Today I made the August Paper Pumpkin cards exactly how the instructions said to do it. From start to finish, including punching out all the green and clear velum leaves, it only took me 15 minutes to make the two cards! And if you did them all at once in an assembly line fashion, it […]
Sympathy
Go wild becomes sympathy card…really?
When you hear “Go Wild” I’m sure you can think of all kinds of wild cards, but you wouldn’t think tasteful sympathy card, right? Well, I’m here today to show you how that assumption would be so wrong. The wonderful thing about Stampin’ Up!’s Go Wild DSP is that one side is wild animal prints, the other side is more sedate, […]
Thinking of you with May Flowers framelits dies
I was playing and designing cards with the May Flowers framelits dies this past weekend. The large main flower is stunning, especially when it’s overlaid on a dramatic color to highlight it. When I saw the PCC228 color challenge, a color combo I would not have ever thought about, I decided to give it a try. Cherry […]
Flourishing Phrases – a tutorial just for you
One of the beautiful, new stamp sets in the annual Stampin’ Up! catalog is Flourishing Phrases. Its a wonderfully versatile set that cover many, many card giving occasions, with just one stamp set! And you can get it bundled with the matching thinlet dies (and save 10%), making your card creation possibilities endless. Just look at these three […]
Everything is not black & white…
Maybe it’s black and cream instead? Last weekend I saw a post from a fellow demonstrator, Ginger Pelfrey with a gorgeous B&W card she created for a challenge. I loved it and starting pulling all my retire black and white papers, only to find mine were “very Vanilla” not white. Okay, so I rolled with that […]
Sympathy cards, a special card for a sad occasion
It’s not something most of us like to think about, but we all need a sympathy card at some point in time. I have a hard time creating one on the spot when I need it most. So I’m always looking for new templates and ideas to use to create cards I can keep on hand. A couple of […]
It’s here, the mailman finally delivered my red box!
I’m doing the happy dance since I finally got my red box, aka Paper Pumpkin, Wednesday night! WHEW, I thought it was never going to come. And here’s a picture (couldn’t get one of me and my happy dance since my sweet hubby was at work when I took the picture – so you get my hand […]
August Paper Pumpkin – Spoiler Alert!
So it’s August and I’m anxiously waiting for my bright red Paper Pumpkin box…what will it be, what will it make??? Where, oh where are you Mr. Postman with my package??? Do you remember the 1961 hit “Mr. Postman”? That’s what I feel like waiting for my box! While we are waiting, here’s the Stampin’ […]