Available For A Limited Time! Thoughtful Branches Stamp Set And Thinlet Bundle Is Available August 2-August 31 only! You won’t want to miss this bundle! I’ve just started playing with it and I’ve been making clean and simple monochromatic cards. Most of them are single layers. I haven’t even started playing with colors yet!!! Take a… Read More »
My son’s birthday is coming up and I wanted to get a card out to him. This is the first time that I won’t get to spend the day with him for his birthday. I wanted to make a special card with some interesting touches. I used the new Copper embossing powder in three places on the card. … Read More »
Wouldn’t you love a coupon to spend on stamping supplies in August? Did you get everything you want from the new annual catalog yet? Since it came out only a month ago, you probably still have some items on your wish list, and I have some great news for you! For every $50 you spend in… Read More »
Need a quick and easy thank you gift? A friend loaned me two books a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to create a little something as a thank you. I decided that a little chocolate in a pretty package with a great tag would do the trick! How pretty is this color combination? I really sat… Read More »
I have not yet played with the Barnyard Babies stamp set and this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge gave me the perfect opportunity! This week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge was a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I started with the girl card…using three across, according to the challenge I should have used a girl theme, an animal, and… Read More »
Get your printable project sheet and watch the video tutorial to create these magazine style organizers from your craft stash! Use them to organize your cards, framelits, thinlets, and embossing folders! Last week, I challenged you to gather your framelits, thinlets and embossing folders to get them organized! Use whatever framelit organization system you have and just get… Read More »
Crafting On A Budget When I graduated from college and got my own apartment, I was living on a pretty tight budget. I had to learn to feed my craft addiction on a budget while living in a small space. The small space part was easy at first. I became the queen of the plastic bins and tote… Read More »
Once again, I find myself using Stampin’ Up!’s great designer series paper as the inspiration for my card color scheme for today! This paper is the Blooms and Bliss Designer Series Paper which I have paired with the Garden In Bloom stamp set, along with this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. I’m actually sharing two cards… Read More »
Have you seen the Best Birds Photopolymer Bundle? This little set is a great one! I shared a fun technique that you can use with the branch stamp in this set. You can check that out HERE. This stamp set would be a fun one to color in with an aqua painter or blending pen. For today, I’ve… Read More »
Have You Ever Participated In A Creative Convention? I decided to treat myself to a creative convention for this weekend. It started at 1:00 PM yesterday and it ends tomorrow. I’ve been attending seminars on various aspects to boost my business and I’ve been participating in make-n-takes. I’m so happy that I treated myself to a weekend… Read More »
Welcome to the Paper Craft Crew’s 200th Card Sketch Challenge I’m offering my first blog candy contest…see the details below! I’ll be honest: I’ve had the You’ve Got This stamp set since the last catalog was out and I finally used it for this challenge! I don’t know why it has taken me so long to use… Read More »
Photopolymer stamps have become my favorite stamps to use. They just have so many advantages. They cost less than wood mount or clear mount rubber stamps. I can see what I’m stamping and where I’m stamping it because they are see through. As a result, they are easier to line up and fit in small spaces. If I… Read More »
Creating a layered card! I am going to ‘fess up and tell you that this card went through at least 3 permutations before I finally landed on the one I liked! Some days are all about experimentation. I think that I will start calling my craft room the stamping lab! I was so sad when the Everything Eleanor… Read More »
Create a very quick feather embellishment for you papercrafting projects using Washi Tape! Shelli Gardner, the Co-Founder of Stampin’ Up!, showed us how to use Washi Tape to make these quick feather embellishments for our projects. I really love this idea! It’s so simple. It uses Washi Tape and thick baker’s twine. I started with a 7″ strip… Read More »
Too corny? My daughter will be telling me that my blog title for the day is too corny! My goal lately has been to create clean and simple single layer cards without a lot of extras. I would consider these cards to be clean and simple except I couldn’t settle on a color scheme and I pulled stamps… Read More »