Happy Friday, hope you have some exciting weekend plans. I’ll be having by Sunday Stampers class this weekend, working on thank you cards as a wedding gift and getting ready to go out of town on Monday for my day job. Speaking of weddings, today’s card is perfect for either a wedding or anniversary. This card features the Falling… Read More: Need a wedding or anniversary card? »
Happy Valentine’s Day Eve, are you prepared with something sweet for your sweetie? What do you prefer? Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Theme Challenge . . . LOVE . . . Love is so much more than Valentines Day… It is a reflection of individuals we love or events that represent LOVE in out lives! There are many… Read More: Share Love with PCC230 »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend. Hopefully the weather is fine where you are, we had about 3″ of snow earlier this week and now it may rain today and be around 50 degrees, sure is a weird weather winter. Today I thought I would share with you a card I made using the new Falling in… Read More: Make your own embellishment today »
Don’t know about you, but I just love me an embossing folder, especially the new Dynamic Textured Impression Embossing Folders. These folders make extra deep, super crisp impressions—great for card fronts and accents. In the 2017 Occasions catalog on page 47 is a new one, the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Size: 4-1/2″ x 6-3/16″ (11.4 x… Read More: Have you seen the new Dynamic embossing folder? »
While doing a little internet surfing I came across the SUO Challenges blog (SUO = Stampin’ Up! Only) and thought I would join the fun. It’s February, which means it’s time for Valentines! Cards, gifts or treats and treats helped me come up with the idea for my card. How many of you like the little candy hearts with… Read More: Card inspired by candy hearts . . . »
Last week I shared a card I made using the Photopolymer Stamp Set High Tide, stamping using multiple colors. Today I thought I would share a card using the same design but only Perfect Plum Ink. Love how the card turned out. For the lighthouse, when stamping the first image I stamped off the image then used full strength ink on the… Read More: Perfect Plum anyone ? »
I’ve officially jumped on the “Hey Chick” bandwagon! I’ve sIf een so many cards made with this stamp set I just had to place a qualifying order to get one, as it’s a Sale-a-Bration item, free with a $50 purchase from Stampin’ Up! While I am doing more traveling for work than I have in the past, I’ve decided… Read More: Hey Chick! Stop and see PCC229 challenge »
Over this past weekend I was thinking what a difference a week makes. The weekend of the 21st-22nd it was in the 60’s and we wore shorts and t-shirts and this past weekend, not above 32 and snow flurries! Thought I would use the Photopolymer stamp set High Tide and make a card reminding me warmer days to… Read More: Little about the Light . . . »
Happy Birthday to my baby brother, I just love saying that! Thought I would share with you the card I made and sent to him. I used the new Balloon Adventures Bundle to create a pop-up card. This bundle is in the 2017 Occasions Catalog on page 5, along with the new Party Animal Designer Series Paper and… Read More: Happy Birthday Baby Brother! »
Thought I would take time today to thank Laura B. for the beautiful birthday card. Laura is a new member of my demonstrator group of 24/7 Stampers and she is learning the ‘ropes’ of stamping. I thought she did a great job on my card – not to mention it’s my favorite type of card – a shaker!… Read More: Birthday card share »
Happy Saturday everyone, hope you have a fun filled weekend planned. Last weekend we brought home our new puppy Diesel, thought you might like to see a picture of him, he is a 8 week old German Shepard. Here he is with my nephew Jake who was in town visiting his girlfriend and stopped by to drop off… Read More: PCC228 – a Color Challenge – Love You! »
Today’s cards feature the stamp set Bella & Friends both colored with the new Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils. I just love coloring with the new pencils, using watercolor paper and an aqua painter give you a completely different look than using Whisper White cardstock and blender pens. Not only do I think this is a super cute stamp… Read More: Bella and Friend . . . »
Happy Birthday Kenzi! Today is my goddaughters birthday and I thought I would share her birthday card with you. She is a freshman at Wittenberg University, following in her sisters footsteps. The card is a Front Dutch Fold card with flaps on the front that are held together with the cascade of flowers down the front, there is even… Read More: Happy Birthday Kenzi! »
Today’s card features the new Stitched Shapes Framelits, cut thoughtfully stitched circles, squares, and ovals in seconds with Framelits dies and the Big Shot. Framelits Dies help you create detailed die-cuts with just a few turns of the Big Shot handle. Dies include ejection holes so you can remove the paper easily. There are 12 dies in the set:… Read More: Stitched Squares Patchwork Card »
It’s a big day at our house, we pick up our new German Shepard puppy Diesel this afternoon. I’ll post a picture of him later in the day. In honor of Diesel today’s card features the stamp set Bella & Friends from the annual catalog, page 101 and two items from the 2017 Sale-A-Bration catalog – the photopolymer… Read More: Bella Birthday »
Todays card features the Balloon Adventures Bundle to celebrate my birthday with a pretty cool card and a special offer, directly from me for qualifying orders. In honor of my birthday weekend, place an online order with me using host code XKJRA6JK from January 20 – 22, 2017 of $50 or more and receive my favorite new stamp set Yummy… Read More: Happy Birthday to me and you this weekend ! »
Todays card features the new stamp set Beautiful You. If you are a fan of Pinterest, and who isn’t, I’m sure you have seen a variety of cards made with this stamp set. The images are perfect for coloring with one of the stamped images included, coloring with watercolor pencils, ink and your Aqua Painter or even paper… Read More: Celebrate Beautiful You ! »
Today’s card features the new High Tide stamp set from the Occasions Catalog. This is a photopolymer stamp set and includes 16 stamps. When I first saw this set, I knew I needed to get it, I love the beach and the sentiments just made me feel good inside. The card is rather simple, with all black stamped… Read More: Lighthouse of Hope »
Earlier this month I featured four cards made with items from the new Occasions or Sale-A-Bration catalog, this week I feature the cards in more detail on how they were made. First up are cards using Dragonfly Dreams and Inside the Lines Designer Series paper. I just love this cluster of Dragonflies Thinlit, there are so many possibilities… Read More: Let’s doing some coloring and dragonflying »
Happy Saturday. Today my up-line manager Ann is hosting a live swapping event for the “24/7 Stampers” (her demonstrator group) and since many of us are not local we have the option to participate by mail While others will be making each others cards together, my mail I send in already completed cards and will receive a group of card via mail in… Read More: 24/7 Swap both near and far »
Today I am featuring a unique stamp set, Happy Celebrations, that pairs with the Celebrations Duo Textured Impressions Embossing Folders. These embossing folders create a “Debossed” Impression, allowing you to stamp over the embossed image. My choice for today was to use the Happy folder, the other folder is Celebrate. Card base is Tip Top Taupe with a… Read More: Happy Celebrations! »
Today I’m featuring a fun card made with the Dragonfly Dreams Bundle which includes the Dragonfly Dreams and Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies. The card starts with a card base of Sweet Sugarplum and a mat of Basic Black. The Whisper White mat was stamped in Sweet Sugarplum with the dots image from the set and greeting stamped in Memento Black. To… Read More: Fancy and Elegant Thank you card »
Today I am featuring one of the stamp sets from the 2017 Sale-A-Bration catalog, Tasty Trucks #143300, if you are a fan of food trucks, this is the stamp set for you. To start the card I stamped images from the set in Calypso Coral ink on Calypso Coral card stock. When planning on doing this type of… Read More: Are you hungry? look for a food truck »
The first time I looked through the new Occasions catalog, the one stamp set that jumped out to me was the Yummy in the Tummy set. I just love these cute little monsters! Today I thought I would show you two cards made with this set – one watercolored using an Aqua Painter and another using the new… Read More: Isn’t he cute? »
Happy Wednesday, today is a big day in stamping land – the new Stampin’ Up! 2017 Occasions catalog goes live and Sale-A-Bration starts! For those of you newer to Stampin’ Up!, Sale-A-Bration is one of the biggest events of the year, here’s why: SHOP – During Sale-A-Bration, you get a free item of your choice from the Sale-A-Bration… Read More: 2017 Occasions & Sale-A-Bration catalogs go live today! »
Happy 2017 to all you crafters out there! May the new year bring you good health and happiness. So who’s having pork and sauerkraut today for luck throughout the new year? We are, along with my famous baked beans and mashed potatoes. What is more appropriate than for me to make my favorite type of card, a shaker, to welcome… Read More: Happy New Year! »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, using one stamp set to create your card. Today I am featuring the photopolymer stamp set Baby Bear. Remember how a childhood teddy bear holds many great memories, for my brother it was a bear named Pinky. Why not start a baby’s life out with the right teddy bear and the good memories will follow. … Read More: Simple Saturday with Baby Bear »
Just about a week left of the Stampin’ Up! Year End Closeouts, thought I would share the listing of available products, remember quantities are while supply lasts. Here are the Closeout Bundles: Here are the Close Out Holiday Stamp Sets: Here are the Close Out Paper items: and finally the Close Out Everything else: Reminder, the new 2017… Read More: Going . . . going . . . gone »
Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday and was able to spend time with family and friends. We had a nice time on both Christmas eve and Christmas Day with family. On Christmas Eve we do a Gift Grab Bag, this year I did a handmade card sampler as my gift. As a special treat I made each person… Read More: If you need packaging for a card and gift, look… »
