I can’t believe how relaxing it is to spend my day creating projects and videos and fixing things on my website. I feel amazingly relaxed and satisfied with this day. I participated in another color challenge. I’m finding it to be really fun to have someone else choose some crazy color palette for me to create a card… Read More »
Stamp sets that have a fabulous image and several sentiments are really the ultimate stamp sets to purchase! They are win-win! You can never go wrong if you find a set that has an image or two that you love and a variety of sentiments. I happen to LOVE giant graphic flowers, so Regarding Dahlias is perfect! Card… Read More »
I know that for many people, this is a job. Running a stamping business and maintaining a blog is a job. For me, it feels like a lifeline. I’m having so darn much fun making cards, projects and videos! I am meeting great people and I love letting myself be creative. I find it amazing how other people… Read More »
I participated in a color challenge today that I truly found challenging! The challenge was to use only Slate Gray and Crushed Curry in your card. You are also allowed Whisper White or Very Vanilla. This combination made my eyes water at first! Then I started shuffling through my Designer Series Paper drawer wishing that I had the… Read More »
When I was browsing the new catalog, one of the first sets that I fell in love with was the Kind and Cozy set. It just feels so homey and the project ideas just started popping into my head as soon as I saw it! I think the range of cards, tags, jar toppers, gift decorations and so… Read More »
Today seemed like a good day to keep things simple! I wanted to make a red, white and blue card that was very clean and simple. I still had a piece of the real red polka dot designer series paper sitting on my desk and I’ve been eying the four frames stamp set since I received it a… Read More »
When I sat down to stamp today, the remnants of my cards from the last couple of days still sat on my desk. I decided to create something from the things that I hadn’t put away the last two days.! I love this Flower Shop stamp set and the coordinating Pansy Punch. I did pull out the Really… Read More »
I’m becoming obsessed with framelits. I love my Big Shot!!! Stampin’ Up! has added some amazing framelit sets in the new catalog. I have always loved the Apothecary Accents framelits with the Labels framelits coming in at a close second. Now there’s the Deco Label framelits. Amazing. Add this to the new magnetic platform to hold the framelits… Read More »
Blooming With Kindness is one of those great stamp sets with a fabulous image and a lot of great sentiments. I think this is one of those sets that if you can only get one stamp set, this one should be on your short list of choices. The sentiments cover a lot of different occasions and the image… Read More »
Polka-dots can somehow be completely irresistible…as long as I’m not expected to wear them! I just could not resist the Polka-Dot Pieces stamp set and the Polka-Dot Designer Series Paper that Stampin’ Up! carries. The stamp set coordinates with at least 6 punches! How can I resist this coordinating stuff?! I settled on a monochromatic color scheme today. … Read More »
Oh man! The UPS woman came and delivered my first order out of the new catalog! Where do you start? I’m one of those people that needs to have my choices narrowed down for me. Just show me two things to choose from. Any more than two things and it’s too difficult. The papers are so gorgeous. I… Read More »
I really love the Creative Elements stamp set. It has quite a variety of images and two great sentiments. I started my card today with a sketch challenge from my design team friends at Paper Craft Crew. It was supposed to be a patriotic theme, but I realized that I don’t really have any patriotic stamp sets! Time… Read More »
When I first started stamping, I took some stamping classes at a local stamping store. Local on Long Island means anyplace on Long Island, even if it is slightly more than an hour away! This was a fabulous store because it specialized in just stamping. The walls were covered with stamps of all kinds and there were racks… Read More »
I used two fun techniques to create my cards today. One great product that Stampin’ Up! now carries is the Core’dinations card stock. They carry it in all of their colors! You basically have over 40 choices of paper colors in this fabulous product. I also used heat embossing on an antique brad so that it matched the… Read More »
I’ve been showing my physics students some short videos about Dark Matter, which was proposed by a woman by the name of Vera Rubin. In 1965, she was one of the first women to ever be given access to the Palomar Observatory. She paved the way for other women in physics and astronomy! During one of the video… Read More »