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Party Animal Suite Festive Birthday Pop-Up Card
Ready for something new? How about a fun pop-up birthday card?! The new Stampin’ Up Occasions Catalog has a lot of fun Suites, and if you like bright colors and birthday supplies that are great for kids or masculine cards, then the Party Animal suite is your place to be. I got to play…
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Wednesday Walkthrough: Birthday Card with the Hello You Thinlits
In an effort to help encourage myself to stick to the plan to do at least one video a week, and since folks seem to be liking the tutorial videos I’ve posted lately, I’ve decided to start a new feature on my blog – Wednesday Walkthroughs! The idea is that each Wednesday, I’ll walk you…
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A Quick Card Using Project Life Cards Plus Weekly Deals and a GIVEAWAY!
Did you realize that the Project Life cards aren’t just for scrapbooking or memory keeping? Yup! It’s true! Check out how I used two of the cards to create a fun card that you can send to anyone – no stamping required! I cut my card base out of Bermuda Bay cardstock and then had…
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A Color Challenge with the Stylin Stampin Inkspiration Girls
So I was talking yesterday on Facebook about challenges and how they can be pretty handy when you need a little something to jump-start some craftiness. I’m still looking for feedback on favorite challenge sites and what types of challenges you find most fun to do, but in the meantime, I have one to share…
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A Fun Pop-Up Card with Swallowtail Tutorial
When I was at convention this year, Shelli showed off some cards that had neat pop-up effects. Once of the cards that really struck me was a cool card that used the Swallowtail butterfly to create a surprise pop-up on the inside of the card. I thought it was extra cool because when you look…
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Everything Eleanor Christmas Swap Card
Alright, I’m finally getting caught up which is nice! Up next, getting ready to have a bunch of great ladies over on Wednesday night to check out all of my samples, swaps, and goodies that I brought back from Convention and then make a few projects to take home! It should be a fun night…
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Catching Up plus Something For You!
Hello there! I know its been a while and can you believe it, its the end of the catalog year already! Yikes! Well, I’m going to try to get you all caught up, plus I have a little something for you too. So, a quickie update for me – cause some inquiring minds want to…
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Playing with the Petal Cone Big Shot Die
Every catalog since Stampin’ Up! started offering the Big Shot, they have offered new dies in all kinds of shapes and sizes. This time around, the Occasion Mini catalog offered the Petal Cone Bigz die. My mom ended up getting it and so I had to play with it myself. The die itself actually punches…
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A Non-Traditional Valentine using Bliss
I’m excited to be headed out this evening to meet up with a bunch of ladies and show them these Valentine and Love themed cards. As I’ve been sharing this week, I’ve tried to bring a mix of your traditional Red/Pink love-based Valentine’s and some sweet sentiment but more subtle Valentine’s. This is the last…
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Have a Blue Christmas
Today I thought I’d share the final card from my Holiday Stamp-a-Stack last weekend. I wanted to get away from the traditional reds and greens and ended up playing with some blues instead. I don’t know why I always forget about using white craft ink on cardstock, but thanks to a sample I saw on…
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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 out thinking I wanted to…