Saturday was World Card Making Day and I spent the weekend catching up on my card crafting. It felt good to be back in my craft room after so much time away. I decided to start with the new Painted Harvest stamp set and coordinating Painted Autumn designer series paper. I’ve seen lots of fall […]
Stampin' Up! Bundles
Eastern Palace suite – opulence galore!
Opulent elegance, eastern mystery, vibrant colors and wonderful designs…doesn’t that make you think of mysterious and exotic Eastern palaces?. That’s what you get with this newly released, special bundle of Stampin’ Up! products. Starting today, through May 31 you can get special price on this bundle of products. Watch this video to see how everyone is gathering to create some […]
Up, up and away, it’s so uplifting!
Do you need to lift someone spirits and inspire them? You can do this with the “Lift Me Up” bundle from Stampin’ Up! You can inspire many soaring, fanciful dreams when you use this bundle to create a card. The bundle includes the “Lift Me Up” stamp set and the matching “Up & Away” thinlits dies to […]
Let’s celebrate with Balloon Adventures and #FMS274
WOW…this was a great crafting weekend for me! I spent the first part of my days off finishing up my Valentine’s Day treat containers for my staff, faculty and co-workers..I’ll post them tomorrow – 32 and counting! But let’s get back to today’s card. I really liked the FMS274 for last week, so much so I […]
Confetti birthday celebration with FabFri105!
More circles, more Party Animal DSP, and confetti for another birthday card! A lot of stuff all in one simple to make birthday card for my FabFri105 challenge card. I’ve had my Confetti embossing folder for a while now, and in fact I forgot I had it and ordered another…sigh…so now I have 2. I’ll have […]
Sweet & Sassy layered Hearts
Yesterday I shared two cards I created this past weekend for the SGGW weekend challenge. If you missed yesterday’s post, see them here. As I was cleaning up my craft table, I had a variety of small circles and hearts leftover that I had cut out from Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe (retired Stampin’ Up! colors) and […]
Love notes for you
This past weekend I switched gears to create Valentines Day cards. My PCC228 card post yesterday, see it here, inspired today’s card. But this card uses a banner instead in the lower corner created by one of the So Detailed thinlit dies. I played around with several layout options and here’s my final version: Very simple card, but I think […]
Hugs & Kisses for PCC227
Today’s Valentines Day card uses the PCC227 challenge template and the So Detailed heart tag thinlit die as the main focus. I love Stampin’ Up!’s new Sending Love DSP paper pack! The tiny red hearts scattered across the white background was perfect as the background paper. The traditional red and white Valentines Day colors are always my favorite colors when creating “love” cards. I […]
Finally, A day to celebrate with FMS271
Yes, I said finally…read to the end and you’ll see why I titled my post this way! I decided to create another Valentines Day card with this week’s FMS271 sketch. This time I used the So in Love stamps and the So Detailed thinlit dies bundle to create a simple, elegant card. But as I looked […]