Somehow this week, I lost a day! I’m not sure whether it’s due to the fact that I have a bad cold or that I worked Monday and then I’m off the rest of the week. Whatever it is, I just haven’t been connecting on all cylinders! I totally forgot that today’s post was supposed to be my… Read More »
I love punches. There is no question that I like to play around with them and find new ways to use them! Punches, framelits and Big Shot Dies make card making so much easier. No more fussy cutting with paper snips! You can get fun shapes with a punch or framelit. The petite curly label punch (#129405) is… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s biggest sale of the year, Sale-A-Bration comes to an end on March 22 and I just had to make one more set of cards with each of the stamp sets that I got for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration sale! Today’s set is the Patterned Occasions Stamp Set. I’ve used this card set several times since the… Read More »
Who else loves to make card sets? How great is it when you can sit down with 6 sheets of paper and one set of stamps and get 4 matching cards in less than 30 minutes? I have to admit, that this is the first time I’ve used this pattern of Designer Series Paper from the free Sycamore… Read More »
My goal today was to create a set of quick and easy one layer cards from the Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set and the Sycamore Street Ribbons and Buttons. I love this stamp set. I am truly going to miss playing with it when Sale-A-Bration is over. It has such versatility. I’ve made small 3 x 3″ gift cards… Read More »
I’ve had so many people tell me how much they love this Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set! At least one of these images evokes nostalgic feelings from some days gone by for almost everyone. For me, it was the phone box. We didn’t take big vacations as our kids were growing up. We took short day trips once or… Read More »
I finally received my photopolymer stamps today. Stampin’ Up! came out with a new kind of stamp that is not made from rubber. These are completely clear stamps. I finally got a chance to try them out. I like the material that the stamp is made from. I got a nice clear stamped image even though the entire… Read More »
I just had to try my hand at making some chicks using Stampin’ Up!s Owl Builder Punch!!! Spring is in the air, Easter is coming and soon the Robins will be back!!! For some reason, I needed a touch of whimsy today! I was inspired by several cute chick cards that I had pinned on Pinterest and this… Read More »
I have been experimenting with background techniques for my rubber stamping projects. For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying out a technique using rubber bands on my clear blocks. This gives you a really fun and fabulous background image for your card! Isn’t this card an eye-popper?! I think it’s that Melon Mambo! Every time… Read More »
I finally got the Blooming with Kindness Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up!! It’s been on my wish list forever! You know how it is. That catalog comes out in June and then every time you sit down for at least a week, that catalog is in your hands and you’re paging through it. I’ve looked through my Spring… Read More »
Today was bitty day for me! I used Stampin’ Up!s Bitty Butterfly Punch, the Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and then the Bitty Banners Framelits to make my card today! I have to say, it was more than a bitty fun! This is another fun card layout from my Design Team friends at Paper Craft Crew! I loved… Read More »
Seriously! Almost anything can be fixed! I’m not a perfectionist at all, but I do want my cards to look nice. I want to be proud of the things that I’m making and giving to people. I am not going to stress about it though! I stamp to relax. It’s supposed to be fun, not perfect! I made… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! provides such great resources for demonstrators. One of the resources we get is a bi-monthly magazine filled with great ideas and business tips. This month’s magazine was totally inspirational!!! I found a card I loved and CASED it! (CASE=Copy And Share Everything!) I did not have the sentiment set that they used in the magazine,… Read More »
I have 3 more Swallowtail cards to share with you today! Stampin’ Up! really created a great stamp with this one! I can’t believe the number of techniques I’ve done with this one stamp in the last several days. If you missed yesterday’s post, make sure you check it out! I shared 3 completely different cards, using different… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s new Swallowtail stamp make the perfect image to practice all of our stamping techniques! I created 6 different cards using a different technique on each card using only the Swallowtail image stamp and a few sentiments. I’m having trouble deciding on which card is my favorite, but I think this one is it. It was so… Read More »