Orchard Harvest was one of those designer papers that I loved as soon as I saw it in the catalog and so I had to get some. But then my fear of using things up kicked in and I just looked at it and couldn’t bring myself to cut it up. Well… as I look…
Oops, I was so focused on getting the first week of my 12 weeks of Christmas newsletter ready that I totally got behind and forgot to get this post up! Well, I’m fixing that now. (and if you want to get exclusive holiday ideas sent to your inbox, just make sure you are on my…
Last night was the monthly team meeting for my group of fabulous Fun n’ Crafty folks on my Stampin’ Up! team. I love having the chance to chat and stamp with some amazing crafters from across the US! If you have been thinking of joining Stampin’ Up!, I’d love to have you join our fun…
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As I was working on cards for this month, I decided to grab my new Reason to Smile stamp set and start playing around again. I was inspired by how the edgelits were used in the latest catalog and some ribbon I had on my shelf and found this new-to-me color combination: Early Espresso, Calypso…
It’s a new month and for July, Stampin’ Up! has a new promotion starting up. For July only, you can get the Reason to Smile stamp set for only $5 with a $50 purchase. This set is only available this month and with 3 different flower images to do 2-step stamping with, there are…
In case you haven’t heard, today is Father’s Day. 🙂 I’m lucky enough to have my dad a short 90 minute drive away so this weekend the kids and I are headed to Bellingham to spend some time with him. So, hopefully you are able to spend some quality time (or quality phone time) with…
Every year, Stampin’ Up! holds an Artisan Award contest where demonstrators from across the US and Canada can send in their best work in the hopes to be select to win free product and a chance to be on the Stampin’ Up! design team for the next year. I sooo wanted to apply this year…
Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy the blog tour earlier this week. I loved playing with the new Sale-a-Bration items for my projects and so I reached for them again when I was working on a card for a long-distance workshop I have coming up. I was working within the constraints of what stamps,…
What do you do when you stamp an image for a card and you decide it isn’t quite right for what you were doing? I often find myself saving the image because “it’s a perfectly good image that will be great on another project” aka I’m a pack rat! But, here is an example when…
Well, the calendar says it’s October 31st and so that means it is officially Halloween! And so whether today holds parties, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, or just hanging out at home; I wanted to wish you a happy and safe Halloween! For today’s card, I wanted to get some good time in with this Frightful Sight designer…
Halloween is almost here and since I’m so behind on posting, I wanted to hurry up and share a card I made this month using the holiday hostess set called Warmest of Wishes. I normally don’t get halloween stamps but since this adorable trick or treating owl was a part of the set, I knew…