I love my blendabilities but I wanted to play a little with another form of coloring- watercoloring. And what better stamp to play with for that than the Vivid Vases set! Tips for this card: When watercoloring with water-based ink (so using your blender pens or aqua pens) make sure … Read More
Triple Time Stamping (almost) with Petite Petals
So, I wanted to try a different idea for stamping where I did a background with random stamping and thought the new Petite Petals would be a fun stamp set to do it with. I’ll admit, I completely did it WRONG but I think I covered up my oops well … Read More
Surprise! Weekly Deals Starting Today
Do you love getting a deal? Really, who doesn’t, right? Well, after Stampin’ Up! announced last week that they were going to have a Flash Sale each Thursday in October (basically one day only sales on some product in the online store), I thought that was it for the … Read More
Spotlighting Paper Piercing for a Fab Blog Hop on Tools!
Thank you so much for joining us for the September Stylin’ Stampin’ Squad Blog Hop! This month we are focusing on the tools of the stampin’ trade. Specifically, each of our favorite stamping tools. It’s amazing the kinds of tools that have been created to help us along in our … Read More
5 Minutes to Cute–Thank You Card
You would think that the fact that I have two toddlers running around my house would mean all the cards I make are super fast cards…. Nooooooo, that would make too much sense! ha ha! But when I was working on cards for a recent card class, I came up … Read More
Create a Cupcake Makes for a Bright Birthday
When you are making a birthday card for someone, isn’t one of the top things on your mind all about making them smile? Well, unless the birthday boy or girl hates cupcakes (is that even possible?!) I’m going to bet this one will bring a smile to their face! At … Read More
Trying Out Ombre with a Fun Piercing Card
At a recent class, I focused on different ways to use Paper Piercing in your projects. Well, we made this card as a way to show how you can use a design from the Paper Piercing Templates without needing to have the matching Big Shot die or punch. See, as … Read More
You’re Amazing Ticket Banner Card from Convention
Alright, today is another share of the Stampin’ Up! convention make & takes. I LOVED the variety and number of different projects we got to make and I thought that the projects we made with the You’re Amazing stamp set were especially unique. And I’ll admit, this card is not … Read More
Four Frames Pierced Frame Card
Ok, so this is my last card we did at my card stash class on Friday. I really, really wanted to get out my new Piercing Pack and start playing with the new shapes and designs they have and thought it would be fun to highlight on of the punches. … Read More