It is easy for me to make my cards to the standard card base size; sometimes mixing it up with a square 4 1/4” x 4 1/4”. But usually sticking with my basic because it is so efficient with cardstock. (for me, a standard card base is 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” – if a…
My favorite sale of the year is here! It’s Sale-a-Bration time! If you aren’t familiar with Sale-a-Bration, it is a 2 month promotion where you get to pick free stamps, paper, tools, or accessories with every $50 you order. For example, here is a cute card that you could make using the free Sycamore Street…
Last month I was totally honored to be asked to participate in today’s Scrapbook Steals Blog Hop. They were going to be featuring page design templates from Kiwi Lane Design Borders and, since I had never tried them out before, I thought it would be a blast to give it a go. Especially since I knew…
Oh my, where has the time gone? I was talking with someone yesterday about how we had time to get their Sale-a-bration order in so they could get the Fresh Vintage stamp set and they reminded me that the 31st is Saturday!! Crazy! So, since I know there were some folks out there who had…
I’ve been wanting to try out Faux Tiling for a while and thought the big flower image from the Fresh Vintage stamp set was perfect for this look! To make the Faux Tiling look on your cards, I grabbed my Simply Scored score board and the matching Diagonal score plate to get the grid…
It’s a new week and while I’m still trying to get photos together from the projects I demonstrated at the Northwest Women’s Show last weekend I thought I would share a fun card that my downline, Bethani Semple created recently. I find the Everyday Enchantment designer paper and Fresh Vintage stamp set often…
Well, we are about halfway through Sale-a-Bration and I wanted to make sure everyone has been having a chance to take full advantage of all the great deals! You’ve heard me talk about the free products you can get with every $50 you spend – which can be combined with hostess rewards for stacking tons…
Hi everyone! Today is the day for the big SUDSOL blog tour. I love all the ideas you can find on a blog tour and hopefully my projects today will give you some new ideas to try at home. For this tour, the focus is on the fun new things in the Occasion Mini and…
It’s been a while since I’ve participated in a blog tour and so I decided to join up with one through a Stampin’ Up! demo business group called SUDSOL. On Wednesday a group of talented demos will be sharing cool ideas for using some of the new Sale-a-Bration and Occasion mini items. We each have…
See, I told you I was back and blogging… this is 2 days in a row! hee hee Well, between the holidays (and being way behind on my thank you cards) and just being so grateful for my customers, downline, and online crafting friends who have been amazingly supportive while I’ve been dealing with a…
“Celebrate good times, come on! “ … that is totally the song going through my head right now as I typed the title for this post. But the perky tune matches my smile and mood as I’m so excited to be re-kicking off my blog (including a new blog design!) and sharing the first of…
There are only 2 days left of Sale-a-Bration! And while this promotion is great for getting all kinds of freebies with every $50 you order, if you are finding your wishlist is a little bit bigger than that or you love the idea of getting a discount on every order you place – its an…