More die cutting and ink blending techniques? YOU BET!! I’m having so much fun playing around with techniques that I haven’t had time for in the past year+, I can’t seem to stop playing! I created 3 cards today using a combination of die cutting and ink blending techniques. I tried to create a variety of colors… Read More »
When I got home from work on Thursday, I found crafty goodness in a box on my doorstep in the form of this month’s My Favorite Things craft kit, Yay for You! Needless to say, I couldn’t wait to get started creating and participating in challenges. I made 3 cards and I am participating in 2 challenges with… Read More »
“You Are The Sugar In My Coffee” is just one of the adorable sentiments in My Favorite Things Coffee Break stamp set. I’ve paired it here with an older Paper Pumpkin Kit stamp set which I think of as “Stamp a Latte”. I am participating in the Global Design Project 122 | Sketch Challenge for this week. It is… Read More »
It turns out that FREE is my favorite price to pay for something. I love Sale-A-Bration. It is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale of the year. For every $50 of product that you purchase, you get to select one item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I’ve used two of the freebies and made a set of cards from the Sweetest… Read More »
I have to say that I really struggled with this technique and I have a ways to go to perfect it. The technique involves creating a shim to die cut only the area you want cut. I think it may be a matter of matching up the shim shape with the appropriate intricate die. The card on… Read More »
Today I’m participating in the SUO Challenge 192: Fun With Just One Color! I decided to combine that with my homework from the advanced die cutting class I’m taking. I can’t wait to try this technique with a range of colors and different shapes!!! I just could not resist using these old Stampin’ Up! Layered Hearts thinlets for this… Read More »
I’m not afraid to tell you that this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch gave me a run for my money!!! It was just packed full of details and I had so many ideas of what I might do with it…it was too much! Here is what I ended up with: I think I may actually be starting… Read More »
I recently celebrated my 5 year anniversary with Stampin’ Up! As I look back, I had so many reasons why I joined Stampin’ Up! When I joined Stampin’ Up!, my youngest had just gone off to his second year of college and I really wanted to focus on what was next for me. I felt like I had… Read More »
There have been a lot of new stamp companies popping up over the last several years and somehow my subconscious is telling me that I must try them all! My stamp today comes from the Lil’ Inker Designs company. I ordered 3 stamp sets and 3 dies. The Wreath of Roses stamp set that I used today has… Read More »
Yes…let’s start with what worked on this card! This card was created for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge. I’m going to be brutally honest…I’m exhausted today. I did not sleep well because I had an observation today. I really loathe having someone come in to watch me teach. This is my 29th year of teaching and… Read More »
I haven’t played along with What Will You Stamp in a couple of weeks. This challenge focuses on a specific Stampin’ Up! stamp set each week and I don’t always have the stamp set that they select for the week, but this week I do! They are focusing on Graceful Garden so I created 3 projects to share. … Read More »
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I love craft kits of all kinds. I couldn’t resist this month’s Simon Says Really Love You kit. I finally had time to sit down tonight and play with it! The stamp set is a really fun set. It has 2 border stamps, lots of fun… Read More »
Hello Friend! I’m so happy that you stopped by today. I saw a new challenge that I couldn’t resist creating a card for on the Where Creativity Meets C9 Blog. Quite a while ago, I took a class at a stamp shop on the west end of Long Island called Stamp, Ink, Paper. I live all the way… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! came out with a 6 x 6″ set of designer papers that look like photos. Essentially, they are photos turned in to designer paper. They used the brightest, happiest colors for these papers too. They are truly Picture Perfect! The the washi tape actually has little silver embossed stars on it and it is just… Read More »
How can you get the most beautiful stamp for free? It’s Sale-a-Bration! That means that for every $50 in product that you spend, you get to select one item from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. Here is one of the free items: This is two stamps…one for the image and one for the sentiment. When I pulled this stamp set… Read More »