Happy Birthday Katie!!!!

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 »

Playing with Punches and Stampin’ Up!

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 »

Stamping and Scrapbooking Sunday with Stampin’ Up!

I’ve decided to start a new series called Stamping and Scrapbooking Sunday!  Earlier this week, I was asked if I knew of any place to get information about combining our two favorite crafts!  I did some research and discovered that there are many card making websites and many scrapbooking websites, but I didn’t find any devoted to the… Read More »

Decorate Your Office With Stampin’ Up!

My sister just got a new job and she has a FABULOUS new office all to herself!  To help her decorate, I created a project in My Digital Studio.  I’ve been using MDS for quite a while now, but I still feel like I’m at the playing around with it stage.  I love to create projects using the… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! Did It Again!

Stampin’ Up! has me hooked on yet another stamp set!  I loved the card I made yesterday so much, that I decided to turn it into a pair of scrapbook pages!   If you have a card that you love, you can easily turn it into another project.  I created a scrapbook page today.  I could make a gift… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! with Summer Silhouettes!

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 »

Stampin’ Up! Best of 25 Years Butterflies and Flowers!

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 »

Join Stampin’ Up! and Get More Stamping Supplies!

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 »

Creating Children’s Games with Stampin’ Up!

When my kids were younger and we had to go for a long car ride, I would load up the car with games and activities that they could do in the car without getting hurt if I stopped fast.  (Which, by the way, I am known for! The brake guy loves me.  As does the tire guy since… Read More »

Clean, Simple and Quick Handmade Card with Stampin’ Up!

I know what you’re thinking!  More Not Quite Navy?!  I can’t help myself.  I love this color and it is retiring in a few weeks.  That means I have to put it away and play with new colors!  Today I decided to feature the Round Array Bundle.  I love this little set!  Sometimes it’s hard to use the… Read More »

Keeping it Simple with the Best of Butterflies!

As soon as I got the mail today, I knew which stamp set I was playing with today!  The Best of Butterflies has arrived! I decided to keep this card simple.  I used Whisper White Card Stock ( #100730) cut at 5-1/2 x 11, scored and folded at 4-1/4″.  I then scored around the edges using my Simply… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! Released Another Photopolymer Clear Stamp Set

Stampin’ Up! released their Bombs Away Birthday Photopolymer Clear Stamp Set!  This is their second completely clear stamp set.  I tried the first one and got nice clear images.  I liked that they were flexible and that I could shape them.  My only complaints about the first set were the size and the smell!  The letter stamps are… Read More »

New Wood Mount Stamp Cases Coming Soon!

Now here is an annoncement that I’m really excited about!  The new wood mount stamp cases will be along the lines of the clear cases.  Why am I so excited since I use clear mount stamps?  The possibilities for gift ideas and organizing projects for these boxes looks amazing!!! Hooray!!! That’s what I have to say! Here is… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! with Summer Solstice!

The Summer Solstice stamp set from Stampin’ Up! really allows you to make beautiful handmade cards.  It’s one of those great sets with images and inspirational sayings.  While the name of the set makes it feel like you would be creating cards that evoke summer, a simple change of colors will make it feel like a whole different… Read More »