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 »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend so far. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew PCC320 Sketch Challenge. The banner sketch is below and you can check out their blog by clicking here, or clicking on the banner. I thought with Valentine’s Day a little over a month away this was the perfect time… Read More: Valentine for PCC320 »
Well now, we are three days into the new 2019 Occasions catalog, how long is your wish list, mine is rather long. Today I thought I would share with you the new Incredible Like You Photopolymer Stamp set. It’s a lovely 15 piece set that even has a project kit that can be paired with it. For my… Read More: Incredible Like You! »
Sale-A-Bration is the ideal time to join Stampin’ Up! Have you had a chance to look at all the new products included in the 2019 Occasions Catalog? Were you able to create a wish list of $175 or more? I know silly question, right? It is very easy to have a wish list from the Occasions Catalog over… Read More: Sale-a-Bration the ideal time to join Stampin’ Up! »
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!