Author Archives: Kimberly
Stampin’ Up! has made it so easy to make quick thank you cards with their Oh, Hello! Stamp Set and their Print Poetry Paper Packs. With the Sale-a-Bration sale going on, it’s hard to resist making a big stamping order to get all the freebies! Over the weekend, I made some quick thank you cards. Here are 3… Read More »
For my Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge this week, I decided to play with butterflies. I have not used the new Swallowtail Butterfly background stamp in the Spring Mini Catalog. I decided that this sketch would be perfect! Stampin’ Up! has so many butterfly choices that includes punches and stamp sets!! This challenge was not only a sketch… Read More »
I’m just warning you now. Sale-a-Bration begins on Tuesday. This is Stampin’ Up!s most anticipated sale of the year. They send us a brochure of never-before-seen and never-available-again stamping supplies. Then they tell us that for every $50 we purchase (from the Annual Catalog or from the Spring Mini), we can choose one item from the brochure for… Read More »
I love the paper in the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper pack in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. I decided that I find it so inspiring and happy, I made myself a little desk set. I created two post-it note holders, a box, and a rainy day journal. The box was created to hold my Color Coach, index cards and… Read More »
There are days when I sit and create really detailed cards and projects. I fuss with the details and try different elements to see what I like best. Today was not one of those days. It was time to break down and clean the house today, so my creative time was limited! I decided I better stick with… Read More »
I find it very relaxing to search around the internet for clever ideas and little tidbits of information that you find along the way. I love having a cup of coffee on a weekend morning and browsing through the ideas on Pinterest. Isn’t it addicting?! All of those types of sites are. They inspire us. We pin things… Read More »
I don’t know what possessed me to make 3 cards today. I received my new Stampin’ Up! order with lots of neutral papers and I was browsing things that I had pinned from Pinterest. My cards today are Pinterest inspired. I keep pinning stuff so I need to make some of it! This weekend, I will be working… Read More »
So many new stamping toys to play with! It’s hard to know what to start with! I love everything in the Sale-a-Bration Flyer. Sale-a-Bration is Stampin’ Up!s biggest sale of the year. For every $50 product purchase, you get a free item from the Sale-a-Bration Flyer. If you spend $100, you get 2 items. If you spend $150,… Read More »
This week’s challenge is not only a sketch challenge, it is also a color challenge. I find the color challenges more difficult because I’m still building up my paper stash and don’t always have the colors. I LOVE the sketch for this coming week. Please play along! Create a card and post it on the Paper Craft Crew… 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’ve been busy creating this weekend! It is so relaxing to just spend time at my craft table. You really need to claim some small space that you can have a table and a small amount of storage space (even if it is under the table), just so you can sit down at any moment when you have… Read More »
Not only can you participate in weekly card sketch challenges at Paper Craft Crew, you can participate in monthly scrapbook page sketch challenges!!! I love this. I have not created many scrapbook pages since my kids started college! I have all of the high school graduation pictures to get into albums along with those first days of college… Read More »
I think that it’s always the right time to send a love note! I felt like my card today just created itself. I’m falling in love with the colors in the More Amore Designer Series Papers. Tips: Keep the colors simple. If you aren’t sure what works together, take your inspiration from the combinations put together in 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 »
I absolutely love trying the sketch challenges. I find myself creating card layouts that I never would have thought of before. The sketch challenges have really stretched my creativity to a new place! It just gives you more ideas for making beautiful cards in your bag of tricks when you create a card from a sketch created by… Read More »