Saturday was my annual Open House and New Catalog Launch Party. It is also a customer and downline appreciation event and retired stamp sale all rolled into one big party. I work for several weeks getting ready for it and never seem to get all that I want done. And […] Read more »
In The Meadow
Here is a quick and easy card today. This is a perfect stamp set for any occasion including masculine cards. I stamped the images with black ink and then colored with an aquapainter and reinkers. In The Meadow stamp set can be found in the Occasions Catalog. It is $28 […] Read more »
Pleated Skirt Card
Pleated skirt cards have become popular recently and I have seen a few different versions with slightly different instructions for cutting the paper. One that I tried had a 12" x 12" sheet of Designer Series Paper cut to yeild enough pieces to do 4 cards. However it didn't have […] Read more »
Thank You’s from Friends & New Weekly Deals
We all love getting cards and gifts and when they are handmade it makes it all the more special. I was surprised last night with a thank you gift from my friend and fellow demonstrator Judy Shapley. I just had to share the special bag and matching card she made. […] Read more »
Easter Lamb
It's hard to believe that Easter is just two weeks away. We have been making a few Easter cards in my classes and this cute little lamb is perfect for not only Easter but would also make adorable baby or childrens cards. I did use the retired polka dot embossing […] Read more »
Weekly Deals and Tin of Cards
Here are the newest weekly deals: I am so excited to see the Tin of Cards on sale as I had been working on a special class using it. The class will be Saturday, April 9th at my house. If you sign up for the class this week the class […] Read more »
Flowering Fields
Here is another card made using some of the FREE Sale-a-Bration products. I used watercolor paper and an Aqua Painter to color the flowers after stamping the images with Archival Black Ink. After coloring the flowers I cleaned the brush tip of the Aqua Painter and then used just […] Read more »
Just For You
One of the FREE Sale-a-bration products you can get with any $50 order is the stamp set Botanicals For You. These cards were stamped using this set. I did a feminine and a masculine version and offered my stampers their choice. The card with the flowers used just the Botanicals […] Read more »
Balloon Celebration
People send more birthday cards than for any other reason and this card just says it's time to celebrate! And the stamp set is called Birthday Celebration. I love that there is a new balloon punch that coordinates with the two different sizes of balloons. I do like fussy cutting […] Read more »
A Few of My Favorite Things
Each new catalog I like to post a list of my favorite things. I usually limit the list to 10 things so I've cheated just a little bit by using the bundles of my favorite stamp sets and counting the bundle as a favorite. There are so many wonderful new […] Read more »