You know those days where you have a lot of business errands to run and you decide to treat yourself by stopping at a craft store? I had one of those days! One of the other design team members (Justin) on the Paper Craft Crew recently set up shop locally. (I live on Long Island, so by locally… Read More »
Creating a layered card! I am going to ‘fess up and tell you that this card went through at least 3 permutations before I finally landed on the one I liked! Some days are all about experimentation. I think that I will start calling my craft room the stamping lab! I was so sad when the Everything Eleanor… Read More »
Create a very quick feather embellishment for you papercrafting projects using Washi Tape! Shelli Gardner, the Co-Founder of Stampin’ Up!, showed us how to use Washi Tape to make these quick feather embellishments for our projects. I really love this idea! It’s so simple. It uses Washi Tape and thick baker’s twine. I started with a 7″ strip… Read More »
Too corny? My daughter will be telling me that my blog title for the day is too corny! My goal lately has been to create clean and simple single layer cards without a lot of extras. I would consider these cards to be clean and simple except I couldn’t settle on a color scheme and I pulled stamps… Read More »
Create a great beach inspired all occasion card. The Serene Scenery 6 x 6″ Designer Series Paper Stack has fantastic real image scenes and backgrounds that make it look like you are using a photo or a piece of fabric on your card. Can you tell that I’m really ready for summer vacation to get here already?! … Read More »
Stamp sets that allow you to create a great background to a sentiment or a favorite image are an essential tool in your stamping toolbox. The new Playful Backgrounds stamp set contains 4 great images that you can use alone or together to help you create wonderfully unique cards. No two will look alike! I finally got a… Read More »
Are you a fairly new stamper wondering what stamp sets to start with? I have a couple of great options for you! I love stamp sets that I can use for a lot of different occasions. I made a couple of quick baby gift cards just to show you how easy it is and how great the stamp… Read More »
For ONE DAY ONLY, new subscribers can get their first kit for just $5 USD/$7 CAD! This amazing offer starts Thursday, June 9 at 5:00 PM (MT) and ends Friday, June 10 at 11:50 PM (MT). Technically that’s just shy of 31 hours—a little more than one day, but it will go by in a blink!… Read More »
Have you tried making a one layered card lately? I have a fun technique that I like to use with silhouette type images. The Wild About Flowers is a great silhouette two step stamp that works well with the clear block technique. The clear block technique just involves inking up a clear block directly from the ink pad… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has several product suites. Each suite is designed around a theme and all the products in that suite coordinate not only in theme, but in color and style. Today I am playing with the stamp set from one of the suites called Pop Of Pink. The stamp set is called Pop of Paradise and it’s all… Read More »
Happy Stamping Accidents! Whether on purpose or by accident, you can create great spotches on your cards using your Stampin’ Write Markers! I don’t know what was going on with me today, but I had smudges all over the cards that I was making. You know how that goes. A smudge shows up out of nowhere! Instead… Read More »
You have a shelf full of stamp sets, why use just one to create a card! That’s right! Pick 3 or 4 stamp sets to use on one fabulous card. I will admit that I made this card once with the new In Colors and didn’t fall in love with it until I saw a photo of the… Read More »
The new Stampin’ Up! catalog is here!!! Download a copy of the PDF version here: 2016-2017 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog Today is the first day that customers can order from the catalog! You can order online at mystampingstore.com. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve shared some sneak peeks with you using new products that you’ll find in… Read More »
Create a fun, cheerful card using the new In Colors for 2016-2018. The inspiration for this card came from this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. I found this sketch so inspiring! The real challenge was finding designer paper that I wanted to use!! Since the old catalog is retiring and the new one is coming out on… Read More »
I thought I’d share a couple more ideas for stamping on patterned paper! I shared the Enjoy the Little Things card the other day, along with the cards that used embossed images on patterned paper: The other paper patterns that I played with included a stripe that allowed me to stamp in the white space with a small… Read More »