I know that for many people, this is a job. Running a stamping business and maintaining a blog is a job. For me, it feels like a lifeline. I’m having so darn much fun making cards, projects and videos! I am meeting great people and I love letting myself be creative. I find it amazing how other people… Read More »
Featured Retiring Products Series: All Dressed Up, Collage Curios, Soda Pop Tops, and Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Today I was thinking outside the box, or in this case, the card sketch! I started my card with this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge and put my own twist on it. I was trying to use a… Read More »
Featured Retiring Product Series: Printed Petals Stamp Set, International Bazaar Designer Series Paper, and Lucky Limeade I needed a quick card yesterday, so I pulled out a retiring stamp set and 3 of my favorite punches. I dug through my scrap bin for paper and made an easy card! The details for this card are on the… Read More »
There is nothing like a beautiful piece of patterned paper to inspire you in your handmade card creation. Stampin’ Up! really has a hit with their Tea for Two Designer Series Paper. Every side of every sheet is gorgeous! How pretty is this paper? I feel like it just screams “Vintage Romance”! (#129311) The Easter Blessings sentiment (#129183)… Read More »
I love punches. There is no question that I like to play around with them and find new ways to use them! Punches, framelits and Big Shot Dies make card making so much easier. No more fussy cutting with paper snips! You can get fun shapes with a punch or framelit. The petite curly label punch (#129405) is… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!s biggest sale of the year, Sale-A-Bration comes to an end on March 22 and I just had to make one more set of cards with each of the stamp sets that I got for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration sale! Today’s set is the Patterned Occasions Stamp Set. I’ve used this card set several times since the… Read More »
Who else loves to make card sets? How great is it when you can sit down with 6 sheets of paper and one set of stamps and get 4 matching cards in less than 30 minutes? I have to admit, that this is the first time I’ve used this pattern of Designer Series Paper from the free Sycamore… Read More »
My goal today was to create a set of quick and easy one layer cards from the Bloomin’ Marvelous stamp set and the Sycamore Street Ribbons and Buttons. I love this stamp set. I am truly going to miss playing with it when Sale-A-Bration is over. It has such versatility. I’ve made small 3 x 3″ gift cards… Read More »
I’ve had so many people tell me how much they love this Feeling Sentimental Stamp Set! At least one of these images evokes nostalgic feelings from some days gone by for almost everyone. For me, it was the phone box. We didn’t take big vacations as our kids were growing up. We took short day trips once or… Read More »
I finally received my photopolymer stamps today. Stampin’ Up! came out with a new kind of stamp that is not made from rubber. These are completely clear stamps. I finally got a chance to try them out. I like the material that the stamp is made from. I got a nice clear stamped image even though the entire… Read More »
The fun thing about not having time to clean off your desk is that the next time you sit down at what should be a mess, it’s full of inspiration for your next card. This card came from the leftovers sitting on my desk. I merely had to pull all of the pieces together. The base of the… Read More »
I found this weeks Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge to be an honest challenge! I wanted to create a birthday card using Stampin’ Up!s Best of 25 Years January Stamp Set which is all about birthdays! The sketch contained an oval. It made me realize that I like using circles and rectangles in my cards more than ovals. … Read More »
I just had to try my hand at making some chicks using Stampin’ Up!s Owl Builder Punch!!! Spring is in the air, Easter is coming and soon the Robins will be back!!! For some reason, I needed a touch of whimsy today! I was inspired by several cute chick cards that I had pinned on Pinterest and this… Read More »
I have been experimenting with background techniques for my rubber stamping projects. For the past couple of weeks, I have been trying out a technique using rubber bands on my clear blocks. This gives you a really fun and fabulous background image for your card! Isn’t this card an eye-popper?! I think it’s that Melon Mambo! Every time… Read More »
I finally got the Blooming with Kindness Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up!! It’s been on my wish list forever! You know how it is. That catalog comes out in June and then every time you sit down for at least a week, that catalog is in your hands and you’re paging through it. I’ve looked through my Spring… Read More »