Here are some of the latest Stampin’ Up! Happenings. You’ll want to scroll down to catch everything. Enjoy! Happy World Card Making Day! I hope you get to spend some time crafting today ~ If you’re like me, every day is “card making day” 😁, but there are some fun…
Here’s another fancy fold that I made from Jeanie’s Mystery Stampin’! This may be a contender for my Christmas cards. It’s quick and easy, yet different than a normal card. It’s a Peaceful Garden Fancy Fold. I opted to have mine open vertically, but you can make it open horizontally…
Welcoming October, we have a sketch challenge at Create with Stamping Friends! I’m Branching Out with Woven Textures! Here’s our sketch: Here’s my card: There were so many options of DSP to use for this sketch! I needed a masculine card, so I went straight to Woven Textures. You know…
Big news! From October 1 to 31, when you sign up as a demonstrator, you can choose between two amazing offers when you join Stampin’ Up! In addition to FREE shipping, FREE business supplies, and a FREE Paper Pumpkin kit, you can either get $125 worth of products for just…
Last week, Jeanie Stark had a Mystery Stampin’ post that led us through creating this beautiful “spanner” card. It opens to reveal a “secret message,” then opens again to contain the written message! It was so much fun to follow her directions. You can get the PDF of her instructions…
Every once in a while I like to dig out crafting items that I’ve had in my stash for some time! In the case of this patterned paper, it’s been hidden under others for years! It was like finding a buried treasure!! And this Harvest of Joy stamp set/die from…
It’s our final September post of Create with Stamping Friends today! We have another color challenge. I really like this color combo! I’ve used Pretty Florals to create the focal point of my “Thinking of You” card. Here’s the challenge: And here’s my card: Pretty, yes? Here are my directions,…
It’s Thursday again, already! Time for another Create with Stamping Friends. And we have a fun sketch challenge this week. I’m using Gathering Moments with the fall foliage and the sentiment, “Thankful for you.” Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: The sentiment is a little hard to read in…
Stampin’ Up! is offering a 24 hour stamp sale tomorrow! This once a year stamp sale starts tonight at midnight MT and ends tomorrow night at 11:59 MT. Don’t miss your opportunity to save 15%! Details: This stamp sale only happens once a year! The sale will run for 24…
Rosanne and I are back with another Creating Coast to Coast! This month Rosanne picked the challenge ~ to create a card using Gathering Together DSP. I love this paper with it’s beautiful gold foiling. So pretty! So this month we are traveling from Pennsylvania, where Rosanne lives, to California,…
Here’s a new holiday paper that I just pulled out and used for the first time! I was inspired by this week’s Tic Tac Toe Challenge that called for metallics and a square with embossing. The DSP is called Modern Christmas and it pairs with a bundle called Ornamental Christmas.…
It’s Thursday and another Create with Stamping Friends post! This week we have a pastel color palette to work with. When I first looked at it, I thought, “Easter eggs!” No – wrong season… OK, so my next thought was flowers. I pulled out Impressions Abloom Dies with our three…
I made another fun-fold card for Jeanie Stark’s Mystery Stamping this week! This time it’s a box fold and I created a continuous scene with Splendid Autumn DSP wrapping around four of the five sides. Here’s the front view of the card: If you’d like to try this fold, you…
Welcome September and our first Create with Stamping Friends this month! We have a sketch challenge this week. I combined Charming Day with Splendid Autumn for a Charming (Autumn) Day! Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: Purple doesn’t exactly make me think of Autumn, but the touch of Cajun…
Many of you know that I love playing with Jeanie Stark’s Mystery Stampin’ posts. She publishes a new one beginning every Sunday with a supply list. Then on Monday she gives all the clues. I always like to try to follow her clues before I see her finished projects on…
