An English Garden Hello

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

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…

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Helping Me Grow in watercolor

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…

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(More) Swaps on Saturday

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…

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Flowering Fields for PPA 288

  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…

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A Bit of Whimsy

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. …

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A CASE for Happy!

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…

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Swaps on Saturday

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…

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Infinite Valentines

I made lots of Valentine candy holders today!  These will be little pouches for Ghiradelli chocolate squares – a perfect fit! I used the 6″ square papers from a pack of Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper Stack, gave them each a “diaper fold,” then decorated with hearts on top of…

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Hoppin’ In to CASE a Classic!

Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for February 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are CASE-ing a project shown in a current Stampin’ Up! catalog. After all, with the Annual, Occasions and Sale-a-Bration catalogs…

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Hello My Friend!

Here is a quick and simple notecard for you to make today!  In just a few minutes ~ it’s that fast.  And we could all use quick and cute sometimes, right? This stamp set is my new acquisition.  It is a FREE gift that you can choose with a $50…

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Birthday Treat Bag

What fun! My project today combines the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits (on sale this week) with items from the Annual Catalog and the Occasions Catalog.  I’m having so much fun pulling out coordinating products to create new things!  Here is what I used… You’re So Sweet stamp set, Mint Macaron…

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Rose Garden for PPA 285

Happy Monday!  I feel like I’ve been off-line forever, even though it’s only been a week!  I am back home for a few days before I fly down to Phoenix for the Gathering For Greatness Retreat, a Stampin’ Up! event put on by Lisa Pretto.  I guess you could call…

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