Happy Saturday, hard to believe a week ago at this time I was in Wildwood NJ riding a bike on the boardwalk with my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew. It was the first time I’ve rode a bike in quite a few years, while I did not last the entire 90 minutes, I enjoyed my time on the… Read More: Sailing Home Card Box and Matching cards – part 1 »
Hello, as a surprise for my sister-in-law Diane, I brought her a handmade box filled with four cards, with stamped envelopes, featuring products from the Magnolia Lane Suite. Here is a close up of the front of the box with a Magnolia die cut colored with Stampin’ Blends. The first card uses a piece of designer series paper… Read More: Magnolia Lane Cards and Box for Diane »
Happy Saturday, as you read this I will be in Wildwood NJ so this is the perfect card for me to share. It’s a “Tag Card” made with products from the Come Sail Away Suite from the annual catalog. Below is a picture of the front of card featuring some of the Smooth Sailing Dies, along with various… Read More: Sailing Away Tag Card »
Happy Friday, Hope you had a good week, any special plans for the weekend? Today’s card is for the FabFri168 challenge, I would like to thank the design team for picking by card for challenge 167 as a Fab Faves, you can check that post out here. Here is how I put my card together using the Wild Rose… Read More: FabFri168 – Bright & Bold Color Challenge »
Merry Christmas in July ! Today starts my monthly series of Christmas projects the 25th of each month leading up to Christmas 2019. This month I am featuring the Merry Christmas to All Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Merry Christmas Dies. With this 28 piece stamp set you can say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings, Happy Christmas,… Read More: Christmas in July ! »
Yesterday I shared with you the cards my Sunday Stampers made and today I thought I would share with you the card with a boo-boo that I fixed. If my stampers can’t make the monthly meeting and place an order, I’m happy to make a set of cards for them. While working the card and stamping all the… Read More: Fixing a boo boo »
Happy Sunday, today my Sunday Stampers are meeting and I’m sharing with you the cards we will be making, each featuring a new stamp set from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. For the first card we will be using products from the Come Sail Away Product Suite including: Sailing Home Bundle (stamp set with coordinating dies) Come Sail… Read More: July 2019 Sunday Stampers »
Happy Saturday! How’s the weather where you are? It’s going to be over 100° once you factor in the humidity today for us, perfect for pool time and getting my vacation manicure and fancy spa pedicure. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew CASE the Design Team Challenge. For my card I decide to case the card… Read More: PCC344 – CASE the Design Team »
The other day I showed you a watercolor card using the Friend Like You Bundle – here are a couple more designs. The first card is a CASE (copy and share everything) from the 2019-2020 Annual catalog. The card base, mat and ink used for stamping on the map is all Coastal Cabana – some images are full… Read More: Friend Like You – 2 more! »
When my Sunday Stampers meet this month one of the bundles we will be using is the new Friend Like You. The Friend Like You Bundle includes the Friend Like You Photopolymer stamp set and the Friendly Silhouettes Dies. The 14 piece stamp set includes palm trees, dragonflies and reeds – you can create tranquil lakeside scenes. The… Read More: Friend Like You Watercolor Version »
Hi there, hope your weekend is off to a good start. As I start to write this post knowing what I want to say, I can close my eyes and picture my brother rolling his. Not sure about you, but I’m enjoying watching all the Christmas in July movies right now, even though I seen them numerous time.… Read More: First Frost for Designer’s Choice – PCC343 »
Happy Friday! Any special plans this weekend? I have a picnic with the 76er’s which is group of classmates from North Hills High School Class of 1976. Each month we meet the last Wednesday for dinner, it’s a great way to make new “old” friends. Each summer we have picnic for anyone that wants to attending, I’ll be… Read More: Pretty Peacock for FabFri167 »
One of my favorite bundles from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog is To A Wild Rose. The bundles includes the To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Wild Rose Dies. The stamp set has a stunning 3-step photorealistic rose to make your friends speechless. This set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Mary Ellen Byler. There… Read More: My Favorite Bundle, what is yours? »
Hello there, hope you all had a nice weekend. It was a rather weekend here in Western PA, we did have some times of sunshine, but when it rained it rained. Below is the creek behind our house, normally you can’t see the water from the pool deck, but late Saturday after a storm the water was extremely… Read More: Bright & Cheerful »
Happy Saturday, hopefully you where lucky and able to take Friday as a vacation day after July 4th so your in the middle of a 4 day vacation, unfortunately for us in the accounting field with our day jobs it’s month-end/quarter-end close and I worked yesterday. I did however enjoy down time on July 4th, including pool time… Read More: One design Two ways! »
#sttcchallenge = Stampinthroughthecatalog, page by page sharing samples made with new stamp sets. Today, Thursday July 4th the stamp set is “Daisy Lane”, which can be found on page 23 of the annual catalog. This is a wonderful stamp set that coordinates with the Daisy Punch and comes in a bundle featuring the new Medium Daisy Punch. My… Read More: #sttcchallenge – Daisy Lane Stamp Set »
Happy Wednesday, have way through the week! Any special plans for July 4th? I will be spending the day resting and swimming, I have to work Friday so I’ll enjoy the down time. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew challenge PCC342, a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, check out their blog here. For my card I decided on… Read More: Tic-Tac-Toe for PCC342 »
Enjoy 2 Specials from Stampin’ Up! First, Bonus Day Coupons are back! From July 1, 2019 – July 31, 2019 receive a $5 coupon from Stampin’ Up! for every $50 you spend during this time period to redeem in August! Click here to access my on-line store. Remember the email with the $5 code will come directly from… Read More: Bonus Days & New Demonstrator Extra’s »
Happy Sunday! Hard to believe it’s the last day of June, here has the first of the year gone! Hopefully I’ll be able to get some pool time into, Saturday we had thunder storms all afternoon – not the best for pool time. Today I thought I would share a simple elegant card featuring Magnolia Lane Designer Series… Read More: Simple Elegant Birthday Card »
Happy Friday! It’s going to be a hot & sunny weekend here, perfect for some pool time! Today’s card is for the FabFri166, an introduction to the new 2019-2021 In-Colors, check out their blog here. For my card I am featuring the new Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer stamp set for the floral images which teams nicely with a sentiment… Read More: 2019-2021 In-Colors for FabFri166 »
Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law Diane, hope you have a great day! Today I’m sharing with you the card I’ve sent Diane for her birthday, it’s a gate fold card featuring Good Morning Magnolia Bundle (cling mount stamp set & matching dies) as well as the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. While not part of this suite of… Read More: Happy Birthday Diane! »
Looking for some fun crafting each month? Then Paper Pumpkin may just be for you. With a Paper Pumpkin subscription you receive an “Orange Pumpkin” box each month with a fun new craft. Some months are cards, other are projects like goodie bags, treat holders, always something fun. Each month your kit includes a stamp set and all the… Read More: July 2019 Paper Pumpkin »
Hello there – it’s Sunday Stamper day! Today I am sharing with you the cards we will be making when we get together. I’ll be featuring three of the new stamp sets from the Annual Catalog, two that are part of a bundle. Remember with bundles you save 10% off the price of the stamp set & punch… Read More: June 2019 – Sunday Stamper Cards »
How did your week go? We had the living room, kitchen, dining room and hallway painted, now the fun starts cleaning and putting everything away. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Vertical Sketch challenge PCC341, you can check out their blog here. Thank you to the team over at the Paper Craft Crew for selecting… Read More: To A Wild Rose for PCC341 »
The cards for today are similar yet different – I’m featuring Rococo Rose & Seaside Spray (both new 2019-2021 In-Colors) with the same layout and Magnolia flowers. One card has gold heat embossing and the other water coloring. The bundle being used is Good Morning Magnolia – cling mount stamp set with matching Magnolia dies. First is the… Read More: Magnolia’s two ways »
Today I am featuring two cards made with the Floral Essence Photopolymer Stamp set, part of the Floral Essence Bundle – which comes with the Perennial Flower Punch that matches one of the flowers in the set. I’m not using the punch, just the stamp set. Each card is the same design, one is monochromatic the other uses… Read More: Same layout two ways ! »
Happy Sunday, hope you are all having a great weekend. It’s gloomy here this weekend, I’ve spent a little time crafting, getting a hair cut and watching some Hallmark movies. Today’s project is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge – Inspiration Challenge – Precious Pets, PCC340. For this week’s challenge I’ve opted for a Shadow Box made out… Read More: Precious Pets for PCC340 »
Happy Friday, closer to the weekend. Any special plans? Nothing for me so far but you never know, things can always change at the last minute. I do need to work on this months Sunday Stampers class, so I guess I just figured out something I need to work on this weekend. Today’s card is for the FabFri165… Read More: FabFri165 for Friday! »
On Sunday I used the Daisy Lane Bundle for my card for the Paper Craft Crew weekly challenge, today I thought I would show you how you can use the stamp set using the same design for both a masculine and feminine card. The funny thing about these cards is that I woke up one morning around 3am… Read More: Daisy Lane part 2 »
So which type of crafter are you? Beginner – just starting out Casual – craft every now and then Avid – owns a lot of supplies and crafts alot For my set of three cards showing each crafter type I’ve used the Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer stamp set, which has 13 stamps including images and greetings. I’m starting with… Read More: Which type of crafter are you? »