 degrees Tuesday and 38 degrees today, brrrrr!!! Here is another card made with the Lovely as a Tree stamp set for the holidays.  This is a clean, simple design easy to mass produce. The tree is stamped in Versamark and heat… Read More »

Weekly Deals thru 11/17/14

Here are the new Weekly Deals from November 11-17, 2014.  Punches, Framelits, Buttons and Ribbon oh my!  This is a good time to check both your circle and scallop punch collections  to see if you are missing the 1/2″ circle or 7/8″ scallop and scoop them up today if needed and enjoy the savings!  Blushing Bride & Daffodil Delight Chevron ribbon would come in handy for Baby cards and don’t… Read More »

Butterflies inside & out

Yesterday I shared with you the photo of the cards my Sunday Stampers made. Today I thought I would tell you about the Butterfly card inside and outside.  Yes you read correctly, inside and out!  I have a tendency not to stamp much more than a sentiment on the inside, but on this card, inside butterflies are on the outside, I wanted to make sure they were on the inside… Read More »

Dreamcatcher

Good morning, hope you are enjoying the weekend. I had a busy Saturday – running errands, made Chili, Stew and Meatloaf for the up coming week and freezer. Also cut paper and packed up all the products needed for the cards I will be making with my Sunday stampers. Thought I would share a picture of the three cards we will be making later today (I’m posting early in the… Read More »

PCCCS117 – Happy Birthday!

Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! Not sure about you but I had a busy week at work and look forward to some down time. I do have a busy weekend planned, need to run some errands, make some meals for next week and get ready for my Sunday Stampers Stamp Group, just love the smell of fresh cut paper!  Stop back Sunday to see the cards we made.… Read More »

“Lovely” Christmas Card

Happy 1/2 way through the Week!  The other day I thought of the stamp set “Lovely as a Tree” one of the first Stampin Up sets I purchased and how I had not used it for a while.  So tonight while watching the CMA Awards (loved Jason Aldean’s performance), I made the card below using the stamp set. The card would be great for a mass production card, as it is easy to… Read More »

FMS160

Welcome to the beginning of the work week.  Hopefully that extra hour of sleep yesterday is not dragging you down today. Sunday was a rather productive day for me, I spent about 4 hours organizing my craft space.  Need to get started on holiday cards and its a lot easier when things are organized. My card for today is a design by Rita from Freshly Made Sketches, you can see… Read More »

PCCCS116

Good morning, hopefully you all enjoyed that extra hour of sleep that night, I know I did.  The Christmas movies started on the Hallmark channel and let’s just say I was up a little to long last night. Funny how I can watch the same movie again and still enjoy it, something about the holidays – I just love them. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »

MOJO369

Happy Saturday, hope you are enjoying your weekend.  This morning I went to the annual “Farkleberry Craft” Show to check out the crafts. I always enjoy seeing what others do. One women was selling scissor holders with a magnetic backing, I thought about how I misplace my scissors in my craft room and thought with this holder I can have them on my filing cabinet so I picked a cute dog patten, now hopefully… Read More »

Weekly Deals

Weekly deals October 28 thru November 3rd.  This week deals include Word Bubble Framelits, punches, stamp set and buttons – some of my favorites!  Word Bubbles can be used as shapes or with stamps for a nice accent on your cards. Buttons made cute trees and nice “flowers” with a stem.  All the items are part of the graphic below, click on the image for a direct link to place an… Read More »

Stained Glass Blended Bloom

Happy Tuesday, hope you are having a good week. Today I thought I would share with you and cool technique I found on You Tube over the weekend, “Stained Glass”. I took the Blended Bloom stamp, inked it with black StazOn ink and stamped it on a piece of Window Sheet. Next I gave it a few minutes to make sure it was completely dry, turned the window sheet over… Read More »

PCCCS115 – Bright & Cheerful

Happy Sunday hope you are having a great day. Weather here is beautiful today – sunny, windy and warm for this time of year, perfect day to spend on the sun porch relaxing and crafting, I am working on a Christmas swag for my living room.  Once I have the swag complete, I will post a photo. Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #115, the sketch… Read More »

FMS159

Hi there, hope you are having a good week, one day to go until the weekend. For todays selection I stopped over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for this weeks design by Jen M. For some reason when I saw the sketch the first thing I thought of was stars. For my design I used a card base of Night of Navy and Silver as my color selection, beautiful for a holiday… Read More »

MOJO368

Happy Tuesday, hope you week is going well. Today is the last day of my vacation, back to work tomorrow. I’ve had a lot of fun on my “stay-ca-tion”.  Over the last few days I have done some shopping, spa time,  crafting, parties with friends – including a surprise 40th birthday party, I feel rested and ready to get back to work. Today I thought I would share a card… Read More »

PCCCS114 – Shaker card

Happy Monday, I’m enjoying another couple vacation days this week, so I thought I would post this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch in between projects I am working on using the Four Feathers stamp set (with matching framelits) and a request for a card with butterflies as a wreath. I would like to say thank you for being picked as a Featured Artisan for PCCCS#112!  Click here to see that post.… Read More »

Sunday Stampers Cards

Today is the monthly gathering of my Sunday Stampers Hostess club.  Each month we meet at a different hostess’s home for a fun filled few hours of stamping, laughing and some great food. Today we are meeting at the home of the newbie in the group .  Thought I would share with you the projects that we will be making.  In preparation for the holidays we will be making two cards and two… Read More »

FMS158 – “Booty”

Happy Friday, hope you all have an exciting weekend planned, I know I do.  Today I need to cut the paper and prepare for my Sunday stamping group. Have a few events to go to this weekend so I will be making some great appetizers and cards to take with me, two of my favorite things, cooking and crafting.  I’m one of those that most times find cooking and crafting… Read More »

MOJO367

Happy Friday to me!, oops it’s only Wednesday – but if you are on vacation for the next few days it’s Friday! Yeah.  I have a busy few days ahead of me with a variety of appointments and scheduled crafting time as well!  This weekend my ‘Sunday Stampers’ meet so I will be finishing up the paper cutting and getting everything ready. Next week I will post the projects we completed,… Read More »

FMS157

Happy Monday, hope you all had a great weekend.  Thought I would start off this week with my card for the Freshly Made Sketches 157 challenge. The sketch is below. My card for this sketch is clean & simple and could be used for a variety of reasons, based on the greeting added to the inside.  The card base is Whisper White and a top folding card.  There is a piece… Read More »

PCCCS113 – Peace & Joy

Hi there, hope all is well with you today.  Last week was a very busy week at work and my crafting was put on the back burner for a few days – but I am back today with my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Below is my card and here is how I put it together.  The card base is Whisper White cut 4.25″ x 11″, top… Read More »

FMS156 – Bearing Gifts

Well the weekend is almost over, now we are gearing up for another week.  The weather was chilly here today and we actually saw a few snow flakes last night. Let me make it clear – I am not ready for snow, I would prefer cool morning and 70’s during the day. Did any of you make any cards this weekend in honor of World Card Making Day?  I worked… Read More »

World Card Making Day !

Happy World Card Making Day!  Thought I would share two cards made with the same stamp set (Festival of Tree’s with matching Tree Punch) using traditional and not so traditional holiday colors.   The basics of the cards are the same – Crumb Cake cardstock for the card base, banner 3/4″ x about 3″-4″ with a tree stamped and popped up with a dimensional in the center of the banner.  For the… Read More »

PCCCS112 – Season’s Greetings

Happy Friday, hope you had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.  I’m sitting on my porch enjoying the evening air waiting for the rain storm to start. Today was in the 70’s and Saturday is expected to be in the  low 50’s for the high – talk about a change in weather. For todays card I am completing the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #112, and… Read More »

Stamp Stock & Save – Weekly Deals

If you have been dreaming about ink pads and paper (who doesn’t do that),  Stampin Up has a special for you. In honor of National Card Making Day, Saturday, October 4th they are running a “Stamp Stock & Save” Special October 1 -6, 2014 on select stamp sets, paper packs, envelope packs, new fast fuse adhesive and ink pad. Don’t forget about the weekly deals good through October 6th, which includes… Read More »

#plunge1 – Hello Fall

Happy Wednesday, almost halfway through the week. Tonight is a big night here in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are playing a wild card baseball game – if they win they start the climb to the World Series, I wish them luck! The team has asked for a ‘black out’ (wear black shirts to the game),  I will be wearing by black polka dot jammies as I watch the game tonight. LOL. Now… Read More »

FMS155 – Holiday Joy!

Where has the weekend gone, seems like I was just having my Saturday morning coffee and now its time to clean up Sunday dinner dishes.  While both Pittsburgh sports teams did not have a good day today, I on the other hand did  – I put together a new fall wreath for outside our front door.  Thought I would share a picture below.  Now on to designing the new red deco… Read More »

PCCCS111

Happy Saturday, hope you all have some great plans for the weekend. The weather here will be ‘summer’ like, so a great day to spend some time outside. My husband and I have been discussing how we plan to decorate this holiday season – we love have the Christmas tree up with the lights on in the evening.  We have decided we need floral decoration for above the television, over… Read More »

PPA221

Hope you are having a great day. This morning I was checking a few of my favorite blogs while having coffee and when I saw the sketch for the Pals Paper Artist 221 Challenge, I knew I needed to participate.   Over the past few weeks I have been putting together different holiday cards using the Wonderous Wreath stamp set from the 2014 Holiday Catalog and I knew there was a… Read More »

Weekly Deals – September 23-29, 2014

If you like using the Big Shot – this weeks Stampin’ Up Weekly Deals are just for you!  There is the Hamburger Box and Party Pennants Bigz dies, both great if you are planning a party – box for party favors/gifts and pennants for a banner. There is also the Oval Collection Framelits, you can never have enough framelits, I use them all the time. With the holidays fast approaching, the Gold Glitz… Read More »

PCCCS110 – Hello Fall!

Happy Saturday, hopefully your weather will be as nice as it will be here today, plan on spending some time outside since it’s suppose to rain Sunday.  Today I need to decide on the final to cards my Sunday Stampers will be making tomorrow, I have some great sample cards – I will share will you tomorrow the cards I picked. Yesterday my husband and I spent the day with… Read More »

Happy Birthday Maya!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful niece Maya – Uncle Dan and I hope you have a great day!  Maya loves to craft and I always make sure to include a craft item in her birthday package.  She received her card early and loved it, hope you do as well!   Here is a picture of Maya from the first day of school this September. Here is the card I sent Maya for… Read More »

FMS154 – Happy Birthday!

Hi there, hope you are having a good week.  I’ve been busy, last night my husband & I went to the Pittsburgh Pirate vs. Boston Red Sox baseball game, boy was it a good one. Pirates hit 3 homeruns and won 9-1,  Raise the Jolly Roger!!  Today is my Friday for the work week, I have a vacation day planned for tomorrow! Hopefully with all the items I have planned I… Read More »

Fall Watercolor Wetlands

Last night I saw a piece of Watercolor paper in my paper stash and thought it’s been awhile, you look lonely.  I’ve been hooked on Blendabilities and water-coloring has taken a backseat, now water-coloring is front and center.  With the weather lately we have had some beautiful evening sunsets – yellow & oranges – which gave me the idea for this card.  I used Crumb Cake and Sahara Sand to create the… Read More »

Weekly Deals September 15-22, 2014

The weekly  deals this week include Gold 1/8″ Ribbon (great for all the holiday cards you will be making) and the Yippee Skippee and Happy Hour Stamp Sets.  The card below uses a stamp from the Yippee Skippee stamp set as the focal image.  Click on the card to go to the blog post that explains how to make the card. Be sure to check out all the weekly deals,… Read More »

PCCCS109 – Sweet Baby!

Happy Monday, hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather here was beautiful, cool mornings and pleasant sunny afternoons. Below is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch, boy was it hard for me to come up with an idea, then BAM – I had an idea. First I needed to find the right piece of designer paper, since I wanted to use the baby theme, Lullaby… Read More »

Weekly Deals Sept 9-15, 2014

Have you ever wondered how to get that perfect cut banner end on a strip of paper, well do I have a deal for you!  This week one of the Stampin’ Up! weekly deals is the Hexagon Punch – a banner end’s best friend.  All you need to do is slip the paper into the side of the punch, center and punch.  There is a photo at the end of… Read More »

Clean – Simple and Scattered!

Hope you had a great weekend, ready for another week?  Yesterday I made a “Dump Cake” for dessert.  I like to watch Food Network and The Pioneer Woman is one of my favorite shows. Ree made the cake in the show Saturday and it made me remember how my Grandma Sutterlin would make a cherry/pineapple one.  A dump cake is very simple, pie filling and/or fruit, cake mix and butter.  On Sunday,… Read More »

FMS152 – Give Thanks

Good morning, hope you are having a great weekend.  Not sure about where you live, but the weather  here sure has changed.  Friday it was in the upper 80’s, sunny and humid.  After work Friday,  decided not to run my errands, but spend some time in the pool, never know when pool time will end!  Saturday started sunny and humid, but by mid-afternoon there was a “cool” breeze and I… Read More »

Happy Birthday Jason!

Happy 39th Birthday to my godson Jason, you have grown to be a fine young man.  I have to admit it seems like yesterday he  was that cute little kid  with blond hair riding a tricycle.  Below is the card I sent Jason for his birthday.  I used the Four Feathers Stamp set with matching framelits from the new 2014 Holiday Catalog. Colors are Night of Navy, Basic Gray, Pool Party… Read More »

PCCCS#108 – Ho!Ho!Ho!

Happy Wednesday night, I must say these four day work weeks are nice, already half way through the work week. Looking forward to my haircut Thursday evening, for some reason its always nice to have someone else wash your hair!  Best part, will be when I get home and my husband will have made dinner, I see spaghetti and salad in my future. Today’s post is for the Paper Craft Crew… Read More »

Weekly Deals – September 2 – 9, 2014

Here is a brochure for the new weekly deals good from September 2nd – 9th.   The Simply Press Clay, molds and reinkers are play dough for adults, have some fun with them. You can create custom embellishments for your products. The digital download is perfect for all the parent/grandparents/aunts/uncles who like to document back to school.  To order any of the items, simply click the brochure for a direct link to my… Read More »

Just Add Ink #229 – Rainbows

Happy Labor Day, if you have the day off from work, hope you are enjoying it with family or friends.  It’s humid and rainy here again today, not exactly cookout weather. We ended up visiting with friends last night, just plan on taking it easy today and making a few cards. While in the pool Saturday, thought about the card I would make for this weeks Just-Add-Ink # 229 challenge,… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #107

Happy Sunday, we are half way through the Labor Day weekend.  Yesterday it was nice and sunny  in the afternoon so I took advantage of it and spent about 2 1/2 hours in the pool.  The mix of upper 80 degree temperature ad 74 degree water made for a nice combination.  While floating around it gave me time to think about two design challenges I wanted to make cards for.  For… Read More »

Thank you card

Happy Saturday, hope you all have a fun weekend planned.  Hopefully I will have both pool and craft time.  It seems like  the summer just started and now its over. So what do you think of the new Holiday Catalog, have a wish list of items you are interested it.  Over the next few weeks, I will share with you projects made with products from the holiday catalog. I was looking at… Read More »

Hello Fall and 2014 Holiday Catalog!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband Dan, for a few short months we will be the same age – then come January I become the “older” women! Today is the first day for the new 2014 Holiday Catalog – there are a lot of great stamp sets and bundles.  Over the past few days I have showed a few previews as a tease, now your wish list can become reality. … Read More »

Weekly Deals – Aug 26 thru Sept 1

Here are this weeks deals.  You can never go wrong with circle collection framelits, used one of the circles to create the focal image in a birthday card.  Who doesn’t like clips and buttons, with the new blendabilities you can customize them to your specific project. Thanks for stopping by, you can always place an order by clicking on the graphic below for a direct link to my on-line Stampin’ Up store, have… Read More »

Get Well Card

Recently I needed to send a get well card to my upline’s husband and “manly” cards are always a challenge, then I though of this. Using  the new ” Little Letter” Thinlit dies, I randomly die cut Get Well  on a piece of Night of Navy.   I then used the new Confetti Stars Punch (from the 2014 Holiday Catalog go live date 8/28/14) and punched out tons of stars using scrap paper.  The stars were then… Read More »

Just Add Ink #228 – Cascading Card

Saturday morning I checked out the “Just Add Ink” blog and saw that they had a colour challenge this week.  The colors are: Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss and Calypso Coral – from Stampin’ Up, so I thought I would give it a try. The weather on Saturday afternoon was perfect to spend some time in the pool, so I thought about the color combo and knowing I wanted to try this “Cascading… Read More »

24/7 Swap card and Short & Sweet recruiting promotion

At the Stampin Up convention this past July in Salt Lake City, our team of 24/7 Demonstrators decided we would do a card swap using the Amazing Birthday stamp set we all received for attending convention.  A swap is where a group of people make cards and “swap” their card for a card from another crafter, you can only imagine all the swapping that happens at convention.  There are some people that… Read More »

PCCCS106 – Hello Fall Card

Happy Wednesday, halfway through the work week!  While my card has fall in mind, the weather today was warm and humid – not to fall like. They it should be like this through the weekend, hopefully good pool weather Saturday – sure would be nice to use it a little more before we close it up. Each Wednesday a new sketch is released for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »

Weekly Deals – August 19-25

Here are this weeks deals. Just love the Elegant Butterfly punch paired with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  The Squares Collection Framelits are a must have in everyone craft closet.  For all you glitter girls – there’s the Silver Sparkle Dazzling Details.  Ready to try something new, it’s the Vanilla Coaster Board.  Looks like there is something for everyone this week. Click on the graphic for a direct link to my… Read More »

Quick & Easy

Hi there, thought I would share one of the cards we made at my monthly Sunday Stampers Club yesterday. The third Sunday of each month my Sunday Stampers meet and we make three cards/projects.   One of the projects was a card made with the Kind Eclectic stamp set we did at convention. I posted that on my blog August 2nd (Whisper White or Very Vanilla) – I let each person pick… Read More »

PCCCS #105 – Holiday Star Card

Happy Saturday, glad its the weekend.  Yesterday was an enjoyable vacation day.  Started the day by going to the Rogers Flea Market in Ohio with my husband. We picking up a few neat items.  In the one aisle you can smell the most wonderful Amish donuts, we decided to give them a try (sugar coated for me and vanilla glazed for the hubbie),  I can honestly say they were the best donuts… Read More »

MOJO358 – Picture Perfect

Happy Thursday, my last day of work for a long 5 day weekend! Here is this weeks sketch for Mojo Monday design challenge.  If you click on the sketch it will take you to the Mojo Monday blog for designs by there design team as well as other fellow crafters. Here is the card I designed.  I was looking at some extra pieces just laying around on my desk and loved… Read More »

Salute to Lefties Everywhere!

Happy International Lefthanders Day!  While not a “lefty” myself, I do know a few : My dad, Herman (I was always daddy’s girl and I miss him every day!) My husband Dan – the love of my life My friend Theresa – who introduced me to the wonderful world of Stampin Up and cardmaking! Thought I would make a special card today in honor of all “lefty’s” out there!  The card… Read More »

New Weekly Deals

Here are the new Weekly Deals, you can never go wrong with Big Shot Dies and embossing folders.    The rosette die makes great holiday trees any time of the year, just make them in different widths and glue together. Click on the photo for a direct link to my online Stampin’ Up to order yours today.  

Just and Ink #226 – Happy Birthday Card

Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend, back to the daily grind!  Short four day week for me, I have a vacation day set for Friday – my husband and I will be going to the “Rogers Flea Market” for the day, great way to spend time looking for some vintage items and great local produce. Will let you know it goes Saturday! This weekend I found the “Just… Read More »

FMS148 – Happy Birthday

It’s a beautiful day here in Cranberry Township, sun is out and should hit around 85 degrees today, perfect pool weather.  My husbands softball team, Badd Newz, won their game this morning.  Next weekend is the payoffs, unfortunately I will miss the games due to Sunday Stampers Card class – I wish the team all the luck in the world! Here is the sketch for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches… Read More »

PCC Card Sketch #104

Happy Saturday, sure hoping your having a good weekend so far.  Last night we spent the evening at the church fair, always a good time, seeing both family and friends. They have about two dozen raffle baskets, hopefully I will get a call Sunday night that I won the Coach purse, a girl can never have too many purses!  Today has been busy, getting ready for card class next weekend and some general crafting.… Read More »

MOJO 357 and Weekly Deals

Today is another challenge sketch I thought I would try. When I was thinking of what to do, I saw an extra tag on my desk, laid it down against some designer series paper and a card was born.  With challenges I am finding I either have an idea quickly or it can take days, luckily this was a quick one! Here is this weeks Mojo Monday sketch challenge.  … Read More »

FMS147

Happy Monday. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I had a busy weekend with my husbands softball tournament, unfortunately they did not win the championship – but they had a great time playing for a good cause, maybe next year! Thought I would try a new challenge this week. Here is the Freshly Made Sketches 147 design.   Here is the card I designed, I changed the layout to… Read More »

Whisper White or Very Vanilla

Welcome to the weekend. This weekend is the Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament, which benefits families in my local community. My husband manages the Badd Newz/Nationwide team and I wish them luck! Today I thought I would share cards we made at a Make-n-Take at the Stampin’ Up Convention this year,  using Whisper White Note Cards.  When I came home I made the same cards using Very Vanilla cardstock – not sure which one… Read More »

Big Shot & Bundles

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to purchase a Big Shot, that time is now.   Now through August 31, you’ll receive your choice of one of five FREE exclusive Stampin’ Up! stamp set and framelits bundles when you purchase a Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. That’s up to a $60 value absolutely free! Click on the ad below for a direct link to order yours today!  

Paper Craft Crew #103

Happy Thursday, one day to go and the weekend is here, yeah!  Here is a card I made for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #103, perfect to send some photo’s to a  new friend from convention this year!   Here is the card I made, using the Snapshot stamp I received at convention this year. Love the color combination of Basic Black – Real Red – Crushed Curry and… Read More »

Weekly Deals – ending 8/4/14

Here are the weekly deals ending August 4th.   Just love the cupcake punch! Click on the deals to be directed to my on-line store to make a purchase. Thanks for stopping by, Craft On!

Cute Koala

Thought I would share a cute Koala card with you today. Koala’s are one of my favorite animals, they are just so cute!  My ultimate vacation would be a trip to Australia to see them in their natural surroundings. The stamp has the words ‘thinking of’ and ‘you’ part of the entire stamp, now hold your breath – I performed “Stamp Surgery” and carefully cut away the ‘thinking of’ and ‘you’ parts… Read More »

Bootiful Rain/Sun

Happy Monday, Today’s card represents what I’m thinking as I watch the raining falling again today.  We had rain “showers” all weekend, including at the Jason Aldean concert @ PNC Park in Pittsburgh Saturday night.  The rain actually felt good, but the lightening was a little scary at time. Great concert – Tyler Farr, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and JA where all great!  Recommend if you have the chance… Read More »

PCC #102

Hi there, here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #102, its been a long week with the Stampin’ Up Convention and some added vacation days, little behind in posting updates.  I will be sharing some swap cards from convention over the next few days. Here is the sketch for this week: Now for the card, I twist on a swap card I made for convention. … Read More »

Tag Card

Today’s card is one from an organized swap I am participating in at the Stampin Up convention this week.  My Sunday stampers made a similar card in are June class. At the bottom of the post is a photo of the cards made in June, you can see a different version of todays card. Soft Suede cardstock was used as the base of the card. There are two same size rectangles (Blackberry… Read More »

24/7 Swap Card

Today I would like to share with you a card that I will be swapping with the 24/7 Stampers later today at our pre-convention gathering.  During my niece Maya’s visit over July 4th, she not only helped me design the card after viewing some idea’s on You Tube, but scored and stamped them!  Don’t worry, I did work on the card, I cut, glued, colored the pearls for inside the… Read More »

Christmas in July

Happy Christmas in July week!  I am a big fan of Christmas and love making holiday cards for family and friends. At the Stampin’ Up convention this week we will be receiving the new Holiday catalog with the chance to preorder some items as demonstrators – I can hardly wait!!!! Thought I would share with you a card made with the ‘Work of Art’ stamp set.  Card base is Cherry Cobbler, with… Read More »

PCC #101

Happy Friday, today at 5pm I started my vacation!  Next week I will be in Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up Convention and some sightseeing. Looking forward to meeting up with demonstrators I met last year and the new one’s I’ll meet this year! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch#101, each Wednesday a new sketch is announced, here is this weeks sketch.   Here is my… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew #100

Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend with family and friends.  I enjoyed having my brother and his family here for the long weekend, even had some crafting time with my niece which is always nice! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #100 challenge.  Click on the sketch to visit the PCC blog and see other designs. Here is how I created this weeks… Read More »

Happy July 4th!

Happy July 4th!   Quick post of a flag card made with the Work of Art stamp set in Real Red and Night of Navy. Stars are punched from the Itty Bitty Accent punch pack and gold paper.  The picture below the card is of my nephew Jake, niece Maya, brother Michael and not in the photo my sister-in-law Diane, visiting for a quick July 4th trip, just thought I would… Read More »

Buy 3 get 1 Free – Designer Series Paper Promotion for the month of July

  Keep in mind: There is no limit to the number of free Designer Series Paper packs you can receive. For each three purchased, you will receive one free. To get your free DSP, enter it in your order separately from the three packs you’re paying for. For example, if you want four packs of the same type of paper, put in the three you’re paying for and enter the… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew Sketch #99

Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Weather was beautiful here Saturday, spent over 6 hours enjoying my pool, so that means a lot of things to do today, but that’s ok, weather will not be “pool” weather so errands it is. Need to get ready, my brother Michael and his family will be visiting for a long weekend starting Thursday. Here is this weeks card for the Paper… Read More »

Happy Birthday Diane!

Let me start today by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister-in-law Diane, hope you have a great day!  Look forward to seeing you a week from today with my brother Michael, Jake & Maya when you come to visit for a long July 4th weekend! Today I will be sharing with you the card I sent to Diane for her birthday.  While checking out ‘You Tube’ for some new creative ideas,… Read More »

Weekly Deals June 24-30

Here are the weekly deals from Stampin’ Up for  June 24 – June 30, 2014, click on the pictures below to be directed to the Stampin’ Up website. Highlighted card uses the  “Window Frames Collection Framelits”. Keep in mind you can never have enough framelits, they are great for easy layers to the card.

PaperCraftCrew #98

Let me first say thank you to Paper Craft Crew for selecting me as a Featured Artisan for Sketch #96, it is a honor and I enjoy participating! Sketch #98 proved to be a challenge as I decided to use every color in the piece of “Sweet Taffy” Designer Series Paper I used as the background. Woo Hoo! I did it!   Here is this weeks sketch. Click on the… Read More »

Work of Art Baby Card

I was just sitting here working  when this just popped into my head, a quick and simple welcome baby card using the stamp set “Work of Art”.  It was the pastel colors I was thinking about. This is a great card you could use for a baby shower if you do not know if boy or girl or even after the baby is born as a welcome card.  The ink… Read More »

Too Kind

Today’s card is a Sympathy card I created to send to the husband of a fellow stamper. I thought simple is best. The card base and mat are Sahara Sand and I used the new ‘Large Polka Dot’ embossing folder for depth on the mat layer.  The stamp set used is called ‘Too Kind’, which is a two-step set, ink colors are, Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder and Mossy Meadow. Mats and ribbon are both Blackberry Bliss.   Craft… Read More »

PCC#97 – Flowers, Lace & Chevron

Happy Thursday, it’d been a rather rainy week here in the ‘burgh, which seems to always happen when Pittsburgh hosts the Three Rivers Art Festival. Luckily the weekend weather forecast is sunny and 80, grilling, pool time and swaps for convention on my schedule! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #97. Each Wednesday a new sketch is given and the fun begins. I like to… Read More »

Quick & Simple Birthday Card

Tonight I thought t I would share a Quick and Simple birthday card with you.  This card is made with a new stamp set and designer series paper from the 2014-2015 Catalog. The stamp set used is called “Age Awareness” and it is a photopolymer set , great for placing the image exactly were you want it on the paper. Card base is Tempting Turquoise with a mat of “Sweet Taffy” Designer… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #96

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, I was able to get about 2 1/2 hours in the pool!  Today is overcast and we have had a few rain showers, guess that’s what we are in for today.  That’s actually ok, I can work on some card designs, Monday my first order from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog arrives and I can hardly wait – its… Read More »

Endless Birthday Wishes Walt!

Happy Friday, in just a few hours the weekend officially starts.  Its been a rough week at work, we switched to the cloud for email and lets just say its been a ‘stormy’ cloud.  I am looking forward to spending some time in pool if the weather stays sunny, next week I’ll be crafting since my order from the new catalog will be delivered Monday! Tonight we will be celebrating our friend… Read More »

New In-Colors for 2014-2016

Happy Monday,  The day is finally here, the new Stampin’ Up 2014-2015 Annual Catalog goes live at 12PM MDT !! This past month I have enjoyed looking at the catalog and creating a wish list of items I can’t wait to get my hands on, my order will make your head spin! Thought I would start by showing two cards made with the new In-Colors for 2014-2016: Blackberry Bliss Hello Honey Lost… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew #95

First let me start by saying Happy Friday, sure do like these short work weeks, even if I get confused on what day it is! Here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge. This card actually came together rather easy for me. I knew I wanted to use items from my pre-order for the 2014-2015 Stampin’ Up Catalog (one of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator)… Read More »

Join Stampin Up for $50 until June 30, 2014

For a limited time you can join Stampin’ Up! for just $50! This amazing opportunity will only last until June 30, 2014, so take what you already love doing—stamping and crafting—and make a little money while you’re at it! When you join Stampin’ Up! during this limited-time offer, you’ll receive: $55 worth of products A 30% discount on your first order (order must be $150 or more and placed within your first… Read More »

Weekly Specials May 27 – June 2

  There are some great specials this week, click to order.

Paper Craft Crew #94

Happy Memorial Day, let me first thank all the service men and women – past and present who have served our great country – you are reason we have the freedoms we do today!   It’s been a busy weekend around here, we opened the pool which is an all day affair and had some great bar-b-q and grilled steak. This week I decided to do the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch… Read More »

Happy 16th Birthday Jake!

Today is a special day, my favorite nephew Jake is 16!  Watch out all you drivers in New Jersey!   In honor of his birthday, I made a special card and matching envelope for him. What I’m not showing you is the first envelope (made the wrong size) that I filled with lip balm and breath mints for all the girls he will be kissing to celebrate with! Before I share the… Read More »

Weekly Specials through May 27th!

 

Build-a-Block Baby Card

Once a month my Sunday Stampers meet and yesterday was the day. Also a pleasure to get together with the ladies.  I had a request from Jan, our hostess for the day,  for a special baby card and when I saw some samples of a “Building Block Card” I knew this had to be base of my card!  I found the directions on how to make the card on the SplitCoast… Read More »

Paper Craft Crew #93

Happy Saturday,  today I decided to try the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge.  Here is a look at the sketch.   Here is the card a designed:     For my card, I decided to use a card base of Gumball Green(retiring)  and Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper as my background and tag.  I really like the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, it’s a great punch to have, all you need… Read More »

Anniversary Card – Mike & Diane

This week, my brother and sister-in-law celebrated their anniversary, thought I would share the card I made for them. The card base and background mat are Whisper White, for a nice clean look. The background is embossed with the Adorning Accents embossing folder (retiring) and highlighted with Watercolor Wonder Washi Tape.  Entire background is popped up with dimensionals.  I used the Hearts a Flutter framelits to cut out the hearts, which… Read More »

Weekly Specials May 13-19, 2014

  This and That Epic Day Designer Series paper is featured on the “Tag-A-Bag” Card.

Sneak Peak!

    Happy Saturday,  today I thought I would share a  card make with products from the new catalog, available June 2nd. It’s a simple card  using the new Blended Bloom Stamp,  Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. Some fussy cutting and the greeting from Itty Bitty Banners.   One tip when “fussy” cutting out a stamped image, run a black marker around the cut out edges, really helps finish the edges.  Craft on!

Tag a Bag into a Card!

Here is a card using the “Tag a Bag” Accessory kit in a different manner, sometime you just need to think outside the box. Gumball green cardstock for card base, equal size pieces of Crushed Curry cardstock and Epic Day Designer Series Paper create the back drop for a tag, label and Bakers Twine from the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit. Punched out a Butterflies  in Crushed Curry and accent with small… Read More »

Remembering summer of 2013 and Maya’s card design!

It’s been a busy weekend and now I am relaxing watching a concert performance of  Jason Aldean  at the Stagecoach Festival.  He’s one of my favorite country singers. Last summer I had the pleasure of meeting him and getting a photo with him, one of the highlights of my summer. One of the other highlights of the Summer of 2013  was attending my first Stampin’ Up convention in Salt Lake City, which… Read More »

Weekly Deals – April 22-28, 2014

Watercolor Notecards

Thought I would share an Easter card with you before all the fun begins today.  My husband has not smoked for over three years and we are now finally getting all new carpet in the house (need to get rid of the evidence of a few burn marks, luckily never any fires).  So its a pretty big day at our house! For todays card a used the ‘Watercolor Wonder Designer… Read More »

Vellum – Washi and Sunday Stampers

Today was my monthly Sunday Stampers club meeting. We made cards using the Chevron Border punch, which I showcased last Sunday as a “preview” of the cards for club.  We also used Washi Tape and Gold Embossing on some Whisper White cards. For the Whisper White cards, the first used the Label Love bundle (stamp set with matching punch) to create a cute gift card.  On a square of Whisper White we covered… Read More »

Weekly Specials April 8-14, 2014

  Check out these great deals, includes a favorite punch set and framelit set of mine!

Chevron & Butterflies

Today while watching a NCIS Los Angeles marathon on television, I worked on the cards for my Sunday Stamping Club – thought I would share a sneak peek of one of the cards we will making.  After watching different video’s on You Tube on how to create a lattice effect with the Chevron Border punch, thought I would give this card a try. The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock… Read More »

Birthday Present Card – Quick and Simple

Happy Friday, it’s has been a busy week at work, and I’m sure glad it’s Friday!   Looking forward to Saturday morning and sleeping in just a little.  I will be working on crafting cards using the Chevron border punch for an upcoming stamp class, just might post a sneak peak sometime on Sunday, stay tuned! Thought I would share a simple quick card with you. I had some extra pieces… Read More »

Weekly Deals April 1 – 7, 2014

A little bit for everyone – ribbon, lace tape, dies, punches and MDS!  

Sad day, End of Sale-A-Bration

  Happy Monday, today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration, which is free merchandise for every $50 before tax/shipping. Todays card uses the “You’re Lovely” stamp set which coordinates with the Deco Label Framelit Collection. The stamp was stamped in three different colors, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight – die cut, punched (1 3/4″ circle) and hand cut with Stampin’ Up Paper Snips and layered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.… Read More »

Sunset Colors = Card

This past week I was out of town for a business meeting.  The flight home was during sunset. The view out of the plane window was beautiful – the lights of NYC (amazing how straight some of the streets are by the look of the car lights) and the sunset!  As I looked at the beautiful colors of the sunset – all I could think of was Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Wild… Read More »

Island Hunters inspired card!

  This past Friday night “Island Hunters” was on while I was doing some chores in preparation for a business trip this week. I was inspired by the birds that I kept seeing.  All I could do was think of this card, so I stopped and put it together. It’s very easy card for a beach loving friend! Card base is Crumb Cake (a favorite of mine) and side folding.   Sponge Daubers where… Read More »

Clean Simple card for FMS 128

Happy Friday!  It’s been a busy week at work and I am looking forward to relaxing, spending some time crafting and getting a mani/pedi, (a great way to relax). Our anniversary was this week (26 years!). It was a cold, rainy day so we decided to have dinner out  Saturday night at a favorite restaurant to celebrate, no sense going out in the pouring rain My card today is for… Read More »

Weekly Deals March 18-24, 2014

Sunday Stamp Club

Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stamp Club.  Thanks to all the ladies that came today (Jamie, Erin, Theresa, Wendy and Hostess Susie), you are the reason I became a demonstrator and enjoy sharing what I learn with you, actually we learn from each other.  Now I get to share what we do with the world! One of the cards we made today, “Banner Happy Birthday” uses the Banner… Read More »

Weekly Deals March 11-17

If you like using your Big Shot this weeks “Deals” are perfect for you!  With the “Dress Form Pop N Cuts” – not only can you do cards with the dress form, but a few snips and its a table for a pot of flowers! Happy Crafting!

Kenzi’s 16th Birthday!

Earlier this year my god-daughter turned 16, today I wanted to share the card with matching envelope that I made for her special day! Card base is Basic Black cardstock, with mat of Whisper White cardstock layered with a piece of Pistachio Pudding cardstock embossed with the Decorative Dots folder from the Sale-A-Bration catalog (free merchandise for every $50 in product purchased, catalog expires 3/31/14). Next is a piece of Basic Black cardstock that I used the Scallop… Read More »

Weekly Specials March 4-10

  Check out the great deals, especially if you like trim/ribbon & bling!

Great weekend project!

It was a snowy day here, not the original 10″-12″ of snow expected on Friday, but around 3″, we dodged another snow storm! Turned out to be the perfect day for me to put the fireplace on in the sun porch and get my craft on.  With day light savings time one week away, thoughts of spring were running through my head. I got out my “Burlap and Blooms Simply Created Wreath Kit” and… Read More »

Watercolor & Hockey makes me Happy!

It’s Thursday night and Penguin Hockey has started back up after the break for the Olympics. Love to watch my black & gold and am really looking forward to Saturday nights game in Chicago which is being played outdoors, while I am in the comfort of my warm living room.  Thought I would share a quick and simple card with you while I enjoy watching the game.  The card is made… Read More »

Sale – check out this weeks products

Weekly Deals – February 18-24, 2014

Welcome!

Hi there and welcome to Cards and Crafting with Karen. Looking forward to the weekend, spending time with my husband and doing some crafting. Wanted to share with you a card I did recently for a workshop, Card-in-a-Box. The cool thing about the card is it folds flat and fits in a normal A2 envelope.  The card base is Summer Starfruit and I used, Flower Shop (with matching punch) and… Read More »