Stampin’ Up! releases new digital downloads each week. This week they range in price from *FREE* to $14.95. When you order the digital downloads from my online store, you don’t pay any shipping and handling!!! You also get preferred pricing by ordering directly through my online store!!! SHOP ONLINE Past week downloads are also available. They have been… Read More »
I have really been enjoying working with card sketches. I feel like I’m a very creative person and I really love to do my own thing. I find it really challenging to take a sketch someone else came up with and create a card with it. I feel that way about teaching too. I can’t teach from a… Read More »
What do you get when you challenge yourself to make 8 completely different cards with the same 3 pieces of card stock? You get 8 great cards and a lot of time relaxing while you stamp! Stampin’ Up! offers so many different stamp sets, tools and embellishments that it is fun to challenge yourself to see how many… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has 2 new specials for the beginning of February! Sent with Love Special Offer Dates: February 1 – April 30, 2013Details: During this limited-time offer, you can purchase the exclusive Sent with Love Stamp Set or Sent with Love Designer Series Paper-or bundle them for a special 20 percent discount! Use the Sent with… Read More »
Make sure you check out my Freebie Friday post on Facebook. Click here to go to my Facebook page and print an 8×8″ scrapbook page. You just need to print it on card stock, add a photo and your journaling and you’ve got one scrapbook page done! Give me a “Like” while you are there! Leave a… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge gave me the opportunity to use some of the embellishments in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog’s Artisan Elements Kit! I originally purchased two of the kits thinking that I had no idea what to do with it. I thought that my daughter, who is 21 and very creative, might have… Read More »
Get FREE Digital Content! We’re having a party—and you’re invited. Sale-A-Bration is our best bash of the year, and since we’re celebrating our 25-year anniversary, it’s our biggest. Ever. Simply shop or join from January 22 to March 22 to enjoy the perks. Spend $50 and choose a FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure—including two discs full of… Read More »
This is my second installment using the sponging resist technique using Stampin’ Up!s Natural Specialty Paper (#126917). What a fun technique! Look at how different this paper looks with the Tangerine Tango sponged on. Yesterday, I used the very same paper with Real Red and you get a completely different look! Check it out here! You can really… Read More »
I absolutely love the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration products. Between the Madison Avenue Stamp Set and the Sycamore Street Designer Series Papers and Ribbons, you can make amazing cards and gifts. I am finding it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE! to make only one card at a time. My head is stuffed with card designs. I love every paper in the Sycamore… Read More »
It’s a Magical Paper Escape Every Month! Sweep away the mundane-your creativity carriage awaits! I’m Paper Pumpkin . . . I come to your door each month (a fully decked-out creativity carriage). I’ll help you to escape your life with some paper fun. I come in a sweet box, but you’ll really love what you find on the… Read More »
I have been playing with envelopes! Today, I discovered that I could make quite a nice little gift bag from a Stampin’ Up! card envelope. You really could do this with any size envelope. In my experimenting, I learned one rule…all score lines must be the same distance from the edge of the envelope! That’s it. So simple!… Read More »
Everyone is crafting for Valentine’s Day! It seems that we move from one holiday to another in the stamping and crafting world. Holidays and events give us a purpose…or at least a very good excuse…to craft. I’m not sure I need an excuse anymore. Crafting has become such an outlet and such a source of relaxation for me… Read More »
You can create 8 gift cards and a gift bag out of two 12 x12″ sheets of paper! I challenged myself to see how little I really need to create a set of gift tags and a bag. Of course when I was done, I just had to step up my cards by adding some buttons, bows and… Read More »
I’m so excited to share my news! I’ve been invited to join the Paper Craft Crew Design Team! I love designing cards and participating in sketch and color challenges so I’m very excited about this new venture! I hope to inspire you with my designs and I’m inviting you to participate in the weekly challenges along with me!… Read More »
You can add some great dimension to your cards by using a technique called Inked Dry Embossing. You use a brayer to ink up the front inside of your embossing folder and then emboss your paper. It really gives a beautiful effect. Here is an up close view of two samples. One is gumball green on whisper white, the… Read More »