Terry has been my friend since 7th grade. We are turning – well, a special age – this year. Her birthday is today, mine will follow in 27 days. This birthday definitely calls for a couple glasses of celebratory champagne! Even though this champagne glass stamp has been retired for…
Today’s card was inspired by this week’s Pals Paper Arts Challenge. And here is the sketch that got me started: I had all the parts and tried to put them together just like the sketch, but it just wasn’t working for me! Ever happen to you? So I rearranged things…
Good Morning, Everyone! Happy Tuesday! Happy March 1st! Check out this gorgeous red moss growing in our woods! I love Spring! I also love Tuesdays for Stampin’ Up!’s new Weekly Deals. Check out these deals ~ Woo Hoo! The Ornate Tag Topper Punch and the Tin of Cards Project Kit! …
Happy Monday! Here’s a cutie for you ~ and so simple, but with a few special elements. This snappy crab can be found in You’re Sublime, which comes in clear or wood mount. You’re Sublime Clear-mount stamp set #139309 You’re Sublime Wood-mount stamp set #138732 Images by Stampin’ Up! I…
I mentioned last week that I would share the rest of my swap cards that I received at the Stampin’ Up! Retreat in Phoenix earlier this month. I didn’t realize how many I had left to share with you ~ so I’m going to post half of them today and…
Our Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week is a color challenge, and as you can see we were to make a card using Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, and Night of Navy. As I was looking at these colors together, I couldn’t help but think – wedding! So that is what…
Following a layout that Julie Davison shared on her website, I made this sweet little card with English Garden DSP. You’ll find this “hello” stamp in Endless Birthday Wishes. See Julie’s post with measurements HERE. My base card is Wild Wasabi and the pink is Rose Red. I have plans…
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Quick and simple ~ sometimes that’s all you need! My daughter loves this little card. “No flim flam, just beautiful colors together and a pretty font. That’s all you need.” Well…sometimes I love all those embellishments and “flim flam” but I needed to put together a super quick thank you…
Don’t these colors just scream, “Spring!” to you? I’ve been very interested in trying some water color techniques lately and I saw a video on Acrylic Watercolor Wash by Linda Heller. This is a surprisingly simple technique where you color on an acrylic block with Stampin’ Write Markers, spritz it…
Last Saturday I posted some of the cards I received at a Stampin’ Up! event. We each made several cards to share and swapped with other stampers. If you missed that post, you can see it HERE. Today I want to show you some more of the cards I received…
Flowering Fields was my first choice of stamp sets from the 2016 Sale-A-Bration Catalog. I love all of the wildflower images. And of course I needed the coordinating Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper! My card design today was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge for this…
I thought I’d try a little watercoloring today, so I busted out my Blender Pen and the You’re Sublime stamp set, and had some fun! This stamp set is so fun and whimsical – and the perfect images for watercoloring. You’ll find it in the Annual Catalog on page 45. …
How can you not smile when you see this card?! It makes me so happy! I CASEd (copy and share everything) this card from Pinterest. It’s original designer is Teneale Williams. I did change it slightly, but the concept is the same. My friends and I were singing “Happy” by…
I had the privilege of attending a Stampin’ Up! retreat last weekend in Phoenix, AZ. It was called Gathering For Greatness, led by Lisa Pretto, and we spent Friday – Sunday listening to the best of the best demonstrator/presenters share their expertise on running a Stampin’ Up! business. It was…
