When I was visiting my mom last week, we got a chance to try out some different stamps and punches. (One of the fun things of having an upline/downline – you can share stamps and products so you can try them out without having to buy everything yourself). One of the items she had just…
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 card we did, you stamp…
One of the fun traditions of going to the Stampin’ Up convention is often uplines and downlines make little gifts for each other. My way-upline, Julie Gunhus gave everyone personalized notepads and decorated pen. My direct upline gave me a bag tag, some custom labels, and a cute box made using the new petal punch. …
It seems like I know a lot of people having babies right now. I reconnected with a friend recently on Facebook and learned she was due at the end of August with her first child. I was so excited for her, I decided to make her a few things to send in addition to a…
My friend Sue was so excited to share the news of her new baby granddaughter born a couple weeks ago. This is her second grandbaby and it was her daughter who gave birth and everytime I talked with her you could hear the excitement and pride in her voice. So, I had to make her…
Last week, I had the fun of introducing a friend to awesome world of stamping and paper crafting. Nikki is my personal trainer from the gym (gotta kick out those last few pounds of baby weight!) and she has been very curious to check out Stampin’ Up!. Since she wouldn’t be able to get a…
While I work on writing up blog posts for some projects I’ve done recently, I wanted to share my recent labor of love – a new Facebook page. I’ve set up a page on facebook at a place to share pictures, promotions, and make it easy for others to share their projects as well. I’d…
Yesterday was the August meet and greet for my Meetup group here in the Bay Area. A few of us got together and had some pie at Marie Callender’s and I brought a free make and take for everyone to do. This month I decided to do some punch art and so I modified a…
Between the big color renovation, the old catalog retirement, and getting ready for convention, my craft area had become a disaster zone. You know the feeling… table buried under paper scraps, adhesive backing, ribbon, stamps, half completed projects. Well, I decided it was time to dig out and get organized so I can start using…
Now that you’ve had a chance to see the new catalog, you’ve probably noticed there are lots of fabulous new papers and ribbons available. If you are like me, you have a hard time choosing which pack of paper or which spools of ribbon to get, especially without seeing it in person. Well now is…
I had a few more swaps that I had to share so here is one more post including my second swap I took to convention. So, you remember my first swap I showed you (recipe in this post) – Well, after punching out the leaves and the flowers from the BigShot, I was going to recycle…
I really do have way too many pictures to share from convention, but I wanted to share a few more with you. On the last day, mom and I were able to meet the celebrity of the hour – Shelli Gardner, co-founder and CEO of Stampin’ Up! I hadn’t realized that she had been spending…