Getting my craft room together and gradually seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with unpacking has allowed me some actual guilt free time to craft. I can’t believe how much less stressed I feel just getting a couple hours of time in playing with my stash. Today I created a card using an old technique… Read More »
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Stampin’ Up! has come up with a fabulous new tool to make your card making easier. It’s called the Stamparatus! This video shows a couple of unique features of the Stamparatus. I love that it has 2 plates that will allow for easy 2 step stamping. I also loved technique 4 to created the layered background by… Read More »
It really is the most wonderful time of the year. Just like the song says! I’ve created a festive Christmas card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. The papers, ribbons, inks and embellishments are all from Stampin’ Up! I’ve used Designer Series Paper from the Quilted Christmas collection. I love the patterns in this paper set. … Read More »
Large flower images and large medallion images are two of my favorite things! Is there anything prettier that a Christmas Poinsettia? I couldn’t resist trying out some of Catherine Pooler’s new stamps. I purchased her last Stamp of Approval kit that included her Winterhaven Collection. The poinsettia came from the ‘Tis the Season Stamp Set and the… Read More »
I can’t deny that when I sit down to craft and create I feel a tremendous stress relief. It has been over a year since I have had a craft space that allows me the time and space to be creative and away from the hustle and bustle of my day. Over the last two weeks I finally took the time… Read More »
If someone required me to make cards in one style, I would pick clean and simple. This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge is a clean and simple sketch. Sometimes less is more. I don’t know what I find so appealing about a fairly monochromatic color scheme and a lot of empty space on a card. I used… Read More »
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This is the time of the year where we are all looking for deals on items that we will need throughout the “most wonderful time of the year”! I find myself shopping online more and more as the stores become increasingly crowded. I also don’t have small children to buy for who want the latest, greatest, hottest… Read More »
I have so much to share with you, but I’m going to save it all for another day. I have a quick post for today for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. This week’s challenge is Very Vintage! So many stamp sets have vintage images, but I couldn’t resist using the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series Paper. I… Read More »
There are a few things that I love to do just to regenerate after a stressful day. I love to spend time in my craft room. I love to take long walks and I love to ride my bike. The new Crafting Forever stamp set really captures my crafty heart! Once again I find myself turning to Stampin’… Read More »
This crazy school year is finally coming to an end this week. Friday can’t get here soon enough. Between the move and my son breaking his back, it has been a crazy overwhelming few months. I’m really looking forward to getting the rest of my craft room unpacked and tidied up. I made a very quick card for… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge and it has some interesting combinations! For my card, I chose one of the diagonals that included the water element, the summer challenge and clean and simple. I used the new and quite fabulous So Many Shells stamp set. This is a two step stamp set with some… Read More »
I can’t get enough of these watercolor pencils that Stampin’ Up! has come out with! If you haven’t tried them, they are well worth the $16 price tag in 13 of Stampin’ Up!’s pretty coordinating colors. I used the Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry and Bermuda Bay pencils. I stamped the dragonfly from Dragonfly Dreams in StazOn permanent black… Read More »
I have to say that it felt great to sit down and make some cards today. I also took another trip to that great bookstore in town! I created a card for the design team at The Paper Craft Crew and decided to enter it in two other challenges. This week is the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge blog’s… Read More »