Making Your Spirits Be Bright Card Sketch! I always love when it’s time for me to create a card for the Paper Craft Crew. The sketches created by my friend Pam are fabulous. I think they just get better every week. I love how each person on the design team uses the sketch in such very different ways.… Read More »
Create Your Own Journaling Cards For Your Project Life Albums! I was browsing through Papercrafts & Scrapbooking magazine today and they shared a journaling card sketch. I decided to use the sketch to create a couple of quick cards of my own. This is a great way to use your scraps and that giant basket of stash in… 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 »
Autumn inspired seasonally scattered stamp set using the emboss resist sponging technique! This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge inspired me to use one of the fabulous (and giant!) seasonal images from the Seasonally Scattered stamp set! For this card, I heat embossed the image with the new Crushed Curry Embossing Powder and then sponged on Mossy Meadow,… Read More »
Imagine the possibilities when you choose happiness! Stampin’ Up!’s Choose Happiness stamp set, that is. While I couldn’t go to Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Convention this year (two kids in college…a new roof…priorities!), I loved that Stampin’ Up! did a live stream of some of the big events. On the last day, they did a live stream of the… 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 »
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 »
Enjoy the new catalog goodies! I love when a box of Stampin’ Up! supplies arrives on my porch. Oh, the fun it holds! One of the new stamp sets that I ordered is called Num-Num. This set is designed to make tags for the tasty treats that you give to friends. I picture these working really well with… Read More »
Try a sketch or color challenge to get your creativity flowing. There are tons of design challenges all over the place. I am participating in two challenges today. One is a color challenge and the other is a sketch challenge. It’s fun to see what you can do when someone else chooses the colors or the card layout.… Read More »
What’s new with My Digital Studio (MDS) software? Sale-A-Bration starts tomorrow, January 28th. It’s Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale of the year. You get to select exclusive free products when you place qualifying orders! Personally, I love free! Of course there are some MDS digital download packages that you can choose for free! This is a quick sneak peek … Read More »
Have you ever tried imitating someone else’s design style? We all have other stampers that we admire and I’m no exception to that rule. I really enjoy looking at things created by people whose design style is completely different than mine! Every now and then, I like to try to stretch my skills by imitating a style that… Read More »
DIY birthday cards can easily be created with the latest trends! One of my favorite trends is the banner! Stampin’ Up! has made this so simple to do with the new Banner Framelits! This DIY card started with a sketch from the Paper Craft Crew! I love this sketch! You can see that I added a detail… Read More »
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!!! Today’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge is a Christmas and a sketch challenge! Card Details: Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Season of Style Designer Paper Stamp Set: Perfectly You (Hostess Set) Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Summer Starfruit Accessories: 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Rhinestones, White… Read More »
It’s time to wrap the gifts, make the tags and decorate the packages!!! Stampin’ Up! has made this so easy with the fabulous boxes, bags and tag sets that they have! They have also given us that fabulous Bigz Bow Die! I love the convenience of the gift boxes and there are so many sizes to choose from. … Read More »
It’s not hoarding if it’s craft supplies; it’s stockpiling! I love the elements that I used to make this card and I don’t want to run out of the supplies! I will be stockpiling a few! I love the foil detail and the embellishments on this card. I think that the foil has been one… Read More »