Hi there, hope you are having a good week. This past weekend I spent a few hours watching some You Tube craft videos to learn some new techniques, one was a video by Dena Rekow called Faux Watercoloring. Thought I would share with you today the card I made trying this technique. Watercoloring can be scary for some… Read More: Have you ever tried Faux Watercoloring? »
Welcome to the 1st Sunday of Christmas. Over the next 12 Sunday’s I will be posting card, tags and other projects using a different stamp set each week to create holiday projects. If you are a member of my newsletter group I will be sending out measurements and details for all the projects. Today I am featuring the Cookie… Read More: 1st Sunday of Christmas »
Happy World Card Making Day! Welcome to Simple Saturday, where we use one stamp set to create our card. Today I am featuring the Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set – perfect for masculine cards. I’ll be featuring three options all of which are using the Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack. Here are three options using the… Read More: Simple Saturday with Guy Greetings »
Stampin Up has announced two great sales starting today. The first is to Celebrate World Card Making Day. Do you remember the last time you received a card in the mail? In a sea of junk mail and bills, a card is a simple thing that really stands out to the person who receives it. Sending a card… Read More: Stampin Up! has 2 Great Sales starting October 1 »
Don’t think a stamp set can only be use for the intended occasion, today I will show you how the Sweet Cupcake Bundle can be used for the type of card you know it’s meant to be, a Birthday card, but also for a holiday card. Today’s holiday of choice is Halloween. The “ice cream” or frosting stamp… Read More: Stacks of Ice Cream 2 Ways – Birthday & Holiday »
Hope you all had a good Saturday, we went to our only concert of the ‘summer’ Jason Aldean and had a great time. Opening acts were One Thousand Horse and Thomas Rhett, they all put on great shows. Since the weather was so nice yesterday we even went earlier and tailgated! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge,… Read More: PCC212 Color Challenge with Paisleys & Posies »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend. It’s Simple Saturday, where I use one stamp set to create my card. Today’s card uses the Acorny Thank You Photopolymer Stamp set found in the Annual Catalog along with it’s matching punch. This is the perfect card to make for the first weekend of fall. After 88 degrees yesterday it feels… Read More: Simple Saturday with Acorny Thank You »
Happy birthday to my niece Maya. Today I’m sharing with you the card and birthday banner I sent her. The card is a bendy when put together but mails flat. Maya is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady. Here is a picture of her with her brother Jake from when he started college this year.… Read More: Happy Birthday Maya! »
Welcome to Simple Saturday were I use one stamp set to make one card. Today I’m featuring the Birthday Blooms Stamp set, which comes in wood or clear and the Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper. To make today’s card I’ve used a Whisper White card base with a piece of designer series paper matted on Melon… Read More: Simple Saturday with Birthday Blooms »
Today I thought I would share with you the card I sent to friend and fellow demonstrator Ann Clemmer who recently hit a sales milestone. It’s always nice to recognize people for their achievements and today’s card does that. My card features the Playful Palette Designer Series Paper Stack and Washi tape along with the Sunshine Wishes Thinlit… Read More: Congratulations Ann »
Happy Tuesday, hope all is well with you. I’m here in Stamford CT this week for my day job in accounting and finance but wanted to make sure to share some projects with you. This Gate fold Peek-a- Boo card uses the other main sentiment from the Wonderful Year stamp set. This time I used White Stampin’ Emboss powder… Read More: Wonderful Years – part 2 »
One of the nice things about being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator (besides meeting the nicest people) is that you can work it around your life and not the other way around. Some demonstrators are full time, meaning it’s their main job but for me it’s different, I have a full time job in accounting and finance that keeps… Read More: Would you like to be part of the Stampin’ Up!… »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. Today I am featuring the Wonderful Year stamp set, which comes in both wood and clear mount. I’ve not done much heat embossing lately and thought the new Copper Stampin Emboss powder along with the Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper went together nicely which gave me the idea… Read More: Simple Saturday with Wonderful Year »
We sure have had a strange week of weather, the last few days mid afternoon while the sun was brightly shining the rain came pouring down for no more than about five minutes, with rainbows following. For some reasons rainbows always make me think of family and friends who have passed away and puts a smile on my face.… Read More: Stamp Ink Paper #64 »
Say it isn’t so, you haven’t used your envelope punch board for awhile, or worse you don’t have one. Just look at these cute totes you can make using one. They are perfect for the holidays or just about any reason. Last week I received my email from SplitcoastStampers, a stampers community and when I saw these cute… Read More: Have you used your envelope punch board lately? »
Today’s card is the birthday card I sent my godson Jason this year. Even though he is 16 years younger than me, you are never to old for a spinner card, they are fun for all ages. So, how old am I, let’s just say I was in high school when he was born. The card features the Sliding… Read More: Happy Birthday Jason! »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. Today I’m featuring the new “Halloween Treat” stamp from the 2016 Holiday Catalog. Today’s card features some of the new products from the Halloween Night Product Suite: Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper (includes 1 each of 2 single sided silver foil designs) Halloween Night Designer Washi Tape… Read More: Simple Saturday featuring Halloween Treats »
The 2016 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog goes live today! Click on the catalog below and go directly to the online catalog. There are so many beautiful stamp set, bundles and accessories in this catalog. Each Sunday, starting September 25th I will feature a Christmas project with instructions for the “12 weeks before Christmas”. Here is the card… Read More: 2016 Holiday Catalog is here! »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week and closer to the weekend. Plans have changed around here for the weekend. This past Sunday the skimmer on the pool filter broke so we closed the pool for the year. With my work schedule. I’ll be out of town mid month, made no sense to have a new skimmer installed, refill pool with… Read More: Strawberry Spinner »
Since today is the last Saturday in August, I thought using the Pop of Paradise stamp set and bright colors was just perfect for my Simple Saturday card. They say the temperature will be about 90 degrees here today and humidity is on the rise, watch out pool here I come! For my card I used the stamps… Read More: Simple Saturday with Pop of Paradise »
Today’s post is in honor of National Dog Day. Features photo’s of our boys Bandit and Nitro and a card made with the Photopolymer stamp set Sitting Here. The dog in the stamp set reminds me of how the boys like to lie around which meant the stamp set was a must have for me. Don’t you cat… Read More: Sitting Here with the boys for National Dog Day! »
Happy Wednesday, half way through the week. The weather here is beautiful this morning so I’m sitting in the sun porch listening to the cars of the interstate and birds, great white noise if you ask me. I can hear the dogs in the yard below walking around enjoying the cooler morning temperatures. The kids in our school… Read More: Post-it Tape = Cool looking card »
Today I thought I would share with you the cards my ladies are making today as part of my Sunday Stampers group. We will be making a Shaker Card, featuring Jar of Love Bundle, which is also an easel and can be removed from the card base, a Spinner Card featuring the Shooting Star Bundle, with either a… Read More: Spinner, Shaker and Serene Scenery cards »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, one stamp set for one card. For the longest time, I didn’t think I needed this stamp set or the matching Fruit Stand Designer Series Paper, well was I wrong. Today I am featuring the stamp set only. In a future Simple Saturday I will combine the paper and stamp set. This is an… Read More: Simple Saturday with Fresh Fruit »
Happy Friday. Earlier this week I told you I would explain how I made the easel portion of my shaker card, well today is the day. I want to again thank fellow demonstrator Connie Stewart for this idea, it’s definitely a cute feature to add when making a shaker card. The shaker jar of fishes, can be removed from the… Read More: How did I do that? »
Happy Birthday Aunt Helen! It was great to spend time with you Sunday and Shari’s, always have a good time with family! Today I’ll be sharing with you the cards I made for Aunt Helen and Kenzi my god-daughter. Both are similar, Aunt Helen’s for her birthday and Kenzi using Wittenberg University colors. Each card has stamped images from… Read More: Happy Birthday Aunt Helen! »
Welcome to Simple Saturday using one stamp set to create your card. This week I’m featuring the Marquee Messages Photopolymer Stamp Set. I’ve created two versions of the card, one with Whisper White card stock and another with Watercolor Paper. For this card, I stamped the images with Basic Black Archival Ink on Whisper White card stock and used… Read More: Simple Saturday with Marquee Messages »
Well then I have a card for you. Happy Friday, welcome to weekend eve. Any special plans, it’s so hot & humid here, we seem to have quite a few pop up storms late afternoon and in the evenings. The past two days we’ve had bad rains with the sun shining and bright rainbows at the end. This weekend is the church… Read More: Do you use a jar as a vase ? »
Happy Hump Day, half way through the week and half way to the weekend! Hope you are all having a good week, weather is hot and humid here and I’ve been busy with some charity events and the first week or so is always busy at work, feels good to have some crafting time again. Today’s card was… Read More: May flowers in August »
Welcome to Simple Saturday, this week I decided to do something a little different and feature a Designer Series Paper Stack called Serene Scenery. This paper stack contains 48 sheets of 12 double-sided designs, 6″ x 6″. These papers coordinate with Bermuda Bay, Crumb Cake, Delightful Dijon, Island Indigo, Old Olive, Pool Party and Whisper White card stock.… Read More: Simple Saturday with Serene Scenery »