A friend recently asked if I could make a birthday card for her daughter’s 30th birthday. She sent me a photo of the birthday announcement and told me she liked pink, hearts and anything girly. When I saw the announcement I immediately thought of the Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series […] Read more »
Frosted Floral Card
I have been super busy with prepping for our all day retreat which is less than 2 weeks away. So busy that I just realized I never shared the card I said I would last week using the Frosted Floral Specialty Designer Series Paper. I love the color combination of […] Read more »
Wild About You
The card today is the cute giraffe from the Animal Outing stamp set. The inspiration for the card came right from the annual catalog. I changed a few things and this is the card we did in classes this week. One of the stamps is the sentiment Wild About You […] Read more »
Illuminated Christmas – Holiday Sneak Peak
The Global Design Challenge this week is a color challenge using Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, and Flirty Flamingo together. Color challenge! #GDP153 I have to say I don’t think I ever would have put these colors together in a card but I like the outcome. Using these colors on […] Read more »
Rooted in Nature Goes Pink
It’s hard to say what Stampin’ Up! product I love the most but right up at the top of the list has to be the Designer Series Paper (DSP). First of all it’s always so beautiful. The photos in the catalog hardly do it justice. The inspiration for a card […] Read more »
Casing the Catalog – Oh So Eclectic
We all look for card ideas and with so many card samples being posted on social media sites it’s easy to find inspiration. But don’t forget that our catalog is full beautiful cards. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything and today I decided to case a card right from […] Read more »
Rooted In Nature
One of the first things I look for in a new annual catalog is whether or not Lovely as a Tree stamp set has been retired. It was first introduced in 2001 and it’s one of my favorite sets. So one might ask why do I need another tree themed […] Read more »
Celebrating Special Birthdays
I made some cards recently for special friends and my daughter. When your friends are also stampers you try to come up with something special. I love this design that has become quit popular recently so decided to give it a try. I actually forgot to take photos of the […] Read more »
With Gratitude
In the Methodist religion ministers are moved from time to time. This is what happened last month in the church where I am a member. We were blessed to have Pastor Charlie who came to us from Belfast, Northern Ireland, for almost 5 years. The day it was announced in […] Read more »
Tropical Chic
I’m in love with everything in the Tropical Chic suite. The first thing that caught my eye when I first looked through the new catalog was the pink and green colors of the paper. I think I had more fun making card samples for my open house with this suite […] Read more »