Every year, Stampin’ Up! holds an Artisan Award contest where demonstrators from across the US and Canada can send in their best work in the hopes to be select to win free product and a chance to be on the Stampin’ Up! design team for the next year. I sooo wanted to apply this year…
Its finally here, the VERY LAST DAY you can order from the 2011-2012 catalog. Don’t forget to double check your wish lists against the retirement lists so that you don’t miss out on something you’ve been waiting for. Retiring Stamps | Retiring Accessories | Retiring Décor Elements You can shop in the online store, or…
Ever have one of those patterned papers that needs space to show off? Well, when playing with my Patio Party designer paper that is coming out in the new catalog, I really liked this print but it just doesn’t show off very well in a small piece. So when I found this sketch, I thought…
The end of a catalog year always leaves me with stamps and accessories that I’m so happy are going to continue being available… and stamps that I’m sad are going away. This card has both! I love that Bordering on Romance is carrying over but boy am I sad that Sincere Salutations is being retired….
I feel almost selfish, I ordered some of the new sneak peek products earlier this month and while I’ve been getting to know them; I haven’t done much sharing (aside from the In Color sampler bookmarks I included with mailed catalogs). Well, I thought I would change that and share a card I made to…
If you haven’t seen, I’ve started trying to create videos about stamping topics or project how-tos (you can check them out on my youtube channel – www.youtube.com/northweststamper). I’m only just getting started, but I was recently asked to create a video on how to make the dimensional flower using the Triple Treat Flower stamp. So,…
Earlier this month was my husband’s birthday and my mom, being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator also, sent him a handmade card that I loved. In fact, I think I liked it even more than he did! 🙂 Anyway, I loved how striking it was and thought it was a great masculine card and so I…
This weekend my family and I headed out of town to Spokane, WA for my grandparent’s 65th anniversary. I think it is so awesome to see two people who have shared a life for 65 years and have so many interesting stories from their adventures along the way! So, this when I found this sentiment…
As I’ve been cleaning up my craft room and trying to clear out scraps and the little hodge-podge of items I’ve stamped or cut for a project and then later decided I didn’t want to us them; and in the process I came across more of my Faux Tiling samples. I had scored and…
Today we have another “ode to retiring products” card. 🙂 I love the inspiration I get from Stampin’ Up! and my demonstrator website they provide and in this project’s case their designers remind me of a lot of cute things…. like how I totally forget to do tone-on-tone paper punching (the red flowers from the…
Alright, the count down to Mother’s Day is on! Here is another card we made during our Mother’s Day card class but the nice thing is, you could use it any time of the year! Can I just say, I can’t believe how long it took me to realize what a great combo…
I keep forgetting Mother’s Day is this weekend! Thankfully, I ran a class last week specifically for creating Mother’s Day cards, so now I have a stash that I can use this weekend since I’m sure I’ll forget again and think I have a couple weeks. 🙂 Today I thought I’d share one of my…