I have been thinking a lot lately about wanting to go on a cruise which made me think of this card. However I would prefer a much bigger boat! The Open Sea stamp set is such a great set for making masculine cards but my guess is that most women […] Read more »
Gingham Garden Suite
The Gingham Garden Suite is one of my favorites in the Stampin’ Up! catalog. I love the colors, the combination of flowers and checks and especially the Washi Tape. I wasn’t excited about the tape until I actually saw and used it the first time and now have purchased every […] Read more »
Holiday Catalog Live
The new Holiday catalog is live today which means we can now order from it. There are so many wonderful new stamp sets and papers, and embellishments for all of the upcoming holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Which is your favorite holiday? If you have not received a copy and would […] Read more »
Kick Up Your Heels & More Swaps
I received this card at convention as one of my swaps from demonstrator Teresa Clark-Massey and really liked the idea of it and knew I wanted to use it in one of my stamp classes. Her red plaid paper is retired and, unfortunately, the star punches and hemp are also […] Read more »
A Little Stampin’ Fun
Today my new friends came over and learned the basics of stamping and each made a card. They were surprised at how easy it really is and had a fun time. Tangela and her daughters, Ciara, Kennedy, and Rhagin If you would like to learn how easy and fun stamping […] Read more »
Dressing Up
This card was created by my downline, Jayne Catubig. I love that she used the silver glimmer paper for the dress form and then added bits of it elsewhere on the card. You can never go wrong using red, black and white color combination. It just looks classy and her […] Read more »
Little Bee
I’m back to my weekly stamp class following convention and I have my head and camera filled with ideas plus about 150 card swaps. I received a card from a swap which was similar to this one but I needed to make several changes because I didn’t have the same […] Read more »
Paper Bows
This card was inspired by demonstrator Mary Brown, aka Stamper Camper. You can see her card here. These paper bows are showing up all over the internet on handmade cards and they are so easy to make. Start with the oval punch and punch out two ovals. You really need […] Read more »
Swallowtail
I love butterflies and Stampin’ Up! certainly has some beautiful butterfly stamps. This large stamp came out in a previous mini catalog but I didn’t get it until just recently. I had fun making this card and know you will be seeing much more of it from me in the […] Read more »
10 Minute Wow
This card was Cased from one my up-line, Catherine Harwood, had done showing how you can use an embossing folder like a stamp. I changed a few things and added the bee to my card. The background is done by inking up the inside of the Hexagon embossing folder with […] Read more »