It’s the last day for the Stampin’ Up! Advent Calendar for 2025! I’m so happy I splurged and treated myself to this advent calendar. It’s the first time that I have ever purchased myself an advent calendar and I was not disappointed! Today we got 6 white embossed 3 x4″ cards and over 20 laser die cuts… Read More »
Wow! I’m almost done with the Stampin’ Up! Advent Calendar for 2025. Just today and tomorrow left. I have absolutely loved the items in the calendar. I have a wonder mini suite of coordinating products that I will play with all year long. Today’s goodie was a surprise! Stampin’ Up! doesn’t currently carry anything like this product. … Read More »
The 2025 Stampin’ Up! Advent Calendar Day 10 reveal! What more can there be? This is a bag of true shaker elements. I know that I said I don’t love shaker cards, but I did see a cute idea on the Stampin’ Up! Official Instagram page. They created a banner set to hang that included shaker elements. … Read More »
I’m down to the last 4 boxes of Stampin’ Up!’s very first Advent Calendar. I have loved all the goodies so far and I’ve enjoyed creating with them every single day so far. Check out what Door 9 revealed: Today’s gift was 10 double sided 3 x4″ cards and 20 decorative die cuts and tags. … Read More »
Day 8 already!! December is flying and I’m three quarters of the way through this advent calendar already. Stampin’ Up! is doing a great job with it’s very first Advent Calendar. I feel like I have gotten great value for my money so far. If I add up what I believe they would charge for each item, the… Read More »
We’re on to the Day 7 reveal for the Stampin’ Up! Advent Calendar for 2025! Layering Postage Stamp dies! I love it! I put mine on a magnet sheet so I don’t loose them. I will store them in the vinyl sleeve with the stamps and the other set of dies. I love that they… Read More »
I can’t believe that I’ve opened up half of the goodies in the Advent Calendar already! Time is flying. I still haven’t put my tree up or decorated my house for the holiday yet! Today’s reveal: It’s Puffy Stickers! There are two sheets of tiny puffy sticker embellishments! I used one of them today on… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! came out with their first ever Advent Calendar this year. It’s the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar. The calendar came with a double stamp set. It include several images in one set and an entire set of sentiments in the other set. I’m now up to day 5 and I’ve been enjoying making a card… Read More »
Today’s gift from the Stampin’ Up! Advent Calendar is revealed below! This is the Day 4 gift… It’s a nice set of foiled sentiment tags! There are 19 tags in all and they all have some foiling detail on them. I made two cards using the stamps and dies, the patterned papers, the sentiment… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a fun torn paper detail! I think this is one of the go to techniques for paper crafting lately and I love the touch it adds to my projects. I think this is a lovely sketch and a quick one to create as well. I pulled out the Peaceful… Read More »
There is a new sketch challenge for theAtlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week. For this challenge, I wanted to do a little watercoloring with my watercolor pencils. I used the new Amber Autumn stamp set from Stampin’ Up!. I stamped my image in StazOn ink and the added color with my watercolor pencils. I used my blender… Read More »
Welcome to the Something Old, Something New YouTube Hop. This month’s theme is Gardens and Bugs. The challenge is to use some new products and to shop your stash for something you haven’t used yet or maybe haven’t used enough. Use your stash and get creative! This hop has a different theme each month and it takes place… Read More »
I have been having so much fun with the scrapbook workshop kits from Stampin’ Up! I’ve used 4 complete kits in the last couple of months. I also add products from the coordinating suites of products. I absolutely love that Stampin’ Up! creates scrapbook workshop kits to coordinate with suites of products. I feel like I have so… Read More »
Have you ever loved a sketch so much that you made two cards inspired by it? Check out this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: I used the ephemera sets from Stampin’ Up! to make my cards this week. I was playing with Say Something and Good Times ephemera sets. I loved this little vase of flowers with… Read More »
There are soooo many great new products being released by Stampin’ Up! in September! First…the new Fall and Holiday Mini Catalog will be released with all kinds of fall and holiday goodies packed inside! My wish list is long! Second…there are some fantastic new products being released as Online Exclusives that are also being released on September 5!… Read More »