This past weekend was our Girls Get Away Weekend. What a fantastic time spent with wonderful women. We crafted, chatted, ate great food, laughed, supported and encouraged each other and had an amazing time together.
We made a side step card using the Forever Blossoms stamp set, and I had some alternate projects using the same supplies. Here is one of the alternate cards.
My last post had a card with one of the cute little guys from The Gang’s All Meer. Today I have a whole group of them, and they are ready to Sale-a-Brate!!! These little guys are so adorable with their little smiles and cute party hats.
Read MoreIt’s a new year and a new decade! Welcome to 2020, it is going to be a great year. We kick it all off with a new mini catalogue that goes live on January 3, and Sale-a-Bration (SAB) starts then too. The new catalogue is filled with lots of great stamp sets, dies, papers, embellishments, kits and everything you need for beautiful paper crafting. The best part about this time of year though, is Sale-a-Bration. For every $60 you spend on anything at all from the new mini, or the annual catalogue, you can select a FREE item from the SAB brochure. It has everything from cute to beautiful, and lots in between! I thought we would start with cute.
Read MoreIt is New Year’s Eve, and that often means reminiscing about the past year, and looking forward and planning for the new year to come. I know not too many people send New Year’s cards, but one year I just couldn’t get Christmas cards sent, so instead I sent New Year’s cards. It was a great way to kick off the new year, and wish all my friends and family the very best for the coming year.
Read MoreMerry Christmas Eve to everyone! For the next few posts I thought it would fun to look back at some of the Christmas projects from years past. If you have been at my classes over the years, you may have made some of these. While many of the items used may no longer be available for sale, you may still have some of these products so if you see something that inspires you, pull out your supplies and craft away!
Read MoreDeck the halls with boughs of holly. And maybe decorate a card with holly while you are at it!! I love the holly image in the Christmas Gleaming stamp set. Actually I love the whole stamp set, and when you combine it with the coordinating dies and the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper, it is a real winner.
Read MoreDo you have friends and family with a birthday in December? It can be easy to get wrapped up in holiday preparation and forget about other important events, but December babies deserve a great birthday card just like everyone else in our lives. Today’s card is to wish everyone having a birthday this month a very happy day!
Read MoreHow true is this? Christmas often makes us think of family and friends, perhaps ones we haven’t seen for a while. These thoughts usually also bring to mind happy memories and times we have shared with the special people in our lives.
Read MoreIt’s a snowy day, and the forcast is for more snow over the next week, so I figured a snowy card was the way to go! There is a bit of a snowman theme going on at my blog, but who can resist, they are so cute!
Read MoreDo you have a pack of the Feels Like Frost 6 x 6 Specialty Designer Series Paper yet? If you do, you know how stunning the images are, and how bright and shiny the other side is. If not, hurry and order some now, it is only available from the Holiday Catalogue, and believe me, you don’t want to miss this.
Read MoreMSH (My Sweet Husband) and I celebrated our 10 month anniversary this week. Yes, we are newlyweds and enjoying celebrating it!! I made this card for him this month.
Read MoreWhen I was at OnStage recently, we got to see and play with some of the wonderful new products that will be available in the Mini Catalogue that goes live in January. That’s one of the fantastic perks of being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator. One of the new sets is Timeless Tulips, and it is a beautiful DistINKive stamp set with lovely tulips and sentiments. There is also a coordinating punch that you can bundle with the stamp set and take advantage of a 10% discount on these 2 great products. For today though, I just used stamping for my card, no punch.
Read MoreIt’s Your Time to Shine. What a great sentiment that is to celebrate an achievement and provide encouragement to someone. It is easy to do when you make a pretty card and use simple stamping.
Read MoreOne of the most popular suites in the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue is the Bird Ballad Suite. The stamp set Free As A Bird has wonderful sentiments along with lovely line images perfect for colouring. If it isn’t a colouring kind of day though, you could just use the line image for a card, or you could get some coloured birds from the pretty Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper, as I have done!
Read MoreThe Brightly Gleaming Suite has some wonderful elements; stamps, punches, ribbon and more, and especially some gorgeous Specialty Designer Series Paper. I used this suite to make my card for today.
Read MoreMy card today uses an interesting colour combination. One that quite frankly, I did not think would work well, . . . but it does!!! This card is for the FabFriday Challenge, so I wanted to ‘play by the rules’ and give it a shot.
Read MoreWhat wonderful words those are from Walt Disney. Walt had a vision of so many things, including his world famous theme park. He had a vision and a dream to make it a reality, and he did just that. Wise words for sure. Dreaming it is one thing, but believing you can do it, also helps us reach goals that it would be easy to say “I can’t do that” to. My card today reflects that belief.
Read MoreThere are lots of cards with beautiful flower images, soft colours, and feminine touches. They are lovely, but sometimes you need a card that has a definite masculine tone to it. I know there are a lot of people that struggle to make this type of card, so today I offer some masculine inspiration in my masculine moment.
Read MoreWhen you open the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalogue, the first suite you find is the Toile Tidings Suite. A beautiful cardinal stamp, traditional Christmas red and green, and some pretty ribbon and other embellishments. Everything in this suite shouts Christmas loud and clear.
Read MoreDo you ever hear a favourite tune on the radio and just start dancing to it in your living room? I think that is fairly common, I know I certainly do it. It is the perfect opportunity to hear great music, and dance like no one is watching. My card today reminds me of the fun and carefree moments created by that, not to mention it is good exercise!!!
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