I have a new online class featuring the Cheers & Sips Bundle. The class will be held via Zoom on Thursday and Friday, July 10 & 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT. (We’ll make two different cards each evening for a total of four.) This bundle is part of the beautiful Celebratory Sips Suite Collection available in the Online Exclusives section of my online store. This is going to be… Read More »
This month, our theme at Stampin’ Fancy Friday is to create a project using any florals! We all love florals, right? One of my current favorites is the Gallery Blooms Bundle and coordinating suite of products. I love the antique look of the Beautiful Motifs Dies, gorgeous Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper, and Damask Designs Embossing Folder! To see all the designers’ projects using this month’s theme, keep an eye… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s the first Friday of the month, and that means a new color combination at TGIF Challenges! The combo includes Lemon Lime Twist, Melon Mambo, and Basic Black. Ohhh, I love the dramatic, bright colors with classic black! It’s beautiful! For my project, I used the Blooming Phrases Stamp Set (an Online Exclusive) and Pretty Florals Dies. Those dies are part of a gorgeous bundle, but I thought… Read More »
Welcome to the June 2025 Color Fusers Blog Hop. This month, our color combination includes Pretty In Pink, Granny Apple Green, and Fresh Freesia. It immediately made me think of spring flowers and the bright, vibrant greens that come right after a good rain. With that in mind, I decided to use the Impressions Abloom Bundle. It’s a definite favorite of mine from the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog. This bundle… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have the inspiration photo/layout below. It’s cool and different with the focus mainly in the lower left and a big, bold greeting. I thought it would be fun to turn it into a Father’s Day card for my husband. He’s such a loving, thoughtful dad to our children, and he needs to know how much I appreciate everything he does. For… Read More »
This month, Stampin’ Fancy Friday has a scrapbook challenge! This was exactly the motivation I needed to start creating some pages from my amazing trip to France and London with my daughter last summer. The trip was truly the opportunity and experience of a lifetime. To spend over two weeks with my adult daughter was priceless. And going through the process of selecting the photos and thinking about what to… Read More »
Today is the day, the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog is live! You can shop new products including new Online Exclusives HERE. Be sure to opt into the new Stampin’ Rewards Program too. You can earn 10% rewards with purchases as low as $20. Download the May Online Exclusive Flyer HERE. Several of the products coordinate with ones in the Annual Catalog! If that’s not enough, there’s also a Starter Kit… Read More »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for May 2025! This is a super exciting month because the new Annual Catalog is going live tomorrow! So our color combination for the month includes the new 2025-2027 In Colors including Strawberry Slush. Timid Tiger. Darling Duckling, Cloud Cover, and Secret Sea. They are all beautiful colors individually and also work well together and with last year’s In Colors. If you’re unfamiliar… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, we have a product challenge to use alphabets. So I decided to use the new Party Alphabet Dies from the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog going live on May 6th. These dies are BIG and BOLD and super fun!!! I won’t be able to see my mom on Mother’s Day, so this is a virtual way to send her an early wish. She’s such… Read More »
Great news! Stampin’ Up! is having FREE SHIPPING starting tomorrow on qualifying orders of $75.00 USD or more (before tax)! It’s a great time to stock up on cardstock, adhesives, and basics or look at those last chance items before the new Annual Catalog goes live on May 6h. Enjoy and Happy shopping!!!
Welcome to the April 2025 Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Birds, Blooms & Butterflies.” Spring is in the air. It’s starting to get warmer and the flowers are blooming, so this theme is well timed. It also gave me the perfect opportunity to try out the new Beautiful Gallery Suite of products featured in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog starting on page 52. The suite includes two… Read More »
I have a new online class featuring the Textured Notes Bundle. The class will be held via Zoom on Thursday and Friday, May 15 & 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT. (We’ll make two different cards each evening for a total of four.) This bundle is part of the beautiful Botanical Textures Suite Collection available in the Online Exclusives section of my online store. I adore the products in this… Read More »
Hi Friends! This week at TGIF Challenges we have a new sketch challenge. I love the layout and decided to use it to create a birthday card for my daughter. She loves making fancy drinks, so the suite immediately caught my eye. It’s perfect for her! This card includes several new coordinating products from the upcoming May Online Exclusives and 2025-2026 Annual Catalog, as well as a few new 2025-2027… Read More »
This month, our Stampin’ Fancy Friday theme is a sketch challenge! I love a great sketch and specifically love the circle in this one. It immediately made me think of the circle stamp in the Elements of Text Stamp Set. With that in mind, I decided to decorate with the Textured Notes Bundle as well as elements from the Botanical Textures mega suite. I’m obsessed!!! To see all the designers’… Read More »
Hi Stamping Friends! Welcome to the April 2025 Color Fusers Blog Hop. This month, our color combination includes Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue, and Gorgeous Grape. I decided to use a new stamp set from the upcoming 2025-2026 Annual Catalog called Layered Thoughts. It has great sketched sentiments that are perfect for masculine cards, something I’m always in need of. I watercolored the background of this card with inspiration from… Read More »
It’s time for another TGIF Challenge! This week, we have the beautiful inspiration photo below. I love the soft colors and watercolor blends. I also love the detail on the flowers. So these are the elements I decided to focus on. For my card, I used the Thankful Garden Bundle, with is an Online Exclusive. It have beautiful florals that I thought would work well with this challenge. I stamped… Read More »
Welcome to the March Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Simply Sweet.” Projects can feature sweet treats such as ice creams, doughnuts, cakes and more or opt to keep things “sweet and simple.” Typically, our group hops on the third Sunday of each month, but we decided to push it back a week this month since many of us were traveling to OnStage last weekend. For my… Read More »
Hi Stamping Friends! I just got home from an exciting trip to OnStage in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is a super fun event for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators where we can gather together to share ideas, view new products and demonstrations, and learn about the upcoming Annual Catalog. It’s also a great way for me to learn about the newest trends and techniques. Another one of my favorite things about OnStage… Read More »
Hi Stamping Friends and Happy Friday! It’s time for a new TGIF Sketch Challenge. This is a great one, because anything in threes is visually appealing. I decided to use the new Online Exclusive — Textured Notes Bundle. The more I use it, the more I love it! It’s so different and it’s part of a mega suite with coordinating products including two packs of designer series paper (DSP) (Woven… Read More »
This month, our Stampin’ Fancy Friday theme is “Going Dotty.” You’ll find all sorts of inspiration using products or techniques with dots. I think you’re going to be amazed at the variety. This is going to be so much fun! To see all the designers’ projects, keep an eye on the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Facebook and Instagram pages throughout the month. We’d also love to see any of your projects using our theme! Be… Read More »