I really liked the idea of using our Stampin’ Up! DSP as a card base to create delightful patterned cards. This is my second card using this technique (see my first one here). This time I used the Birthday Bouquet DSP with it’s beautiful soft colors for my card. One side is the beautiful camilla […]
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Many Happy Birthdays with February’s Paper Pumpkin
Slider cards are such a fun, interactive way to say Happy Birthday to someone special in your life. But they may be hard to design and create if you are starting from scratch. What if the card base was already done for you and all you had to do is put it together and stamp your favorite greeting? Well if […]
They’re here – 3 new Sale-a-bration items!
Sale-A-Bration is the biggest event each year for Stampin’ Up! And today it’s even bigger with the release of 3 new items available today until March 31! Just look at these three products: The Reverse Words stamp set on the cute gift bag; The beautiful Glimmer paper under the flower card; and The elegant Make a Medallion stamp set […]
I made Paper Craft Crew’s Top 3 Picks!!
I was so excited last week when Pam Staples, Paper Craft Crew’s team administrator of the design team commented on my entry for my PCC227 card and said I was one of their Top 3 Picks. This is the first time for me, so I was so honored, and pleased to meet their challenge’s goals. WooHoo!! I wanted […]
February’s Sip & Stamp night was a success!
A group of my friends got together for my monthly Sip & Stamp last Friday night to make birthday cards. We had a great time sipping our drinks of choice, chatting about a variety of things going on in our lives and making cards! Here’s a few pictures as we stamped through the evening! Come join us […]
Birthday Banners – a new stamp set for me!
Finally…a birthday card using something other than my favorite Balloon Adventures stamp set! Today’s cards are based on Jeanna Bohanon’s interpretation of last week’s tgifc94 layout. I loved what she did so I used her card as my inspiration. I wanted to use some of the my Cupcake & Carousels DSP paper stack for a more subtle birthday card (such a […]
Fun folds with beautiful papers for SGGW challenge
Last Friday I saw a great post on using our retired DSP as the card base folding it so that you see both designs inside and outside the card (thanks Jessica at Stamp a Blessing). I thought it was a brilliant way to use all my retired DSP for beautiful cards. And boy do I have lots of […]
Happier birthday for – #FMS274
As I said on Monday’s post, I love the FMS274 for last week. If you missed Monday’s card using this template, see it here. Although I didn’t get today’s card posted in time for the challenge, it’s up there as one of my favorites. Why? Because it is Black & White with a pop Melon Mambo, one my all time favorite […]
Happy Valentine’s Day with lots of treats!
As I said on yesterday’s post…WOW…I had a great crafting weekend! I finished all my Valentine’s Day treat containers for my staff, faculty and co-workers – 32 and counting! I saw a post early last week on Facebook, I think, about celebrating Valentine’s Day. It suggested rather than focusing on what you did or did not receive, to instead spread the love to […]