That’s right! Stampin’ Up! is bringing birthdays back. So is this week’s Paper Craft Crew card challenge. I’m excited that I actually got to use this new **FREE** stamp set called Hey Chick. I LOVE this stamp set. It’s ridiculously cute. These are cute chicks! I foresee myself using them for everything. (Especially given that I’ve packed all… Read More »
I’m using one of the free stamp sets that you earn during Sale-A-Bration to create a clean and simple thank you card for today’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. Today is the first day that you can order from the Occasions Catalog and for every $50 you spend, you can select one free item from the Sale-A-Bration brochure!!… Read More »
I’m not really the Black Tie Gala type of gal, but this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge is to create a Black Tie Gala card or project. For me, that means tone-on-tone, black, white and silver. It also means as clean and simple as possible. I’ve kept it simple with a white-on-white using the Gently Falling embossing… Read More »
Just a quick post to share my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. I used the Pretty Pines thinlets dies to create the pine bough and pine cone. I added a piece of the adhesive sheet to my cardstock before cutting the pieces out with my big shot. This made the die cuts with adhesive… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!’s Year-end Closeout Sale. Stampin’ Up! kicked off it’s Year-End Closeout Sale – a celebration that runs through January 3. Here’s what you can expect: Retiring List. Stampin’ Up! has released its “retiring list” of items in the Holiday Catalog – the list of items that will no longer be available after they are sold out. If… Read More »
We have been so busy the last 6 weeks going to open houses, finding our downsized empty nester dream house, painting and packing to get our house ready and then showing it to prospective buyers…I just have not had time to stamp or to blog! I haven’t sent out a newsletter in ages. My New Year’s resolution (assuming… Read More »
Don’t you just love the sentiment on this card? Christmas Wishes From Across The Miles. Since I live 500 miles from my entire family, this is an especially personal sentiment for me at the holidays. This card was created from this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch! I’ve used the Warmth and Cheer Designer Paper Stack, the Santa’s Sleigh… Read More »
It really feels like the sky is falling here on Eastern Long Island! We have had a bumper crop of ACORNS this year! They seem to be falling by the buckets and I have been pelted on the head more than once just walking across the lawn! My card today is an Ode to the Acorn! This week’s… Read More »
What Will You Stamp? is a weekly challenge blog and this week’s challenge uses one of my favorite sets from the Holiday Catalog from Stampin’ Up! Paisleys and Posies!!!! You know that I can’t get enough of that set! I’ve been dying to stamp this simple image and just color it in with the new In Colors for… Read More »
Okay…I know that I used the same stamp set and materials to create my card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew challenge as I did for the What Will You Stamp challenge and the SUO Challenge, but I LOVE the colors and the stamp set! Once again, we have a great sketch to work with from Pam Staples… Read More »
What Will You Stamp challenge blog invited me to be a guest stamper this week with the Totally Trees stamp set. This is a fun, graphic set of trees that you can use for all seasons. The stamp set itself has a ton of individual stamps that give you unlimited possibilities for getting creative! I tried to keep… Read More »
You are cordially invited to play along with the Paper Craft Crew for this week’s sketch challenge! I love this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch. Pam Staples really did a great job! I love the sketches that she makes each week to challenge us with! Pam is the Team Coordinator over at the Paper Craft Crew and… Read More »
You read that right! I’m this week’s What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog’s Guest Stamper. My card was randomly selected as the winner for the Ghoulish Grunge challenge and I have the privilege of being their guest stamper for the week!! The challenge this week is to use the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. You know that I love… Read More »
I just got a new box of goodies from Stampin’ Up! and the papers are fabulous! There is a Buy 3 Get 1 Free Designer Paper sale going on at Stampin’ Up! until October 31! Who can resist such a great sale? I took advantage of it and I love this new Presents and Pinecones paper! Isn’t that… Read More »
This week over at The Paper Craft Crew, we are having a fall card challenge. Any fall themed card works for the challenge!!! My goal with this card was to make a fall card using the scraps of papers sitting on my desk! I have little squares and rectangles of left over papers all over! I really love… Read More »