I’ve been playing with background stamping. I’m trying things that are outside the stamp case! Yesterday, I posted a video tutorial and card idea for clear block background stamping. Today, I have a tutorial on making a Faux Animal Print background. I just love the look that I got using cut up pieces of the left over rubber… Read More »
Yesterday I shared a scrapbook page I made using Stampin’ Up!s My Digital Studio software (MDS). I am amazed at how quickly you can put together a page or card using MDS. Today, I have a scrapbook page I made the good old fashioned way! I used my papers, inks and tools! It’s always going to be my… Read More »
How fast can you put together a scrapbook page with Stampin’ Up!s My Digital Studio? If you use one of their templates all you do is add photos and journaling and you’re done! You can make changes to the templates if you want. Today, I started with a blank page just to see what I could come up… Read More »
I have really been enjoying working with card sketches. I feel like I’m a very creative person and I really love to do my own thing. I find it really challenging to take a sketch someone else came up with and create a card with it. I feel that way about teaching too. I can’t teach from a… Read More »
What do you get when you challenge yourself to make 8 completely different cards with the same 3 pieces of card stock? You get 8 great cards and a lot of time relaxing while you stamp! Stampin’ Up! offers so many different stamp sets, tools and embellishments that it is fun to challenge yourself to see how many… Read More »
Make sure you check out my Freebie Friday post on Facebook. Click here to go to my Facebook page and print an 8×8″ scrapbook page. You just need to print it on card stock, add a photo and your journaling and you’ve got one scrapbook page done! Give me a “Like” while you are there! Leave a… Read More »
I am absolutely a paper and ink gal!!! I love cutting, pasting, stamping and designing cards and scrapbook pages! Yet, here I am dabbling with the My Digital Studio so that I would know how to use it if friends had questions. Darn! Now I’m just hooked! I finally tried using one of the scrapbook templates to create… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge gave me the opportunity to use some of the embellishments in the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini Catalog’s Artisan Elements Kit! I originally purchased two of the kits thinking that I had no idea what to do with it. I thought that my daughter, who is 21 and very creative, might have… Read More »
This is my second installment using the sponging resist technique using Stampin’ Up!s Natural Specialty Paper (#126917). What a fun technique! Look at how different this paper looks with the Tangerine Tango sponged on. Yesterday, I used the very same paper with Real Red and you get a completely different look! Check it out here! You can really… Read More »
I love when I have a day to myself just to be creative. It is so relaxing. There is something to be said about having hours just to rubber stamp and create handmade cards, scrapbooking pages and paper crafted projects and gifts. I love the texture that the Big Shot gives to a card. If you don’t have… Read More »
It’s Freebie Friday on Facebook! Head over to my Facbook page by clicking here! I posted a printable for you as a thank you for visiting! Please make sure to give me a “Like” while you are there. You will get some free printable journaling boxes for scrapbooking when you “Like” my Facebook page. Leave a comment while… Read More »
I absolutely love the Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration products. Between the Madison Avenue Stamp Set and the Sycamore Street Designer Series Papers and Ribbons, you can make amazing cards and gifts. I am finding it absolutely IMPOSSIBLE! to make only one card at a time. My head is stuffed with card designs. I love every paper in the Sycamore… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has made it so easy to make quick thank you cards with their Oh, Hello! Stamp Set and their Print Poetry Paper Packs. With the Sale-a-Bration sale going on, it’s hard to resist making a big stamping order to get all the freebies! Over the weekend, I made some quick thank you cards. Here are 3… Read More »
For my Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge this week, I decided to play with butterflies. I have not used the new Swallowtail Butterfly background stamp in the Spring Mini Catalog. I decided that this sketch would be perfect! Stampin’ Up! has so many butterfly choices that includes punches and stamp sets!! This challenge was not only a sketch… Read More »
I love the paper in the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper pack in the Sale-a-Bration brochure. I decided that I find it so inspiring and happy, I made myself a little desk set. I created two post-it note holders, a box, and a rainy day journal. The box was created to hold my Color Coach, index cards and… Read More »