When my children were younger, I used to treat myself to a couple hours away stamping with the crafty ladies in town every now and then. It was so nice to have a relaxing two hours on a Saturday afternoon crafting with a group of other women! My Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Peggy, used to have these great Stamp-A-Stack… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Itty Bitty Bits, Soda Pop Tops, Designer Series Paper Stacks, and Striped Organdy Ribbon Little bitty stamps can allow you to add great little background images or an accent to another image on a card. I decided to create a couple of cards where the itty bitty bits were the focal elements of the… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has so many beautiful Designer Series Papers! You can make beautiful cards and scrapbook pages with these papers alone and minimal stamping. One of my favorite DSP sets to play with has been the Tea for Two in the Spring Catalog! The colors were fabulous and the papers inspirational. For today’s card, I picked the paper… Read More »
Why Join Stampin’ Up!? Take Advantage of the Best Deal in Town! As you look through the retiring lists, the Spring catalog and the Retiring 2012-2013 Annual Catalog and tweek your wish list….You need to seriously think about the best stampin’ deal in town!!!! Have you ever thought about joining Stampin’ Up!??? I know!!! It’s a scary thought,… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: Ciao Baby, Summer Smooches and Soft Subtles Designer Series Papers, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink I love when inspiration hits and you just make a bunch of cards in an hour with one basic theme and one great stamp set! I chose the Ciao Baby stamp set that coordinates with a bunch… Read More »
The new Best of 25 Years stamp set is now available for May! It is the Best of Brides and Babies! The product number for this is #133482 and it is $14.95. This is available until March 2014. Remember to save the 25 sticker in the stamp set. When you collect 6 Best of 25 stickers you will… Read More »
The Quint-Essential Flower stamp was on my wish list the moment I opened the Stampin’ Up! catalog! This one stamp has incredible potential for color and creativity! I created a set of 4 cards and a card holder in less than an hour. I make no secret about how much I love layers for cards and scrapbooks! Early… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! carries some fun kits for scrapbooking, card making and gift giving. Every now and then I love to make a kit because they are quick and easy. Sometimes I follow the kit directions and other times, I do my own thing with the kit. I did a bit of both with the Boutique Boxes kit in… Read More »
BIG NEWS TODAY! Not only do I have a retired stamps and retired accessories list for you, but Stampin’ Up! has listed many of these items at discounted prices – 25% off, 40% off and 60% off! These are available only while supplies last and the list is LOOONG! Sadly, I’m seeing some of my favorite sets on… Read More »
Here is another stamp set that I hope I don’t find on Stampin’ Up!s retired list in the morning, Field Flowers! I love the images and sentiments in this one. My favorite sets all have great images and fabulous sentiments. I love sets that come with sentiments and inspirational sayings. One of the mistakes I made when I… Read More »
Happy 21st Birthday, Katie! I hope you have a GREAT day and I hope that giant birthday cookie arrives on time for you to celebrate with your friends! This stamp set was made by Stampin’ Up! just for your birthday! How perfect is this? I saved this stamp set just to make a birthday card for my daughter! … Read More »
I always enjoy playing with punches and my Big Shot framelits, dies and embossing folders. Plus, with all of the colors retiring at the end of May, I want to use all my retiring papers and colors before I have to put them away! I can’t decide whether I am looking forward to the retiring stamp set list… Read More »
I really should never browse card ideas. Honestly. It’s amazing how much money browsing costs me! I resisted buying Stampin’ Up!s Summer Silhouettes stamp set until I had a few customers who recently purchased the set. I was browsing card ideas to email customers and just fell in love with the cards I saw. I had to have… Read More »
I really love the Stampin’ Up! Best of Stamp Sets. I have to say, I especially adore the March and April sets with the butterflies and flowers. The images Stampin’ Up! chose are really from classic stamp sets. You can create such a variety of cards with these sets using a multitude of different techniques! Today, I used… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s 25th Anniversary= $30 More In Your Starter Kit! You choose $155 worth of products and pay only $99 plus tax and you also get: Free Shipping on the Starter Kit 20% off future purchases of Stampin’ Up products. Join MY TEAM of demonstrators and you also get a 25 week training program, videos, tutorials, and a… Read More »