Yeah! today is the big day, the new 2019 Occasions catalog goes live and Sale-A-Bration starts. For those of you new to Stampin’ Up!, Each January a new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Promotion starts. Download a copy of the new Occasions catalog 20190103_OCC19_en-US. Sale-A-Bration is a special promotion from January 3, 2019 – March 31, 2019 and the more… Read More: 2019 Occasions Catalog & SAB start today ! »
Happy New Year! Did you do anything special last night? We spent a nice quiet evening at home enjoying a nice dinner of lobster tails, cauliflower and baked potatoes. Today we will have a “New Years” Pretzel for breakfast and traditional dinner of pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, baked beans and dinner rolls – something we always have on… Read More: Happy New Year! »
Happy New Years Eve! – any special plans for tonight? We are having a nice quiet dinner at home (lobster tails, green bean casserole and chocolate cake). It’s hard to believe this is the last post for 2018, where did the year go? It’s amazing how time just flies. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch… Read More: Bits & Pieces for PCC319 »
Normally at Stampin’ Up! events we do “Make & Takes”, were us demonstrators get to try new products to make and take home. This year as part of the OnStage 2018 in Orlando, while we did some Make & Takes we received a “Take & Make” using the new Amazing Life Stamp Photopolymer stamp set along with a… Read More: Take & Make, not a Make & Take »
Happy Friday. Yesterday I went to have my new driver license photo taken. I was number 196 and they were on 182, it actually went faster than I thought since numbers 190-194 magically disappeared, now I’m good for another few years! Todays card is for FabFri153, a sketch challenge. Banner for the sketch is below and you can… Read More: FabFri153 Sketch Challenge »
Hope everyone had a nice holiday and where able to spend time with friends and family. On Christmas we Skyped with my brother and his family in New Jersey while opening gifts which is always fun and went to my cousins for a big family dinner with lots of great food that included: ham, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes,… Read More: Who doesn’t need some simple & easy cards sometime? »
Merry Christmas, did you hear Santa and his reindeer last night? Hope you have an enjoyable day with family and friends! Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, Craft On!
It’s hard to believe Christmas is just 3 days from now, if you are looking for a cute packaging idea this self closing box may be just for you. This version of the box is large enough for a gift card, small gift, quite a bit of small candy pieces or even some cash! All you need is… Read More: Last Minute Gift Packaging – Self Closing Box »
Pretty soon Christmas will be here, if you are in need of a quick small packaging option, I have one for you. While looking through Pinterest and blogs that I follow this past weekend I came across this Gift Box with cover on Dawn Griffith’s blog. She received a gift from Vicki Spicer and liked the packaging so… Read More: Gift Box with cover – 2 ways – Great packaging… »
December 18th – one week to Christmas! Today I thought I would share a quick and easy cards and can be made with products you most likely already have – Punches! To get started all you need is a piece of card stock 4″ x 5 1/4″, designer series paper and a punch – for my samples I… Read More: Punch = Quick Card Background »
Happy Sunday, how’s your weekend going? I’ve been using this weekend as holiday prep, making sure I have all the ingredients for our annual Christmas morning monkey bread and Broccoli & Rice casserole I make for Christmas dinner, getting the gifts together for the Christmas Eve grab bag and most important – my Christmas manicure & pedicure –… Read More: PCC318 Inspirational Challenge – Holidays! »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the Fab Friday 152 color challenge, you can check out their blog here. When I first saw the colors that make up this challenge, I thought of the Buffalo Check background stamp and a Christmas image. To get started I used Shaded Spruce ink to stamp the Buffalo Check stamp on Very… Read More: Color Challenge for FabFri152 »
Today I have a Fun Fold card for you featuring both a Christmas and Birthday version. With this layout there are so many possible versions you can make, all you need is designer series paper and some card stock. Here are the layers for the card: Card base – 4¼” x 5½”, quarter of 8½” x 11″ card… Read More: Fun Fold 2 Ways »
It’s December 11th – 2 weeks before Christmas, are you ready? Today I’m featuring a card with tone on tone stamping, the image from the Half Full Stamp Set is stamped in Merry Merlot Ink on Merry Merlot card stock. When I stamp like this I stamp on the card stock before scoring to avoid any image mess… Read More: Tone on Tone for Christmas »
Happy Saturday, any special plans today? I’ve already done my food shopping and need to run a few errands before going to a holiday party this evening. Everyone is to dress as their favorite holiday character, I have my costume ready, I’ll post a photo next week, need to keep it a surprise for now, but here is… Read More: First Frost meets Dandelion Wishes for PCC317 »
Today I thought I would share a really cute card using the So Santa Stamp set from the 2018 Holiday Catalog – this was a stamp set I just had to have – I love the images and used the Santa with the surf board on my Onstage swap card, you can check that card out here. The… Read More: Scooting on by . . . »
Need a cute birthday card, hop along below to check out how I made one. Do you have some Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper left over from Halloween and aren’t sure what to do with it? Below is a cute birthday card made with the frog side of one of the papers. The designer paper teams up… Read More: Need a cute birthday card? »
It’s your last chance to show 2018 some love! The Year-End Closeout Stampin’ Up!’s chance to do a little inventory cleaning—and your opportunity to take advantage of special year-end deals on retiring and surplus items. Remember some items are last-chance and limited-inventory, so place your order while supplies last! There are no minimum purchase required, discount applies to… Read More: Year-End Closeout starts today! »
Today I thought I would share a couple more cards made with the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, there is flocking you can feel on the some of the images, and the Signs of Santa Photopolymer Bundle. These cards are based on cards in the holiday catalog and easy to put together. It’s possible the framelits may… Read More: Catalog Case Santa’s Workshop »
Hi there, hope you are having a good weekend. Yesterday I went for a pedicure and almost fell asleep in the massage chair it was so relaxing, wrote out some holiday cards and purchased a few gifts. The gift for my nephew came and I can’t wait to see his face when he opens it – we video… Read More: Resting Santa for FabFri151 »
Happy Saturday, it’s December 1st – hard to believe Christmas is just a few weeks away, I better get a move on with baking, gifts and sending out my cards – hopefully some of that will get done this weekend. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge, PCC316 – check out their blog here. I’d like… Read More: PCC316 – Favorite New Product – Sneak Peek »
Happy Friday, today’s card features a stack of elves. I just love how the elves on the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper match the coordinating Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies, which are part of the Signs of Santa Bundle. The card starts with a Garden Green card base and Basic Black mat, next is a piece of Whisper… Read More: Stacking Elves meets Buffalo Check »
Today’s card feature using Shimmer Paint with Glossy White Cardstock. For all three cards I used the same method to first apply the shimmer paint to all three cards – a crumbled piece of plastic wrap (from your kitchen). All you need to do is crumble a piece of plastic wrap about the size of a golf ball,… Read More: Shimmer Paint with Glossy Cardstock »
Happy Monday, hope you were able to enjoy a long weekend. I’ve been on vacation from my day time job since Wednesday and go back to work on Tuesday, it’s been nice doing some Christmas shopping and enjoying down time watching Hallmark movies! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch PCC315 challenge. I’m featuring the First… Read More: First Frost Shimmer for PCC315 »
Just think in one month it will be Christmas, where does the time go? Seems like we were just opening the swimming pool for the summer and now it’s almost the end of the year. Today I’m sharing my last batch of projects as part of my “Months of Christmas” series. There is a simple circle ornament, two… Read More: Christmas in November »
For savvy shoppers everywhere, this time of year is a dream come true. Some of the biggest sales of the year are happening, which means some of the biggest savings are, too! Stampin’ Up! is throwing a spectacular six-day promotion with exclusive, limited-time deals. Get ready for Online Extravaganza! Online Extravaganza will run for six days. There will… Read More: 6 Days, 3 Sales, 1 Spectacular Promotion! »
Thanksgiving is a national holiday here is the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It originated as a harvest festival and has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, with a proclamation by George Washington. Thanksgiving was originally founded as a religious observance for all the members of the community to give thanks for… Read More: Happy Thanksgiving! »
Ok, so we all buy designer series paper because it’s just so cute, but which side do you use? If you are like me you always have a favorite side and the “other” side goes unloved – well today’s cards features that “other” side from the Country Lane Designer Series Paper. I picked a Crushed Curry and Blackberry… Read More: “Unloved” side of that DSP »
Today my Sunday Stampers will be gathering to make a couple cards and some gift tags using some of my favorite products from the holiday catalog. Now that we are getting close to the end a catalog, there is always a risk that some products will sell out without enough time to reorder and restock before the sale… Read More: Sunday Stampers November 2018 »
Hi there, last Saturday I posted the card I made for the OnStage Tropical Occasions Swap, hosted by the Diva’s in Paradise – Nancy Alvarez and Susan Fields. Nancy & Susan did a great job with the swap and gave each of the participants a little pink bag and tag for our cards. Today I thought I would… Read More: Tropical Swap cards from Onstage 2018 in Orlando »