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 »
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Congratulations Marist College Class of 2015! A special congratulations to my son, Michael! We’re so proud of you!
Looking For A New Creative Card Sketch To Try? Why not try this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge? I’ve been a Designer Team Member for several years and I just love the weekly challenge of starting with a card sketch that someone else made and using the materials I have on hand to make that sketch… Read More »
Adventure Awaits! Have you ever had a stamp set and a designer paper series that you just couldn’t stop playing with? For me this week, it’s been all about the Adventure Awaits stamp set and the Sweet Dreams Designer Series Paper! Once I opened that package of designer paper and started playing with it, I can’t stop! These… Read More »
Sweet Dreams Baby Card! Have you ever created a card and loved the color scheme so much that you made a whole set of cards for different occasions just because you had the papers out? You just couldn’t resist making more cards because you loved the paper and color palette! That happened to me yesterday! That Sweet Dreams… Read More »
Create Two Quick Cards With Sweet Dreams! Stampin’ Up! does a masterful job of creating product suites of coordinating papers, stamps, ribbons and embellishments. One of the prettiest of the season is called Sweet Dreams. This set has a coordinating designer series paper set, designer buttons, washi tape and even a stamp set! I’ve selected a different stamp… Read More »
National Scrapbook Day Mother’s Day Layout! Happy National Scrapbook Day! In honor of National Scrapbook Day, I decided to create a Mother’s Day Layout. I fell in love with the elegance of the Something Borrowed Designer Paper and Embellishments. Combined with gold ribbon and gold embossing, I really love the effect. Isn’t the Sahara Sand Lace Trim a… Read More »
Retiring Favorite: Too Kind! Here is another stamp set that I’m sad to see retire. I love this two step stamp set and it’s wonderful sentiments. It looks fabulous in so many different color combinations. You can use tone-on-tone or contrasting colors and you’ll get a different look each time. One of my favorite combinations is Melon Mambo,… Read More »
Retiring Products: Label Love And The Artisan Label Punch I’ve created a quick and easy wedding card using some fabulous retiring products! Card Recipe: Whisper White cut at 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″, score at 4-1/2″, plus scrap for stamped image Whisper White cut at 4-1/8 x 5-3/8″ and embossed with the Spring Flower Embossing Folder Label Love stamp… Read More »
Retiring Stamp Sets: #Hello There are 10 stamp sets that I’m sad to see retire. #Hello is one of them. Okay…it’s not a stamp set that I fell in love with until I actually purchased it and started creating cards with it. I can’t believe how many times I’ve used this over the last 10 months! I love… Read More »
The perfect card sketch is the one you use as your go to layout. I have two or three favorite layouts. This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge uses one of those layouts! I love the 3 little squares that let you play with parts of images. It’s so quick to do and it looks great in… Read More »