Acorny Greeting! My daughter once told me that I’m the second corniest person that she’s ever known and she wasn’t paying me a compliment! I often see the corny stamp sets available and I realize that there is actually someone cornier than me designing greetings on Stampin’ Up!’s design team! There is a cute bundle available in… Read More »
How About A Quick And Easy Kid Card? Check out this adorable card made with the Go Wild designer paper and the Zoo Babies stamp set! Isn’t this great designer paper? You can see that I’ve also placed the card on another paper in the series. They are fun graphic prints in black, white and tip top taupe! … Read More »
Need A Great Masculine Card Idea? Check out this tone-on-tone card using the Traveler stamp set and the Timeless Elegance designer paper! The designer paper really adds an elegance to this card allowing it to be a perfect choice for either gender! I also think the Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla colors add to the truly timeless quality… Read More »
Pretty Petals Clean And Simple Card Need a quick and easy card that you can finish in just a few simple steps? Check out this card that I CASEd from Stampin’ Up! You know that I love the designer papers with big bold patterns. I love making a really beautiful paper the focal point of my cards. I… Read More »
Craft Storage: Re-Purpose A Cup For Tool Storage Find creative ways to store your tools! Do you love an organized craft room? I know I do. I find it hard to be creative in chaos. I need my workspace to be tidy-ish and I need my tools handy and right in front of me. I decided to create… Read More »
Bohemian Chic! Creating a simple card from a card sketch using the new Bohemian product suite from Stampin’ Up! This is an especially colorful line of products that includes designer paper, washi tape, a stamp set and an embossing folder that all coordinate. The papers are bold patterns in strong colors. These are colors that I probably never… Read More »
All Boxed Up! This is a super cute new kit that makes 10 boxes that are 2-5/8 x 4″. The boxes come die cut and scored, with adhesive strips that just fold, peel and stick! The kit includes circle tags, printed banners, gold foil stickers, baker’s twine, pompom trim and clothespins. The color scheme of the set includes… Read More »
A Quick Celebration Card! This card was inspired by three things: my need for a graduation card, school colors and this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge! I love the Bravo stamp set. It has become my “go to” stamp set whenever I need a congratulations card or a card celebrating someone’s success. The sentiments are… Read More »
Have You Seen The New Gift Bag Punch Board? I finally had a chance to sit down and play with this one evening last week. It took a bit of practice, but what cute bags you can make with this! I just used scraps that were sitting on my desk to decorate this bag…there are so many possibilities… Read More »
Choose Happiness With Bright New Colors! I’m loving the combination of the Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush and Tip Top Taupe! I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets called Choose Happiness and played with some of the new In Colors for this year. The card layout was inspired by this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. When… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! Project Life Moments Like These! Stampin’ Up! has several new Project Life sets in the annual catalog. You can purchase each as a bundle saving 15%. I recently purchased the Moments Like These bundle which includes the card collection, a stamp set and the accessory pack. I created a 2 page layout in just a few… Read More »
Have You Fallen In Love With This Paper Yet? The Cherry On Top Designer Paper Stack has absolutely wonderful papers. The colors are an absolutely wonderful blend of several new In Colors and some old favorites! I wouldn’t have imagined that Bermuda Bay, Pool Party and Island Indigo would look so fabulous with Watermelon Wonder, Tip Top Taupe… Read More »
What’s new in the Stampin’ Up! catalog? Colors! Beautiful Papers! New Washi Tape! Ahhh…fun stuff. This was a quick and simple card using 3 basic items: The Cherry On Top Designer Paper Stack The Cherry On Top Washi Paper The Build A Cupcake Punch You can also see I’ve used a strip of the new Watermelon Wonder card… Read More »
Check Out The New 2015-2016 Annual Catalog! The new catalog is here and you can order from it online at mystampingstore.com! Get the PDF version of the catalog: mystampingstore.com 2015-2016 Stampin’ Up! annual catalog! Shop Now
Congratulations Marist College Class of 2015! A special congratulations to my son, Michael! We’re so proud of you!