A Masculine Birthday
Here is a quick share for the day; it is my attempt at a masculine birthday card. My brother-in-law had his 30th birthday and I needed to get some card off to him. I didn’t want to use a tree set and many of my stamp sets used cutesy animals or had lots of flowers,…
Tons of Tools Card and Embellished Envelope
Sunday was this month’s Technique Night with my meetup group and by request, I did a night that was focused on going over many of the tools you might encounter on your crafting journey including: The BigShot Aqua and Blender pens for water coloring Crimpers Bone Folders Paper Piercing tools Heat and Dry Embossing the…
Experimenting with the Stampin’ Up! Letterpress Dies
As I mentioned last week, I received the new Letterpress Dies and made my first card using the method recommended on the packaging. However, I’m not always good with rules and recommendations and so I had to start experimenting myself with how these dies worked with different inks, paper, and BigShot “sandwich” combinations. I wanted…
A Letterpress Card for the Stamping 411 Challenge #168
If you’ve seen the holiday mini, you’ve seen one of the new products Stampin’ Up! just released – the Letterpress Plates. These plates are made to use with your BigShot and instead of embossing your image by causing the pattern to raise up off your paper, these plates deboss your image – making empressed images…
The Holiday Mini is here! Plus a new ribbon share available
I know its only September but are you ready for the new Holiday mini? Well it is ready for you! 🙂 It launched today and in it are tons of cute stamps, paper, and accessories to get you through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even get a head start on Valentine’s day. Some highlights: New embossing…
More baby gifts – thank you card set and a frame
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…
Baby brag book and photo frame
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…
Stampin’ Up! Convention 2010– Punch happy swaps
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…
Stampin’ Up! Convention 2010 – Swaps, Parties, and a Baby!
I’m back from a trip to Salt Lake City for the 2010 Stampin’ Up! convention with my Mom and upline, Kathy, my dad, and my son. I love the chance to go meet other demonstrators, including folks whose names I’ve seen on emails but now I got to meet in person, hang out with friends,…
One more card using the BigShot
Hi all! I know, its been a little bit since I posted on my blog and I blame it all on the Twilight series of books by Stephanie Meyer! My friend Kally got me hooked on the series and I found myself spending the last two weeks spending my lunch breaks and evenings powering though…
Trying out the BigShot – a card, a box, and the matchbox
I wanted to put up a quick post before I had to run into work. This week has gone by so fast and has seemed so busy, but the rest of the week should be more relaxing. On Tuesday, I was hosting a Technique Night focused on using the BigShot. Unfortunately, that night I had…