Have you ever carved your initials into a tree? My friend told me a sweet story about her husband carving their initials into a tree in their front yard when they bought a new house. She had asked me to create a valentine for her to give him, and I…
Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for January 2016. We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes. This month we are showcasing projects using Stampin’ Up! products featuring a theme from any of the following: Valentine’s Day; Thinking of You;…
Good Monday morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are ready to take on a new week! On Friday I showed you an ultra “girlie” valentine, with flowers, hearts, and pastel colors. Today I have a more manly valentine! Well it still has hearts and even a touch…
Here’s a very feminine and flirty valentine for you today! It definitely isn’t limited to Valentine’s Day, though. This would make a pretty wedding or anniversary card as well. It’s a 4 1/4″ square card, so it will fit into a regular envelope – no extra postage required! I started…
Welcome! I’ve made a valentine card for the Pals Paper Arts challenge this week. My design was inspired by this sketch by Mary Fish: The Designer Series Paper that I used for the background piece is from the new 6″x6″ paper stack called Love Blossoms. I love this stack! The…
It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for! The launching of the new 2016 Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Catalog has happened! Get onboard! This catalog is beautifully designed to give you lots of bundle options and “suites” or groupings of coordinating products to make your crafting easy and fun. And…
Happy New Year to you! The house is very quiet this morning and I’m having some “me” time – reflecting on this past year and looking forward to the new year and the possibilities ahead… I don’t make resolutions as such. The pressure to keep them is too much. But…
This is one of my favorite projects ever! I’ve been making these little Ghiradelli Chocolate sleeves for 3 years now, each year with the new Stampin’ Up! products from the Occasions Catalogs. Yep, this is a sneak peek at a couple of new products, available for purchase on January 5,…
Here’s a clean and simple (CAS) thank you card for you today. It’s a quicky – you could make several of them easily in 1/2 hour. I used the pre-cut and scored Note Card & Envelope for this card. These come ready to use, in a great size –…
It’s time to think about writing those thank you cards for Christmas gifts. This sweet little card was inspired by the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge and here is the sketch that I created from: As usual, I have Christmas DSP left over, so what better opportunity to use…
When Be The Star stamp set came out on Weekly Deals yesterday, I immediately started thinking about how I could use the stamps for a Happy New Year card. This is what I came up with: It’s super sparkly, thanks to the silver Glimmer Paper that is also on sale…
I know this is a bit of a stretch for my Pals Paper Arts entry. The sketch that inspired me is this: I started off with the house image in an oval, but decided that I liked it stamped directly on the light blue “sky” with snowfall. I ended up…
Oh my goodness! Are these seriously cute or what?! Pardon me while I geek out just a little! I have made it an annual tradition to bake Christmas goodies and take plates of them to my neighbors. I needed a card to put with them, and this little 3 x…
This is a card that is so clean and simple and can be used for many different occasions. You could easily make several in different colors with different sentiments and package them into a gift box. Here are the particulars: Whisper White card base 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, Lost…
It’s a color challenge at Pals Paper Arts this week! Here is the banner that I used to create my card: Look at all the beautiful cards created this week over at the PPA site by clicking HERE. For my card, I used the poinsettia print and the…
