Happy Halloween!

I was looking through my box of embellishments and I came across these black spider web doilies from last year.  I couldn’t resist using one more! I glued it over one of our current DSP sheets from Halloween Night and added the cute little dangling spider from Spooky Fun Photopolymer…

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Peeking Through the Window at Christmas

Don’t you love walking down the street in December and seeing all the beautiful Christmas trees in people’s houses?  That was my idea for this card ~ a peek into someone’s holiday decorations!  The only things missing here are the presents!  I guess this family just put up their tree…

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Wishing You a Joyful Christmas

Just a quick post for you this Tuesday morning.  I have an easy layout for you to follow today with one big JOYFUL stamp from the Wonderful Year Stamp Set. I chose to keep the embellishments to a minimum on this card, letting the DSP do all the work.  It…

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I’m Wild About Flowers

I am wild about this stamp set!  It is Wild About Flowers and it is mostly a set for retirement cards. Not quite ready for retirement cards?  Well, keep the sentiments for a later date but use the beautiful collection of wild flower stamps now!   I got my idea…

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Floral Boutique Note

I “borrowed” (CASEd in stamping lingo) this color palette from Bruno Bertucci.  I love the combination of Night of Navy with Tip Top Taupe.  It could go very masculine, but my little scallop oval kind of makes it a bit more feminine.   Floral Boutique Designer Series Paper is the…

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Festive Birthday Card + Treat Bag

Wow!  As neutral as my post was on Monday, this one is packed with color!  This birthday card and treat bag have a very tropical feel, which is what the designers of Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper were going for, I’m sure.   My card is a simple layout, with…

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Silver and White with Sparkle!

I thought I’d try a white and silver card today.  It turned out super sparkly ~ much more than the camera captured.  I love it!  But there are some tricks to working with Foil Sheets and Glimmer Paper. I thought you might like to hear what I learned from this…

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A Sweet Card For a Sweet Friend

This is what I call an All-Purpose card.  It can be used for many different occasions, anything from birthday to sympathy and everything in between.  Kind of bright and flirty ~ I think it would give the recipient a pick-me-up if they needed one! The best part is it’s simple…

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Candy Cane Lane Classic Design

Can you get any more bright and cheerful than Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper?  And with all the coordinating products in this suite, you can create something new every day from now till Christmas! I’m using a classic card design that Linda Heller mentioned in her recent post.  She…

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Joy This Christmas

Do you love the prints and patterns on This Christmas Designer Series Paper as much as I do?  This particular one with the pine boughs, cherry and green flowers, and pinecones is one of my favorite. With the sheet music on the back, I thought the collar fold would be…

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Going Back to Blooms & Bliss!

Welcome to my blog!  I will be featuring cards that showcase the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers that are on sale during the month of October 2016 for the next few posts. Yes!  Buy three Designer Series Papers (DSP for short) and get one free!  There are so many great…

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If At First…

Ever have an idea in your head that looks amazing in your imagination, but just never quite meets your expectations when you put it together?  I hate to admit this, but this card has been through many alterations!  It started off in Chocolate Chip with a window for the sentiment,…

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Specials With Samples ~ For You!

Good Monday morning to all of you!  I hope you had a relaxing weekend, or if not relaxing I hope it was enjoyable!  My sister-in-law and I went out on Lake Natoma for one more paddle boarding session before they closed up the rentals for the season.  It was a…

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He’s Retiring!

After 30+ years of being our family dentist (three generations of us, I might add) our beloved Dr. Smith is retiring!  I wish him well, but really want to say, “You can’t!” I’m being mature though, and instead I’ll send him a nice card and tell him what a great…

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