Just how do I use that giant striped grosgrain ribbon? It looks like it will make beautiful packaging bows for birthdays and holidays, but how can I use it on a card? Here is just one fabulous example! Tell me that’s not a WOW! detail for a card! I love this ribbon. It just screams nautical summer,… Read More »
Are you ready to celebrate? With the Designer Series Paper Sale Buy 3 Get 1 Free taking place during July online at mystampingstore.com, I find myself focusing on using and highlighting the truly wonderful papers that Stampin’ Up! has in the catalog this year. This card today uses the Park Lane Designer Paper as the real star of… Read More »
Celebrate Baby using a Nacho sketch challenge! Yes…I said Nacho. It’s a design challenge group that I’ve just discovered. I found the Clean and Simple Sketch inspiring, so I created two cards! The card sketch is delightfully clean and simple. You can see that my color scheme came directly from the Lullaby Designer Paper on the left. This… Read More »
My guilty pleasures list is long…here is my #1: Time focusing on my kids! My kids aren’t children any more, but it’s still just as wonderful as ever (maybe more so, since it’s not an every day thing), to spend time focusing on just them. When my daughter called me last Tuesday and asked me if I would… Read More »
Weekly Deals: Here are this week’s weekly deals!!! This sale runs through Monday, July 7! Shop online at mystampingstore.com! 2013-2015 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers [131260] $14.95 Sale: $11.21 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch [129404] $12.95 Sale: $9.71 Gold Sequin Trim [132983] $4.95 Sale: $3.71 Bracket Label Punch [132153] $15.95 Sale: $11.96 Neutrals Designer Buttons [130031] $7.95 Sale: $5.96… Read More »
Need inspiration? Start with designer paper! This is often one of my favorite starting points. The designer paper helps you select your color palette for your card, as well as the stamp set or shapes your images might take. I used the Flashback designer paper as my inspiration today, as well as this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch… Read More »
Park Lane Designer Paper with a fabulous floral accent is the focal point of today’s card and video tutorial! I just couldn’t resist showing off some more of the new Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Papers that are on sale during the month of July. Isn’t this a fun card? How great is that designer paper for a background… Read More »
Buy 3 and get 1 FREE July Designer Paper Sale! These gorgeous double sided patterned papers are on sale for the month of July, giving you the opportunity to stock up early in the Stampin’ Up! year (it runs from June 2014-May 2015!) and have the papers you need to make the cards that you are finding… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! is excited to announce that one of our most exciting new products, Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers, are now available for order as of July 1! These exclusive alcohol-based marker sets, come in a 3-pack of light, medium and dark shades (of the same color ), and provide your projects a more saturated look with blended colors. … Read More »
What do you do with busy designer paper? You buy and entire package of gorgeous paper and you get one or two designs that you just aren’t sure about. You have to find a way to make it work! I used a piece of that busy floral paper from the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack as the focal… Read More »
Here is a clean and simple one layer card and a 2 minute video quick tip on getting more from your photopolymer stamps. I recently received a card from my upline for a goal that I reached. It was so clean and simple and it had a fun little photopolymer stamp trick and technique that I thought I’d… Read More »
Want a super simple card for any occasion? I have one to share with you today! I’ve created it as a thank you card, but any sentiment for any occasion would work here! It’s pretty, right? This is one layer, two colors and two stamps! That’s it! Check out the supply list! (Click on the pictures for more… Read More »
How about another work of art card idea? When I first saw this stamp set, I knew that it had possibilities. Honestly, I had no idea how much fun it would be to create so many completely different cards with this one very versatile stamp set! Plus, doesn’t it just make you feel artsy? (You know it does!)… Read More »
Why not make today ridiculously amazing? Stampin’ Up! has a fun new stamp set with this sentiment. Why not?! This sentiment begged for bright colors. As soon as I saw the striped pattern, I realized that there was a coordinating pattern in the All Abloom Designer Paper Stack. I stamped and stacked the image in three colors: Island… Read More »
Boys will be boys??? What about the girls? I have to take issue with the name of one of the stamp sets called Boys Will Be Boys. I LOVE this stamp set, but as a Physics teacher by day and as the mother of a daughter with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, I think… Read More »