Yowza! 3 new stamp sets, a Christmas sneak peek, new weekly deals and the designer paper sale! Thank you Stampin’ Up! We love new stamp sets and we love sales! Let’s start with my favorite: A Christmas sneak peek!! You can order this today and get your Christmas cards done in July…just like you always say you’re going… 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 »
Stampin’ Up! is excited to announce that one of our most exciting new products, Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers, are now available for order as of July 1! These exclusive alcohol-based marker sets, come in a 3-pack of light, medium and dark shades (of the same color ), and provide your projects a more saturated look with blended colors. … Read More »
Focusing on designer series paper! This new Watercolor Designer Series Paper is truly my favorite patterned paper…this week. What can I say? I’m fickle when it comes to patterned paper. This week, I can’t get enough of these soft, yet colorful papers. The make wonderful background papers and fabulous focal points for your cards. If you’ve never purchased… Read More »
Happy Easter Watercolor Card! I just couldn’t resist using this stamp set for one more card! I was playing around with it and honestly kept coloring outside the lines when I didn’t really want to. I decided to give the image a nice watercolor background to camoflage the “mistakes”. I also couldn’t resist putting that beautiful Calypso Coral… Read More »
How to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes: Get just the size you need! Stampin’ Up! shared a video with us on how to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes. It’s such a clever idea, I wanted to pass it along to you! I love these little boxes and bag sets. I find myself pulling them out… Read More »
You deserve new stamps! I had some fun with MDS (My Digital Studio) today and created a free printable to share with you. There are two choices for free digital ensembles in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I’ve used one of them to create my project today. This digital ensemble for My Digital Studio includes 5 brush sets that include… Read More »
Why buy craft kits when you have a room full of crafting supplies? I have quite a few reasons why I like to have craft kits on hand. Here’s my Number 1 reason!!! My daughter came home from college for the weekend to relax before her second (and final!) semester of college begins. Her question to me: “What… Read More »
6 watercolor card ideas and a video technique tutorial for one easy watercoloring method! The NEW Watercolor Wonder Note Cards and Envelopes make these easy to create. The card backgrounds give you a perfect backdrop for stamping, watercoloring and embellishing your way to having a fabulous stash of cards on hand for every occasion! These are the NEW… Read More »
Quick and easy crafting with the new and improved My Paper Pumpkin kits! I always have a few craft kits around my craft room. There are just some days that I want to be creative but I don’t want to think about the measurements and layout and I don’t want to dig through my craft supplies and create… Read More »
Check out these 3 cards created with embossed foil! Paired with the Cherry Cobbler card stock and some luscious ribbon, these cards are quick, easy and elegant! Stampin’ Up!’s foil sheets are easy to cut and emboss and what a fabulous touch they add to a card! This card uses the Best of Christmas set and Teeny Tiny… Read More »
Thank You Thursday Designer Series Paper Sale for Today Only! It’s time again to say thank you with another discount on a fabulous Stampin’ Up! product! This week Stampin’ Up! wanted to say thanks with a little bit of Designer Series Paper, or “DSP” as we like to call it! So head over to the online store and… Read More »
Create a Seasons of Style envelope and tag for Christmas with Stampin’ Up!s new tools and tapes. We all know that in a few short weeks we will be needing gift cards and tags! It’s time to start making them now! The Wishing You stamp set and the Season of Style Washi Tape make this a quick tag… Read More »
Did you want to get the new Envelope Board? We just got an update from Stampin’ Up! today that the supplies are running low on the Envelope Punch Boards! Once the supply is gone, they will go on backorder! It really is the latest, greatest gadget! Why bother with this gadget? You can make your own custom sized… Read More »
When you first see a card or a card sketch like the one I created the other day, you probably have something in your stamping stash that you think of immediately to use with the sketch. For me, it was the Deco Label Framelits. I love them, they are new and I’m looking for cards to create with… Read More »