This is the story of the Mixed Borders stamp set and the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge. It’s not a long story really. It’s the story we all live. You get busy and you don’t take the time for yourself. No downtime means no crafting. When you finally sit down to take some time for yourself and let… Read More »
Top 5 Stampin’ Up! Supplies For Fall From The Annual Catalog!!! The Holiday Catalog will be available on September 1 and I wanted to let you know that the current Annual Catalog has some fantastic fall stamping items you will want to add to your stash!! I personally love the color palette of fall. I also love leaves! … Read More »
My Top 5 Stamp Sets From The Annual Catalog Before the new Holiday Catalog comes out on September 1, I just wanted to share my favorite items from the Annual Catalog. I always feel like we don’t get enough time to really play with the great stamp sets and toys in the Annual Catalog and all of the… Read More »
I found this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch to be quite a challenge!!! It looked like such a clean and simple card, yet the 4 sentiment banners made me pause! I grabbed my Awesomely Artistic and Grateful Bunch stamp sets, along with my bin of washi tapes to create this card. I knew that I… Read More »
Get a stained glass look using the new Copper Embossing Powder! I was playing around with techniques this week and I was experimenting with all of the new copper goodies that Stampin’ Up! has come out with this year. I’ve decided that I would love a new pair of shoes in this fabulous metallic color. How perfect… Read More »
I had a pile of scrap papers, ribbons, stamped images and die cuts on my craft table when I sat down today. The pile inspired me to create a gift bag. I’ve been dying to use one of the new gold clips! We all have that pile of stuff on our desk. I often go on a cleaning… Read More »
What Do Thoughtful Branches And Designer Series Paper Have In Common? They make beautiful cards!!! I can’t stop playing with this fantastic limited time offer Thoughtful Branches bundle. I feel like the variety of cards that you can make with this one set makes the sticker shock worth it! For this card, I actually used the thinlet set… Read More »
I wanted to share two quick ideas that you can use to give your intricate thinlets die cuts an interesting little twist! This Blooms and Bliss Designer Series Paper is my absolute favorite in this year’s annual catalog. I love the color combination and I adore the watercolor effect that it has. It just has that hand painted… Read More »
I love this stamp set and thinlet bundle. I haven’t even started playing with coloring techniques because I’m so enjoying doing clean and simple cards to start with! The Thoughtful Branches bundle is available for a limited time only until August 31. The card is created using this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch #205. I used… Read More »
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 »