How to have a happy day: Find time to be creative! The Occasions Catalog has some fun products to create with! Aren’t the colors fabulous? Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Smokey Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe and Whisper White! Product List (Click each picture for more details about each item!) 100730 124262 130030 134818 132187 113439… Read More »
FREE SHIPPING ON EVERYTHING FROM APRIL 21-25!! Woo Hoo! Stampin’ Up! announced today that they are giving FREE SHIPPING on everything you order from April 21-25! That folks, is a 10% savings for you!!! That’s just in time for the Retiring Products List! The Retiring Products list comes out on Monday, April 21! Check back here first… Read More »
Have you heard about Project Life? Project Life is a scrapbooking method created by Becky Higgins. Stampin’ Up! will be partnering with Becky for an exclusive line of Project Life products carried by Stampin’ Up! beginning May 1!!! I’m very excited about this! I love scrapbooking and stamping…this is like the best of both worlds. For you busy… Read More »
Every Tuesday, Stampin’ Up! selects 8 products and discounts them 25% for one week only! These sales are in effect until Monday, April 21! Product List 125595 104045 127211 132982 129383 126874 126938 130144 Shop online for these weekly deals at mystampingstore.com! Get a FREE printable online stamping class with 5 Envelope Punch Board Projects and… Read More »
Have you created a spring wreath for your door? I finally took down my winter wreath and changed the covers on my wicker chairs to my spring covers. (Okay…my new cushion covers are just pretty lavender towels that I wrap around the cushions, but my porch looks like spring is here!) Meet the Burlap and Blooms Simply… Read More »
How to make sure you get a handmade birthday card on your birthday: craft with your kids! Last year my kids surprised me for my birthday by coming home for the weekend. They both go to schools about an hour and a half from New York City, but in opposite directions. They met at Penn Station and then… Read More »
Focusing on designer series paper! This new Watercolor Designer Series Paper is truly my favorite patterned paper…this week. What can I say? I’m fickle when it comes to patterned paper. This week, I can’t get enough of these soft, yet colorful papers. The make wonderful background papers and fabulous focal points for your cards. If you’ve never purchased… Read More »
See how you can get the April customer Envelope Punch Board Online Class! That Envelope Punch Board is not just for creating envelopes! Get tutorials to create 5 great projects using the Envelope Punch Board when you make a purchase in my online store at mystampingstore.com! Get 5 fun project tutorials and 5 bonus ideas! Create bows,… Read More »
Keeping It Clean And Simple! When I want a quick and easy card, I try to shoot for clean and simple. Yet, I don’t find clean and simple cards easy to make. It’s the white space. All that empty space just calling for an image, embossing or an embellishment! I find it difficult to leave empty space on… Read More »
Let the sentiment do the talking, that’s what I say. The sentiment and a quick technique are the focal points of this card today. I know! That’s a lot of purple, right?! It’s one of my favorite colors, so I’m not sure you can have too much purple. I did give it a nice pop of contrasting color… Read More »
Are you ready for Mother’s Day? Now is a great time to order the supplies you need to make the card and the gift bag or box! Stampin’ Up! has a great Mother’s Day stamp set with a really fun font! Love, love, love the Watercolor Wonder Designer Paper and the Petal Parade stamp set with the coordinating… Read More »
Check out the Simply Created Mini Memories Kit! These are great little kits to create a little gift mini album for someone. The kits also make great gifts for people who like to craft and make mini albums. Perfect for college students! The outside of the album is actually perfect for sponging. It has a glossy… Read More »
Happy Easter Watercolor Card! I just couldn’t resist using this stamp set for one more card! I was playing around with it and honestly kept coloring outside the lines when I didn’t really want to. I decided to give the image a nice watercolor background to camoflage the “mistakes”. I also couldn’t resist putting that beautiful Calypso Coral… Read More »
How to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes: Get just the size you need! Stampin’ Up! shared a video with us on how to resize the Tag A Bag Boxes. It’s such a clever idea, I wanted to pass it along to you! I love these little boxes and bag sets. I find myself pulling them out… Read More »
Time to make the Easter cards! Since it hasn’t felt very much like spring around here, I haven’t given much thought to making my Easter cards. There are really only 2 or 3 actual stamp sets designated for Easter and I couldn’t resist using the tulips! I love that Stampin’ Up! brought fun watercolor images and papers back… Read More »