Ready for day 3 of the Sale-a-Bration send off? Today is a stamp set that I’ll admit, is not one of the first stamp sets I gravitated towards, but turns out you can do some really fun stuff with…. I’m talking about Madison Avenue! Of course you can get this … Read More
Sweet and Simple Card with Just Believe
Today is another quick post because I need to get my rear in gear and finish up my swaps for Regionals this weekend and finish prepping for my Christmas Card stamp-a-stack on Sunday! The paper and dimensionals will be flying around my craft room today! 🙂 But this is a … Read More
Using Ribbon Scraps–The Ribbon Heart Card
I was stumbling around Pinterest the other day (I don’t browse very often, but am always amazed at the beautiful and creative projects there) and saw a card that completely inspired me! I saw it and knew it would be perfect to do with the Stitched Satin Ribbon that is … Read More
Another Fresh Vintage Faux Tiled Card
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. … Read More
Summer Smooches and Button Flowers
I seriously need to figure out how to take better pictures because I had a heck of a time getting a photo that shows just how bright and cheery this card is! When you see the Summer Smooches designer paper in person, it just makes you smile and feel like … Read More
Clean and Simple Just Believe Card
Happy December everyone! Can you believe it is already here? I swear I was just making plans for Halloween, but I guess that is how it is every year. I just spent the last week visiting friends and family in Oklahoma, which was tons of fun I might add, and … Read More
Just Believe Easel Card
Here is the last of the three fancy fold cards we made this week. This final card was my first ever easel card. I had seen lots of folks making them but never took the time to figure them out until this class motivated me to create one. I started … Read More
Sponging up a No Layer Card
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 … Read More
Technique night – Masking and Reverse Masking
Last night was my August technique night with my meetup group and we focused on masking and reverse masking. For those of you not familiar with masking, this is the technique for using paper to cover (or mask) the area you don’t want to get inked. So, in this first … Read More
Stampin’ Up Convention 2010 – Display boards and more
I just finished going through all my pictures from convention and was reminded of all the fun looking things to try and make over the next few months. There are always so many amazing ideas, business tips, and sneak peeks (you might even spot one or two in the photos … Read More