Tonight was another fun technique night with my meetup group and we spent the night creating three different “fancy fold” cards. Specifically, we made a Joy Fold card, a Gate Fold card, and an Easel card. Here is the first card we created – This is a Joy Fold card. That means, instead of the…
This summer, I discovered at one of those big box fabric stores, some pocket calendars at a rediculously low price. So, I just had to pick some up (I’m such a sucker for a good sale). The calendars ran August 2010-July 2011 and so I thought they would be perfect for me to keep in…
Hi all! I received some fun news yesterday that I just had to share with someone who would understand my excitement; and so I hope you all don’t mind me sharing with you. So, some quick background on me. I joined Stampin’ Up! three years ago because I loved crafting, teaching others, and I liked…
If you’ve ever visited splitcoaststampers.com, you’ve probably noticed their extensive gallery showcasing thousands of cards made by talented stampers, all organized by stamp set. Well, the card shown when you are looking at the list of stamp set names is called the index card and it is made to show every single stamp in the…
I’ve always loved the look of a handmade scrapbook, and so when the big digital scrapbooking wave hit, I wasn’t too sure about it. However, when Stampin’ Up! came out with My Digital Studio and I saw how easy it would be to match all of my papers and embellishments to the digital layouts and…
I meant to get this post up sooner but my camera suddenly did not want to talk to my computer and so the photos were in limbo for a while. Thankfully, after much massaging, sweet talking, and cajoling, my camera finally decided to let me pull off the pictures. Did you do something fun…
Did you realize that tomorrow is World Cardmaking Day? That’s right, there is a holiday to celebrate creating and sharing handmade cards! Many folks will be celebrating this occasion with stamping and crafting events, and I’m no exception. If you are in the San Francisco Bay area, join me as I celebrate World Cardmaking Day…
I wanted to post a quick update on the Stamping Roulette promotion going on right now. The board is filling up and we have only two more days (until midnight Oct 1st) to fill the board to get the bonus drawing for an extra $20 gift certificate. So, in case you missed it, here is…
Sunday was this month’s Technique Night with my meetup group and by request, I did a night that was focused on going over many of the tools you might encounter on your crafting journey including: The BigShot Aqua and Blender pens for water coloring Crimpers Bone Folders Paper Piercing tools Heat and Dry Embossing the…
I’m back! I had such a blast in Vegas. This was my first vacation since having my son, and though I missed him, it was great to have adult time and he got some quality time with Grandma. We also lucked in to a crazy room upgrade – we got a room on the “50”th…
As I mentioned last week, I received the new Letterpress Dies and made my first card using the method recommended on the packaging. However, I’m not always good with rules and recommendations and so I had to start experimenting myself with how these dies worked with different inks, paper, and BigShot “sandwich” combinations. I wanted…
Each week, the Late Night Stampers group has some kind of challenge. This week was particularly intriguing to me as the challenge was to create a single/no layer card. When I first read this, I thought, “won’t these cards be boring?” Well, boy was I wrong! Folks came up with all kinds of cool ways…