Stop Wasting Your Paper Scraps! Maybe I should have titled this “How To Use That Piece Of Designer Paper You Don’t Love”, or even “Clean Up Your Craft Room With One Simple Technique”! You know how it is. You buy a package of designer paper and love 10 our of 12 pieces. What do you do with the… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! Online Extravaganza: Thanksgiving Sale and Doorbusters! That’s right! Stampin’ Up! has some great deals for us this ENTIRE week with some DOORBUSTER sales on November 24 and December 1! Note: All deals are available while supplies last!!! Doorbuster #1: Monday, November 24: Deals for the week of November 24-December 2: Available at mystampingstore.com! November 24-December 2… Read More »
Virtual Tag Swap: The Santa Stache Tag! One of the benefits of being an Independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that I get to join all kinds of demonstrator forums. One of the forums decided to hold a virtual swap! I love this idea! I didn’t have to make 100 of the same tag to exchange and then end… Read More »
These Weekly Deals are on SALE for the next week, through November25 online at mystampingstore.com! 1″ Square Punch [124094] $15.95 $11.96 1/4″ Circle Handheld Punch [134364] $8.95 $6.71 Autumn Spice Digital Kit – Digital Download [122175] $9.95 $5.97 Oval Accent Bigz Clear Die [127005] $21.95 $16.46 Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies [130102] $24.95 $18.71 Early Espresso Cut Ready… Read More »
Have You Tried Spritzing Your Designer Series Paper? While this fun little technique won’t work with all of your patterned paper, it will work with papers that have a lot of black or dark colors on them. The Back to Black Designer Series Paper is a perfect paper to try this with! Sometimes I get so busy that… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! My Paper Pumpkin Style! I had the opportunity to preview this month’s My Paper Pumpkin Kit while sitting down with several members of the My Paper Pumpkin product design team. Since they have taken over, the My Paper Pumpkin (MPP) kits have not only improved in quality of materials and project designs, but also in value.… Read More »
Can this craft desk be saved? You are no doubt thinking, “What a mess!”. Indeed it is. I’m calling it my craft mesk…you know…mess+desk=mesk. Right now, I’m thinking…NO! Just get a shovel and a bucket! “Why such a mesk, Kim? What’s up with that?” Let me tell you! First the picture of shame: I know, I know! Shameful? … Read More »
I’m excited about this week’s deals! I love it when the sales are timely. My plan for this month’s Stamper’s Lounge Master Card Class was to teach a shaker cards class and look at these sales! Glitter and Shaker Frames! Plus…twines and ribbons. These are all great items for holiday crafting and gift decorating. These deals are good… Read More »
Stamping And Scrapbooking Sunday Series: Winter Layout! It’s cold, rainy and blustery here today. It only seemed right to do a little shopping with my daughter, light a fire in the fireplace and create a scrapbook page to match my mood! Winter is coming and we might as well be prepared! Stampin’ Up!’s All Is Calm Designer Series… Read More »
Need A Quick Thinking Of You Card? Have you ever had a stamp set that you bought because you just loved it in the catalog? Or are you like me and you loved it because it had a coordinating punch or framelit?! You know which stamp set I’m talking about. It’s sitting on your shelf and you haven’t… Read More »
Bright And Beautiful Foil Stars! Have you seen my videos showing some beautiful touches that you can add to your holiday crafting using Stampin’ Up!’s Foil Sheets? These are beautiful embossed, either dry embossed or heat embossed. It adds a simply stunning touch to cards and tags. You can’t help but say, “WOW!” The card features dry embossed… Read More »
Start a new holiday tradition that you and your friends will look forward to every year! Have a Holiday Crafting Gathering! (I don’t mean a catalog party either!) How does this work? It’s so simple. You invite 4 friends over to your house to spend an evening crafting for the holidays and sharing stories and laughs! Don’t over… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects: Fall Scrapbook Layout! You are definitely going to need some scrapbook layouts for the fall season! Stampin’ Up! has the perfect stamp for Thanksgiving layouts that gives you room for journaling and it’s called I’m Thankful For. It’s all the sentiment that you need for your page! I feel like I could make… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects: Cupcake Wraps Free Template! If you are looking for a quick and simple project to decorate your desserts or morning muffins, try this one! These cupcake wrappers are as quick and easy or as detailed as you would like to make them. Here is the cupcake wrapper template: Stamping Imperfection Cupcake Wrap Template… Read More »
10 Days of Thanksgiving Projects: Create A Hand Stamped Candle! My sister got me started rubber stamping over 20 years ago. It was a lot of fun to take classes and meet other people as interested in playing with papers and inks as we were. I was already a serious scrapbooker by the time she got me hooked… Read More »