I had a lot of fun with my upline, Shelly today. She sent out a team email challenging us to create a SIP card and upload it to our team Facebook page. Then she called me and we chatted for awhile. While chatting, I could hear her diligently stamping away. She’s an excellent multitasker that Shelly! I asked… Read More »
Blooming With Kindness is one of those great stamp sets with a fabulous image and a lot of great sentiments. I think this is one of those sets that if you can only get one stamp set, this one should be on your short list of choices. The sentiments cover a lot of different occasions and the image… Read More »
Polka-dots can somehow be completely irresistible…as long as I’m not expected to wear them! I just could not resist the Polka-Dot Pieces stamp set and the Polka-Dot Designer Series Paper that Stampin’ Up! carries. The stamp set coordinates with at least 6 punches! How can I resist this coordinating stuff?! I settled on a monochromatic color scheme today. … Read More »
I really love the Creative Elements stamp set. It has quite a variety of images and two great sentiments. I started my card today with a sketch challenge from my design team friends at Paper Craft Crew. It was supposed to be a patriotic theme, but I realized that I don’t really have any patriotic stamp sets! Time… Read More »
When I first started stamping, I took some stamping classes at a local stamping store. Local on Long Island means anyplace on Long Island, even if it is slightly more than an hour away! This was a fabulous store because it specialized in just stamping. The walls were covered with stamps of all kinds and there were racks… Read More »
I used two fun techniques to create my cards today. One great product that Stampin’ Up! now carries is the Core’dinations card stock. They carry it in all of their colors! You basically have over 40 choices of paper colors in this fabulous product. I also used heat embossing on an antique brad so that it matched the… Read More »
There is room for improvement here! I generally try to avoid making busy cards. After you make cards for a while, you definitely gravitate toward a style that is your own. My card today is not exactly my style. I think the buttons push it over the edge for me! I like the card with the exception of… Read More »
My Paper Craft Crew design challenge this week was to create a Father’s Day card with a retiring stamp set using the layout above. One of my favorite stamp sets for kids is the Make a Monster set which is retiring on June 3! I love the possibilities with this stamp set!!! Card Details: Inks and Papers: Very… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Just Believe, Comfort Cafe and InColors DSP In that timeless classic, The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy told the Scarecrow that she would miss him most of all as she was leaving. That is exactly how I feel about the Just Believe stamp set! I will miss this stamp set most of all. I… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Pursuit of Happiness, Summer Solstice, Print Poetry Designer Series Paper, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper There are days where you feel creativity flowing from your fingers and other days where you feel like you have to pull out the creativity with a winch and a chain! Then there are days like today where you… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: Just Believe, Circle Circus, Brights Paper Pack, Subtles Paper Pack, Striped Organdy Ribbon I’ve always found this to be a busy time of year. The end of the school year is winding down and you have all the end of the year stuff with the kids. How many award ceremonies can one family attend? … Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: All Dressed Up, Collage Curios, Soda Pop Tops, and Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Today I was thinking outside the box, or in this case, the card sketch! I started my card with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge and put my own twist on it. I was trying to use a… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Printed Petals Stamp Set, International Bazaar Designer Series Paper, and Lucky Limeade I needed a quick card yesterday, so I pulled out a retiring stamp set and 3 of my favorite punches. I dug through my scrap bin for paper and made an easy card! The details for this card are on the… Read More »
Everything on my cards today will be retiring at the end of June, with the exception of the circle and scallop circle punch! I hope you are getting the stamp sets and accessories that you want before it’s too late! Many of my customers have been getting the things they want before they are gone for good! Remember… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product: Jewelry Tag Punch, A Little Greeting Stamp Set My husband’s birthday is next week. To say the man loves fishing would be quite an understatement! He not only fishes, he writes about fishing, blogs about fishing and makes Youtube videos about fishing. He dedicated his first book to me, his “best catch ever”! Ya… Read More »