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Quick and Easy Card Sets with Circle Circus from Stampin’ Up!

Featured Retiring Products Series:  Just Believe, Circle Circus, Brights Paper Pack, Subtles Paper Pack, Striped Organdy Ribbon I’ve always found this to be a busy time of year.  The end of the school year is winding down and you have all the end of the year stuff with the kids.  How many award ceremonies can one family attend? … Read More »

More With The Best of Flowers From Stampin’ Up!

I really enjoyed stamping the day away on Sunday!  I created several cards and scrapbook pages.  What a relaxing way to spend the day! I really love creating a card from a great sketch.  I find it such a challenge to start with a layout and then selecting the papers, inks and stamps that you will make that… Read More »

An Easter Card Challenge with Stampin’ Up!

There is nothing like a beautiful piece of patterned paper to inspire you in your handmade card creation.  Stampin’ Up! really has a hit with their Tea for Two Designer Series Paper.  Every side of every sheet is gorgeous! How pretty is this paper?  I feel like it just screams “Vintage Romance”! (#129311)  The Easter Blessings sentiment (#129183)… Read More »

3 Fun Card Ideas with Stampin’ Up!s Pretty Petites!

I love punches.  There is no question that I like to play around with them and find new ways to use them!  Punches, framelits and Big Shot Dies make card making so much easier.  No more fussy cutting with paper snips!  You can get fun shapes with a punch or framelit. The petite curly label punch (#129405) is… Read More »

Background Stamping Technique with Stampin’ Up!

I have been experimenting with background techniques for my rubber stamping projects.  For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying out  a technique using rubber bands on my clear blocks.  This gives you a really fun and fabulous background image for your card! Isn’t this card an eye-popper?!  I think it’s that Melon Mambo!  Every time… Read More »

6 Stamping Techniques Using 1 Stampin’ Up! Swallowtail!

Stampin’ Up!s new Swallowtail stamp make the perfect image to practice all of our stamping techniques!  I created 6 different cards using a different technique on each card using only the Swallowtail image stamp and a few sentiments. I’m having trouble deciding on which card is my favorite, but I think this one is it.  It was so… Read More »

Stamping 101: Basic Supply List Suggestions

Stamping 101: Basic Supply List     These are my recommendations for different price points when you are getting started stamping. My Basic Recommendations Include 5 Items: Inks:  Choose a neutral stamp pad and a set of markers. Paper: Get White paper and one package of colors to match your markers. Adhesive Paper Snips Stamp Set Sample Supply List #1: … Read More »

5 Card Set of Masculine Thank You Cards With Stampin’ Up!

Stampin’ Up!s new Parker’s Patterns Designer Series Paper and the Beyond Plaid stamp set really lend themselves to creating masculine cards.  Here is a quick set of 3×3″ thank you cards in a matching folder. I used several elements to create the cards and folder.  I created 6 pieces of crumb cake card stock cut at 2-7/8 x… Read More »