March is a big month for Paper Pumpkin, Stampin’ Up!’s monthly craft kit. Every active member by the 10th of the month receives that months kit. Paper Pumpkin is turning six and wants to celebrate with you! After all, Paper Pumpkin could not have shared all these years of creativity if it weren’t for our subscribers. To celebrate… Read More: Paper Pumpkin is turning 6 ! »
Anything new in your neck of the woods? Again we are having rain not snow, muddy dog paws around the house are starting to get old but I’d be afraid to know just how many inches of snow we would have had if all the rain this winter so far had been snow! Today I’m using a simple… Read More: Simple Watercolor Wash for background »
Today I’m featuring a fun easy card using the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set – Hello Cupcake – a great birthday stamp set. The card features: Gingham Gala 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (I used Grapefruit Grove) Gingham Gala Adhesive Backed Sequins Whisper White 5/8″ Flax Ribbon Rectangle Stitched Framelits Stitched Shapes Framelits Layering Square Framelits Grapefruit Grove &… Read More: Hello Cupcake ! »
Happy Saturday, hope you are having a good weekend. Did you see the newly released Sale-A-Bration items, if not please download the brochure at the end of the blog post – that new Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder is so beautiful. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge, PCC326, banner below. Click… Read More: PCC326 Butterflies Well Said »
Today, February 15th, Stampin’ Up! is releasing 3 new Sale-A-Bration products that can be earned with your purchase of items from either the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog or the 2019 Occasions Catalog. Item #149728 – All Adorned Photopolymer Stamp Set ($50USD Item) Item #149698 – Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder ($50USD Item) Item #150349 – Painted Seasons… Read More: New 2019 Sale-A-Bration items released today! »
Happy Valentine’s Day! Any special plays today with your special someone? We prefer to celebrate with dinner on another day, all our favorite places will be to crowded today. I will be having my favorite hoagie for lunch thanks to my hubby and he is the lucky recipient of some Betsy Ann Chocolates, handmade locally in West View… Read More: Happy Valentine’s Day! »
On Sunday I posted a card using products from the Happiness Blooms Suite and used the Dot to Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, today I thought I would share two possible other backgrounds for the designer paper not using an embossing folder. The card on the left uses “sponging” to create the background while the one on the… Read More: Sponging or Swiping ? ? ? »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend. They say we should be getting about 1″ – 3″ of snow this evening – I’ll believe when I see it. Lately it seems we get rain instead of snow and with two German Shepherds this time of year snow and a cold yard is my preference. Today’s card… Read More: Happiness Blooms for PCC325 »
When I saw this embossing folder live back in November, I knew I just had to have it, using it makes for an easy background for any card and added that little “something – something”. The real question is – which looks better using dark or light card stock? I’ve made two cards one with a Blackberry Bliss… Read More: Lace Dynamic TIEF – Light or Dark cardstock? »
Paper Pumpkin is always looking for fun, new ways to get subscribers excited about the latest kit. They do this with special offers, kits that coordinate with Stampin’ Up! products, unique boxes, gifts, etc. The January kit coordinated with the Animal Expedition Product Suite from the Annual Catalog for great Valentine Treat Containers. There is even a Paper… Read More: February Paper Pumpkin preview »
Hope you had a nice weekend, we went from a wind chill of -25 degrees on Thursday to 54 degrees and sunny on Sunday – let’s hope a cold is not in my future with these wild temperature changes. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC324 – a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge, you can choose any three… Read More: Humming Along for PCC324 »
Happy Sunday! Do you have any plans for the Super Bowl today? Our Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t playing but we will still be watching and having some good food. I plan on making homemade potato skins and chicken wings in the air fryer, our favorite new way to prepare them. As I was preparing this month for my Sunday… Read More: Gingham Gala Scraps = Cute Birthday Note Card »
Today I thought I would share with you a card and envelope I used the Stamparatus, the Stampin’ Up! stamp positioning tool and Stampin’ Write Markers to complete. By using the combination of these two, I can color every portion of the stamp the color I want – stamp the image and repeat – until I have the… Read More: Have you used markers for card making? »
Happy 55th Birthday to my baby brother Michael! Since he lives in New Jersey I made him a card and treat container and mailed them off to him. We will celebrate our birthdays together this summer when I go for a visit and we go to the sea shore, watch out Jersey Shore! Today I’m sharing his card and… Read More: Happy Birthday Baby Brother ! »
Happy Sunday, today is the first meeting in 2019 of my Sunday Stampers I’ll be passing out Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs along with a few special treats. After class I hope to relax for the balance of the day and enjoy dinner with my husband, now to pick where I would like to go for dinner. This… Read More: Sunday Stamper Cards for January 2019 »
Happy Saturday! It’s snowy here is PA. I’ll be getting ready for my Sunday Stampers tomorrow, we will be meeting at my house, I’m looking forward to it, hopefully the weather will cooperate. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card sketch PCC323 challenge, banner below. Click here to check out their blog and play along. I’d… Read More: Tropical setting for PCC323 »
Happy Friday, hope you are having a good week. This weekend my Sunday Stampers will be meeting so I’ll be sending Saturday getting ready doing cleaning, checking supplies, and getting a dessert for us to enjoy. Today’s card is for the FabFri155 Sketch Challenge, banner for the sketch is below and click here to check out their blog… Read More: FabFri155 – So Hoppy Together! »
Happy 21st Birthday Kenzi! Hope you have a wonderful day ! This month both Kenzi, my god-daughter, and I have “milestone” birthdays, Kenzi turns 21 and on my birthday earlier in the week I turned 60 (which by the way is only a number). I wanted to create a special card for her so I though of a… Read More: Happy Birthday Kenzi! »
One of my favorite Sale-A-Bration items is the Lovely Lattice Cling Mount Stamp set. The large image is perfect for coloring and the Stamparatus making stamping the image fun. Using the Stamparatus makes sure if needed you can re-stamp for a clear dark stamped image. Not sure what the Stamparatus is, check out the video that tells you… Read More: Watercolored Lattice »
When I first paged through the 2019 Occasions catalog there was a bundle I knew I just had to have, the Happy Tails Bundle which includes the Happy Tails Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Dog Builder Punch. Since we have been married we have had six pf the best dogs, our current dogs are Nitro & Diesel, both… Read More: Happy Tails! »
Today I’m sharing a card I’ve made for a friend of mine, Cindy who is a big Disney fan. We both share the same birthday, which just happens to be today. Cindy is one of the sweetest people to loves to do for others and is always taking pictures. Here is a picture from our trip to Nashville,… Read More: Happy Birthday to my birthday buddy! »
Happy Saturday. Here just north of Pittsburgh we are expecting a snow storm today into tonight and tomorrow with an estimate of anywhere from 8″ – 16″ of snow. My Sunday Stampers were to meet this weekend, but I postponed until next weekend for everyone’s safety. Today’s post is a card for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC322,… Read More: PCC322 Color Challenge »
I needed to put together some birthday cards for a friend and wanted to make a few that were not to complicated and here is the result. Using the new Happiness Blooms Designer Series Paper, I just love the bright cheerful colors and the Picture Perfect Birthday Photopolymer Stamp set it was easy to create a few cards.… Read More: DSP & stamp set = Mash Up! »
Hope you are having a good week so far. Today’s card is for the FabFri154 challenge – this challenge features 5 colors, see the banner below for the list of colors. I thought about it for awhile and when the new Well Written Framelits, part of the Well Said Bundle I knew exactly what I wanted to do… Read More: No stamping for FabFri154 »
Today, January 14th is one month until Valentines Day and the perfect day to share a simple card to make for someone special. The card starts with 5 strips of designer paper using the new All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, which pairs nicely with Balmy Blue, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Lovely Lipstick, Soft Sea… Read More: One month to Valentine’s Day »
Sit back, relax and enjoy some Stampin’ Video’s highlighting some of the new 2019 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration products. First is a video highlighting the foil paper featured in yesterday’s post: This video highlights the Lovely Lattice stamp set featured in this post: All My Love Suite of products, I’ve used these in this post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOVUoYmkIA If you love… Read More: Sit back, relax and watch a few video’s »
Happy Saturday, hope you had a good week and that your weekend is off to a good start! I’m prepping for my Sunday Stampers next weekend and planning to watch some football and hockey. We are finally having some winter weather so a pot of homemade vegetable soup is in order. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More: PCC320 with no ink – just paper ! »
Today I am featuring products from the All My Love Suite from the 2019 Occasions Catalog. This suite includes: Forever Lovely Bundle Forever Lovely Photopolymer stamp set – 14 pieces Lovely Flowers Edgelits Dies – 14 pieces All My Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper All My Love Ribbon Combo Pack (Flirty Flamingo & Lovely Lipstick) Heart… Read More: Love You! »
Today I am featuring the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set – So Hoppy Together – #149725. This is a nine piece Cling Mount Stamp set and is yours free with a $50 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). The stamp set was quite the hit at Onstage back in November 2018 due to the placement of two of the stamped frogs –… Read More: Hoppy for you ! »
Today I’m featuring the Lasting Lily Distinktive Photopolymer Stamp set from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. This stamp set has 16 different stamps and is free with a $100 USD purchase (before tax/shipping). This product is one of two in the brochure that requires a $100 minimum purchase. The detail of the images is striking and I find less is… Read More: SAB – Lasting Lily »