After making Christmas cards, bags, boxes, tags and gifts, it’s time to make the thank you cards! I really enjoy giving gifts to people who have helped me or who have brightened my day in some way. There are those amazing, extraordinary people who seem to know just what you need at the moment and those little gestures… Read More »
Have you ever felt so inspired by something that you couldn’t wait to share it with everyone else? That’s how I felt about this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge and that is not until tomorrow, so I still can’t share it with you! Instead, I’ll share another card that I hope you feel inspired by. This week’s SUO… Read More »
You read that right! I’m this week’s What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog’s Guest Stamper. My card was randomly selected as the winner for the Ghoulish Grunge challenge and I have the privilege of being their guest stamper for the week!! The challenge this week is to use the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. You know that I love… Read More »
Are you a Pinterest enthusiast who also enjoys a good diy project? I love looking at the humor and inspirational sayings that you find all over the internet. One of my favorites is the picture of the sign that says, “If you are waiting for a sign, this is it!” I’ve often thought that I should print it… Read More »
I wanted to share two quick ideas that you can use to give your intricate thinlets die cuts an interesting little twist! This Blooms and Bliss Designer Series Paper is my absolute favorite in this year’s annual catalog. I love the color combination and I adore the watercolor effect that it has. It just has that hand painted… Read More »
Stop using wax paper and dryer sheets with your intricate thinlets dies! There is no need to go to crazy lengths to die cut the beautifully detailed thinlets dies that Stampin’ Up! has available. There are two must have tools that make using those intricate thinlets easy to use without poking out all of the pieces by hand!… Read More »
Need a quick and easy thank you gift? A friend loaned me two books a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to create a little something as a thank you. I decided that a little chocolate in a pretty package with a great tag would do the trick! How pretty is this color combination? I really sat… Read More »
Crafting On A Budget When I graduated from college and got my own apartment, I was living on a pretty tight budget. I had to learn to feed my craft addiction on a budget while living in a small space. The small space part was easy at first. I became the queen of the plastic bins and tote… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has several product suites. Each suite is designed around a theme and all the products in that suite coordinate not only in theme, but in color and style. Today I am playing with the stamp set from one of the suites called Pop Of Pink. The stamp set is called Pop of Paradise and it’s all… Read More »
Happy Stamping Accidents! Whether on purpose or by accident, you can create great spotches on your cards using your Stampin’ Write Markers! I don’t know what was going on with me today, but I had smudges all over the cards that I was making. You know how that goes. A smudge shows up out of nowhere! Instead… Read More »
You have a shelf full of stamp sets, why use just one to create a card! That’s right! Pick 3 or 4 stamp sets to use on one fabulous card. I will admit that I made this card once with the new In Colors and didn’t fall in love with it until I saw a photo of the… Read More »
I thought I’d share a couple more ideas for stamping on patterned paper! I shared the Enjoy the Little Things card the other day, along with the cards that used embossed images on patterned paper: The other paper patterns that I played with included a stripe that allowed me to stamp in the white space with a small… Read More »
Here is a quick tip to adhere an intricate die cut to your card for a clean and elegant look. Sadly, I needed another sympathy card today. I really wanted a clean and simple, yet elegant card. I chose to use the Rose Wonder Photopolymer Bundle for this card. Since this is an intricate thinlet die, my… Read More »
Here is another quick card…actually, 3 cards, that I have to share with you today. I’m using the same technique of stamping on my patterned paper. Previously, I used a small subtle pattern and a dark ink color. Not today! Today I’m using the dark bold florals that I love so much! You have to admit that… Read More »
Stamping directly on to patterned paper. Say, “What?”… That’s what I said! Go ahead and stamp directly on to that beautiful patterned paper. It will be fabulous! This paper will be available at mystampingstore.com on June 1. This is the Pop of Pink Designer Specialty Paper from Stampin’ Up! I selected this particular pattern because it was a… Read More »