Do you need a super cute card for a kid that you know? I have just the thing for you! I’m absolutely in love with the Zoo Babies stamp set. This little elephant is so adorable, that I keep using him on cards. I also have another great sketch from the Paper Craft Crew! My friend Pam makes… 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 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 »
Are you resisting clean and simple cards? Everyone seems to define an advanced card design as one with lots of layers and fancy techniques. We all like to show off our skills with a flashy techniques and the latest crafting tools. Sometimes, the hardest designs to create are the simplest ones! I found this to be true with… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!’s Best of Christmas set has 4 fun images. Each month, Stampin’ Up! has been releasing a Best of the Month stamp set with popular images from a retired stamp set plus one new, never before seen image. For October, it was the Best of Christmas! These are really fun images that work well with our punches… Read More »
I played along with a new sketch challenge this week. I was almost too excited about all of the new things going on at Stampin’ Up! to actually stamp today! This 25% off sale on 25 stamp sets is amazing! When Stampin’ Up! celebrates an anniversary they really do it in a BIG way! Hasn’t it seemed like… Read More »
My Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge should have been up yesterday, but I was too excited to share Stampin’ Up!’s Weekly Deals with you. (See them HERE…the Deco Label Framelits are on SALE!) This week’s card sketch is a classic! It is one of my fall back sketches when I’m stuck. I decided to think outside the… Read More »
It’s easy to create a quick and easy soft, subtle card. Stampin’ Up! has an entire section of the catalog devoted to sentiments and stamp sets that make beautiful tags and gift cards. The Tea Party stamp set is new this year and has a wonderfully vintage look. The oval shapes coordinate with the oval framelit set making… Read More »
The Halloween Happiness stamp is a cute little stamp with a lot of possibilities! I’ve created a fun little card today using the Witches’ Brew Designer Paper. Stampin’ Up! has fabulous Halloween and Fall papers that really allow you to get creative with your cards for the season. I was participating in my weekly Paper Craft Crew… Read More »
Happy Halloween With Stampin! Up! I really love the papers in the Holiday Catalog. How fabulous are these Witches’ Brew Designer Series Papers?! The colors are fun and the papers have interesting patterns. Honestly, this paper really gives you a fabulous background to build your card on. It coordinates so beautifully with so many stamp sets, like… Read More »
My Halloween Sketch Challenge comes from my weekly Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge and one of those, “How will I ever use THAT stamp” challenge. By THAT stamp, I mean the giant image from the Toil and Trouble stamp set in the Holiday Catalog from Stampin’ Up! My Halloween Sketch Challenge design popped into my head as soon… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s Lovely Romance stamp set went on my wish list as soon as I saw it in the new catalog!! In the catalog, they actually show it decorating a candy jar! I used this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge to inspire my card today. I used a technique that I haven’t done in a while as… Read More »
I started my day with a list of things to do and that included some stamping! I decided that I wanted to send cards to my Upline (the demonstrator I signed up with when I joined Stampin’ Up!) and for my Downline (the demonstrators who have signed up with me when they joined Stampin’ Up!). It’s also time… 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 »