Quick One Layer Card with Elements of Style

Featured Retiring Products:  Elements of Style Stamp Set, 1-3/8″ Square Punch, and Not Quite Navy Ribbon. You can make a quick,  yet elegant, one layer card using Stampin’ Up!s Elements of Style stamp set.   No matter how busy I get, I like to squeeze in my creative time.  I will always love giving and getting handmade cards.  I’m… Read More »

Kindness Matters at the Comfort Cafe with Stampin’ Up!

I earned some free stamp sets through the Stampin’ Start program from Stampin’ Up!  One of the sets that has been on my wishlist forever is Kindness Matters.  I finally got it and it is as pretty as I expected!  I actually made my husband admire my card today.  Hey!  I look at all the fish he catches. … Read More »

May Best of 25 Years from Stampin’ Up!

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 »

Bordering on Romance with Stampin’ Up!

Featured Retiring Product:  Bordering on Romance Stamp Set, Print Poetry and Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Made for You and Essentials Stamp Sets Stampin’ Up! hit a home run with the Bordering on Romance stamp set!  If you love to watercolor, this is the stamp set for you!  I made 3 cards in a very short amount of time… Read More »

Enjoy a Morning Cup with Stampin’ Up!

Featured Retiring Products:  Morning Cup Stamp Set, Rich Regals Designer Series Paper, 1-1/4″ Square Punch, and the 1-3/8″ Square Punch. The Morning Cup stamp set is one of those fun sets with quirky sentiments!  I love this set for making little cards to tuck tea bags or single serve coffee into.  They make nice little gifts for a… Read More »

Scrapbooking and Stamping Sunday Series with Stampin’ Up!

Featured Retiring Products:  Afternoon Daydream Simply Scrappin’ Kit, Lovely Letters Alphabet Stamp Set, Scallop Square Punch I am loving this new Scrapping and Stamping Sunday Series! I made 11 scrapbook pages in just a couple of hours today. It’s so relaxing to sit and create. I used to scrapbook all the time when the kids were younger and… Read More »

Happy Mother’s Day Gift Bag with Fancy Favor!

Featured Retired Products:  Fancy Favor Bigz Die, Extra Large Tag Punch, Tea for Two Designer Series Paper, Pop-Up Posies Kit, and the Wonderful Mother Stamp Set I planned ahead for Mother’s Day this year.  I know!  I shocked myself!  I usually realize that, “Mother’s Day is tomorrow!”,  before I come up with a plan.  Since my mother lives… Read More »

Great Beginner Stamp Set: Easy Events Free Tutorial

Find Out How To Get A Free Easy Events Card And Project Tutorial! Whether you are an experienced stamper or a beginner, it’s tremendously useful to have one stamp set that covers several occasions!  Stampin’ Up!s Easy Events stamp sets is one of those great versatile stamp sets.  You can sit down for an hour with some card… Read More »

Quint-Essential Flower from Stampin’ Up!

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 »

Boutique Boxes Designer Printed Kit From Stampin’ Up!

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 »

Stampin’ Up! Announces the Retiring List and Clearance Prices!

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 »

Field Flowers with Stampin’ Up!

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 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 »