Freebie Friday on Facebook!!!

  Make sure you check out my Freebie Friday post on Facebook.  Click here to go to my Facebook page and print an 8×8″ scrapbook page.  You just need to print it on card stock, add a photo and your journaling and you’ve got one scrapbook page done! Give me a “Like” while you are there!  Leave a… Read More »

Scrapbooking the Easy Way with Stampin’ Up!

I am absolutely a paper and ink gal!!!  I love cutting, pasting, stamping and designing cards and scrapbook pages!  Yet, here I am dabbling with the My Digital Studio so that I would know how to use it if friends had questions.  Darn!  Now I’m just hooked! I finally tried using one of the scrapbook templates to create… Read More »

7 My Digital Studio Content Discs for $1 from Stampin’ Up!

If you are falling in love (or already there!) with My Digital Studio like I am, you will love this!!!  Stampin’ Up! has a great offer for content discs.  They are offering 7 discs for just one dollar!!!!                   Digital Content Discs for One Dollar From now until February 12 (or while supplies last) you can get your… Read More »

Stampin’ Up! and the Frilly Valentine’s Day Cards!

I’m not a frilly gal by nature.  Honestly.  I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately with all of the frilly Valentine’s Day cards that I’m making.  Stampin’ Up! just has so many great papers, punches, framelits and stamp sets that make it so easy to put together a great Valentine’s Day card.  It’s irresistible!  Plus, who doesn’t… Read More »

The Craft Off: Using the Artisan Embellishments from Stampin’ Up!

This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge gave me the opportunity to use some of the embellishments in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog’s Artisan Elements Kit!  I originally purchased two of the kits thinking that I had no idea what to do with it.  I thought that my daughter, who is 21 and very creative, might have… Read More »

Get Free Stampin’ Up! Digital Content, Stamps or Accessories!

Get FREE Digital Content! We’re having a party—and you’re invited. Sale-A-Bration is our best bash of the year, and since we’re celebrating our 25-year anniversary, it’s our biggest. Ever. Simply shop or join from January 22 to March 22 to enjoy the perks. Spend $50 and choose a FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure—including two discs full of… Read More »

Resisting Stampin’ Up!s Specialty Paper!

This is my second installment using the sponging resist technique using Stampin’ Up!s Natural Specialty Paper (#126917).  What a fun technique!  Look at how different this paper looks with the Tangerine Tango sponged on.  Yesterday, I used the very same paper with Real Red and you get a completely different look!  Check it out here! You can really… Read More »

Yes, I Have Been Stampin’ Up! All Day!

I love when I have a day to myself just to be creative.  It is so relaxing.  There is something to be said about having hours just to rubber stamp and create handmade cards, scrapbooking pages and paper crafted projects and gifts. I love the texture that the Big Shot gives to a card.  If you don’t have… Read More »

Freebie Friday on Facebook!

It’s Freebie Friday on Facebook! Head over to my Facbook page by clicking here!  I posted a printable for you as a thank you for visiting! Please make sure to give me a “Like” while you are there.  You will get some free printable journaling boxes for scrapbooking when you “Like” my Facebook page. Leave a comment while… Read More »

On the Corner of Madison Avenue and Sycamore Street with Stampin’ Up!

I absolutely love the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration products.  Between the Madison Avenue Stamp Set and the Sycamore Street Designer Series Papers and Ribbons, you can make amazing cards and gifts. I am finding it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE! to make only one card at a time.  My head is stuffed with card designs.  I love every paper in the Sycamore… Read More »

Easily Create a Stampin’ Up! Simply Sent Gift Card Box!

The Simply Sent Kit that you can get for free during the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration promotion from January to March 22 can be used as more than just a card set.  I used one of the cards to make a top for a gift card box.  I plan to create a set of cards for a friend and… Read More »

Stampin’ Up!s Thanks So Much!

Stampin’ Up! has made it so easy to make quick thank you cards with their Oh, Hello! Stamp Set and their Print Poetry Paper Packs.  With the Sale-a-Bration sale going on, it’s hard to resist making a big stamping order to get all the freebies!  Over the weekend, I made some quick thank you cards.  Here are 3… Read More »

Playing With Stampin’ Up! Butterflies!

For my Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge this week, I decided to play with butterflies.  I have not used the new Swallowtail Butterfly background stamp in the Spring Mini Catalog.  I decided that this sketch would be perfect! Stampin’ Up! has so many butterfly choices that includes punches and stamp sets!! This challenge was not only a sketch… Read More »

Public Service Warning: Sale-a-Bration Begins January 22.

I’m just warning you now.  Sale-a-Bration begins on Tuesday.  This is Stampin’ Up!s most anticipated sale of the year.   They send us a brochure of never-before-seen and never-available-again stamping supplies.  Then they tell us that for every $50 we purchase (from the Annual Catalog or from the Spring Mini), we can choose one item from the brochure for… Read More »

3 Piece Desk Set and an Invitiation!

I love the paper in the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper pack in the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  I decided that I find it so inspiring and happy,  I made myself a little desk set. I created two post-it note holders, a box, and a rainy day journal.  The box was created to hold my Color Coach, index cards and… Read More »