Happy Wednesday, sure does not look like spring outside with a few inches of snow and more on the way. Today’s card was a fun one to make and features the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Party Pandas. For the border on the card front, I ran strips of the Myths & Magic Specialty Washi Tape around all four side,… Read More: Party Panda Birthday! »
In case you have not heard, 2018 is the 30th Anniversary Year for Stampin’ Up! But, there is another important 30th Anniversary in 2018 and that would be today, March 19th – 30 years ago today my husband Dan & I where married. Here is the card waiting for Dan when he wakes up this morning. The colors… Read More: Happy 30th Anniversary to my husband! »
Happy Sunday, today I will be meeting with my Sunday stampers and here are the cards we will be making. Two of the cards feature Sale-a-Bration items, available until March 31, 2018 – Springtime Foil Specialty Designer Series Paper ($50 USD item) and Basket Weave Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the Blossoming Basket Bundle ($100 USD item). … Read More: Sunday Stamper Cards – March 2018 »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow? We have an annual party we go to with our Irish friends, I make my Pistachio Bundt Cake with green batter, this year I even have shamrock shaped cake pans to use! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge PCC284, the banner is below.… Read More: Petal Palette Colored Flowers for PCC284 »
Today Stampin’ Up! is introducing new products you can earn for free with a qualifying order* during Sale-a-Bration, which ends March 31, 2018. For these items you must use the product numbers on the brochure you can download here:03.15.18_FLYER_3RD_RELEASE_SAB_US-1 *Level 1 Qualifying order: $50 USD *Level 2 Qualifying order: $100 USD Here are some cards featuring a few… Read More: New Sale-a-Bration Products available today March 15th! »
Today I have a clean and simple card that would be great to make using almost any designer series paper, embossing folder and greeting. Here are the specific for the card: Crumb Cake card base 4¼” x 11″, scored at 5½” for a top folding card Crumb Cake mat 4″ x 5¼”, run through Layered Leaves Dynamic TIEF… Read More: Easy layout with Banners & Leaves »
Today I’m featuring the True Gentlemen Suite – classic patternS and elongated hexagons make this suite tasteful, Tailored and irresistible. The Truly Tailored Bundle, for all the gentlemen in your life. Bundle & save 10%: Truly Tailored Clear or Wood Mount Stamp set 10 stamps Tailored Tag Punch punched image is 2¼” x 1½” When I decided on… Read More: Truly Tailored Narrow Card Set »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend! I’ll be working on some special projects as well as a trip to the nail salon for a manicure and pedicure, what colors will I pick this time? Don’t forget tonight here in Pittsburgh we “spring” ahead the clocks one hour for daylights savings time – the evening will start to… Read More: Waterfront Greeting for PCC283 Sketch Challenge »
Happy Friday, today I’m featuring the new Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper. Give spring an elegant spin with foil-designed, spring-inspired paper. Use the paper for cards, tags, boxes and more! There are 12 sheets of 12″ x 12″ paper, three each of 4 single-sided designs, in gold foil, rose gold foil and silver foil. Get this $50… Read More: Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper »
Have a list of Sale-a-Bration products you would like but aren’t sure what Stampin’ Up! products to purchase, well I have a suggestion for you. While some of you are aware, others may not be – the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog starts June 1st of each year. Every year they retire one set of “In-Colors” and introduce… Read More: Retiring In-Colors and Sale-a-Bration »
Happy Monday, how was your weekend? No complaints here, it was bright and sunny, which always makes me feel good! Mid February Stampin’ Up! introduced new Sale-a-Bration items and I just received mine this past week. Today I am featuring the new Blossoming Basket Bundle. The Blossoming Basket Bundle includes the new Blossoming Basket stamp set and Basket… Read More: New SAB Blossoming Basket Bundle »
Oops, if you saw this post earlier today, you might have seen a bunch of letters saying nothing, that’s what my posts look like sometime before I finish them. Today’ post was on the completed list, apparently in error. This Sunday I’m featuring a card made with the Sale-a-Bration stamp set (free with $50 US product purchase). The… Read More: Heartfelt Bloom in Berry Burst »
Hope you all are having a great week, we are just a few hours away from starting the weekend, yeah! So I have a story for you, this past weekend when I woke up I remembered a dream I had about a card I made. I checked through recent cards I made and it wasn’t there – that’s… Read More: PCC282 meets card I had a dream about »
This last day of February, I have a quick and easy card for you that has no stamping on the outside, but you can stamp for any occasion on the inside. Sometime I know you wonder what can you do with your Sale-a-Bration items, well today’s card is a quick and easy card perfect for boys and girls… Read More: Sale-a-Bration Product Card »
Ever want a color of ribbon Stampin’ Up! does not carry, I know I have, well why not color your own? That’s just what I did to have Pool Party ribbon to match my card. To do this, I cut a piece of Gold trimmed Metallic 3/8″ ribbon the size I needed and using my Pool Party Stampin’… Read More: Color your ribbon to match your card! »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. We are suppose to have another wet weekend, I don’t know about you but rain rain go away come back another day – doesn’t the weather know we need sunny days on the weekend! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge PCC281 – Big Sentiment. Don’t forget… Read More: Happy Wishes & Colorful Seasons for PCC281 »
Today I thought I would share a few cards made with the Birthday Wit Stamp Set (wood or clear mount). Say Happy Birthday with a fun sense of humor with the Birthday Wit Stamp set. Here are the images from the stamp set. For my card first I decided to stamp the greeting in all the 2017-2019 In-Colors… Read More: Have some fun with the Birthday Wit Stamp Set! »
One of my favorite bundles in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog is the Oh So Eclectic Bundle with features the Oh So Eclectic Clear or Wood mount Stamp set and the matching Eclectic Layers Framelits Dies. The stamp set has quite the variety, there are so many textural variations in this 16 piece stamp set and when you pair… Read More: Oh So Eclectic . . . Oh Hello Friend »
Happy Sunday, hope you are having a good weekend. It’s been a crazy one around here. Yesterday I ran some errands, got a manicure and pedicure, prepared for my monthly Sunday Stampers and it snowed about 2″-3″. It’s hard to believe it was snowing last night when the sun shining, it’s 40 degrees and most of the snow… Read More: Sunday Stamper Cards for February 2018 »
This Wednesday was a rainy dismal day here just north of Pittsburgh, why can’t we just have snow in February? The rain makes everything messy especially when you have two German Shepherds who love to play outside. I thought why not make a cheerful fun card today which is what I did for the Paper Craft Crew Card… Read More: PCC280 Card Sketch »
Today, February 16th, new 2018 Sale-a-Bration Products are available with a qualifying order before tax/shipping. Enjoy this video showing the new Blossoming Basket Bundle: Click here 20180216_SAB18-2_en-US to download the new Sale-a-Bration showing all the new items! Thank you for taking the time to stop by, hope you are inspired to try stamping. Follow me on Instagram @cqueen309. … Read More: New Sale-a-Bration Product Offerings! »
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today’s card features the super cute Party Panda’s Stamp set ($50 Sale-a-Bration choice item) in an Eclipse Card. First the three cute Panda’s were stamped and the hearts colored in. Next, using my Magnetic Platform to hold the framelits in place, I added the I and U from the Large Letter Framelits and a heart… Read More: Happy Valentine’s Day! »
Today I thought I would feature two of the more popular items in the 2018 Sale-a-Bration Brochure, the Celebrate You Stamp Set (clear or wood mount) and Celebrate You Thinlits Dies (which will be included in the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog). Get both when you spend $150 (before tax/shipping). In case you are wondering what Sale-a-Bration is, it’s… Read More: Sale-a-Bration Amazing You stamp set & matching thinlies »
It’s going to be a rainy day here today so I thought a mermaid card was perfect! Today I have cute card made from the Magical Day Bundle – The Clear or Wood Mount Stamp set with matching Magical Mates Framelits Dies. Send someone a fanciful dragon, a powerful wizard, bubbly seahorse, unique unicorn or a dreaming mermaid!… Read More: Magical Mermaid with water background »
Happy Saturday, hope you’ve had a good week. For me it’s been a long week, between working 10-12 hours each day for the day job and having a bad week with my sinuses, seems like all I did was work or sleep, and I hate being a mouth breather! Last night was the first since Sunday when I… Read More: Celebrate with PCC279 »
Sometime one of the hardest choices during Sale-a-Bration is deciding on which items to pick. Crafters sometime overlook card base & envelope sets, I’m here to tell you don’t – they help make quick and easy cards, add a simple greeting with some designer series paper and your done. The post today is featuring the Sale-a-Bration item “Tutti… Read More: SAB Tutti Fruitti Cards & Envelopes »
Happy Saturday, any special plan? I’ll be resting and playing with my Stampin’ Up! order that arrived yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying the new Brusho Crystal Colours and Barn Door Bundle, look for some projects this month. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew weekly blog challenge, this weeks is a card sketch, you can see… Read More: PCC278 Card Sketch »
Yesterday I posted the birthday card I made for my brother featuring some of the paper from the Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper. Today I thought I would share a few other quick and easy birthday cards using that same paper and the matching Picture Perfect Birthday stamp set. Card 1: Can’t you almost taste the cookies… Read More: Quick & Easy Birthday cards »
Happy Birthday to my baby brother Michael! I sure do love calling him that, even though we are both in our 50’s. Today I thought I would share his card with you, hopefully it’s arrived in New Jersey and this is not the first time he is seeing it! His card is a Z fold card – 4.25″… Read More: Happy Birthday Baby Brother! »
How was your weekend? Saturday was a rainy day but a manicure and pedicure made for a fun afternoon, always nice to have some “me” time. Today was spent enjoying the sunny day, relaxing on the sun porch, reading and watching the planes in the sky go by, wondering just were the people are going – Vegas, Chicago,… Read More: Sunday Stampers Redo »