Today is the day! A select number of cling and photopolymer stamp sets from the 2020–2021 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog are available for purchase at a 15% discount!!! You don’t want to miss it! Date: Wednesday – September 23, 2020 Time: 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM (MT) online and 7:00 AM to 6:50 PM (MT)… Read More: 24-Hour Stamp Sale! »
For one day only, a select number of cling and photopolymer stamp sets from the 2020–2021 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog will be available for purchase at a 15% discount!!! You don’t want to miss it! Date: Wednesday – September 23, 2020 Time: 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM (MT) online and 7:00 AM to 6:50 PM… Read More: 24 Hour Stamp Sale Coming! »
Welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for September. This month, our theme is Fall/Autumn. It’s still fairly hot here in California, but the mornings are starting to cool down a bit, the temperature of my pool is slowly dropping. And, I can tell those beautiful crisp days of Autumn are right around the corner!… Read More: Control Freaks Blog Hop – “Falling” »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have the beautiful inspiration challenge below. I absolutely love the soft, subtle pink and green colors against the bold, black background! And who doesn’t love a pretty wreath? For my project, I used the Arrange A Wreath Bundle. I had stashed it away for the perfect… Read More: #TGIFC282 — Inspiration Challenge »
Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September! This month, our theme is texture and ribbon! I love adding texture to my projects; in fact it’s one of my favorite ways to step-up projects and give them the WOW factor. And, it’s so easy! Add some ribbon, embellishments, heat or dry embossing, crystal effects… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Texture Time! »
Do you enjoy scrapbooking? I used to do it all the time when my kids were younger, and I still love turning special photos into artistic memory pages when I get a chance. There’s such a sense of accomplishment , and then later, I love flipping through all the wonderful books I’ve accumulated over the… Read More: Celebrate A Wonderful Memory »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for September 2020! This month, we have a beautiful color combination of Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, and Melon Mambo! I love blue tones, so this is right up my alley! Bright pink makes me think of flowers, so it was an obvious choice to pick a stamp… Read More: Color Fuser Blog Hop – September »
It’s a new month, and that means a new color challenge over at TGIF Challenges! September’s challenge includes the following color combination: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, and Soft Suede. While being far from the obvious choice, I decided to use this color combination for a birthday card for my son. I know … normally I… Read More: #TGIFC280 – Color Challenge »
Happy September Everyone! It’s an exciting month, because starting today, you can order the new Stampin’ Up! Standard Cut & Emboss Machine (149653 for $120.00) and the optional Magnetic Platform (149656 for $24.00)!!! (A mini Cut & Emboss Machine will also be available in the near future!) I ordered mine last month, and I absolutely… Read More: Newsletter »
Happy Friday! Time for a new TGIF Challenge!!! This week, we have an inspiration challenge from the sketch below. Inspiration challenges are fun, because you can take any part of the sketch … the colors, the layout, the flowers, the jar, the heart … and use it to inspire your project. I decided to use… Read More: #TGIFC278 — Inspiration Challenge »
Hello and welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for August. This month, our theme is “In Color Highlights.” If you’re already following along, then you just came from Cindy Elam’s blog. Isn’t her project pretty? Be sure to continue on by clicking the button at the bottom of this post for even more inspiration!… Read More: Control Freaks Blog Hop — In Color Highlights »
I have two more 2021 Desktop Calendar pages to share today! I try to design these throughout the year so by the time Christmas comes around, I have eight sets to give away as gifts. They measure 4″ x 6″ and fit individually in a standard frame. I package them in an over-sized, decorated envelope.… Read More: Desktop Calendars – September & October »
I’m so excited to announce that I have a new online class scheduled for August 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM (PDT) featuring the Nothing’s Better Than Bundle! This bundle includes the Nothing’s Better Than Clear Mount Stamp Set and Love You More Than Dies seen on page 91 of the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. Both… Read More: Nothing’s Better Than Online Class! »
Welcome to the August Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, our theme is favorites from the new August-December Mini Catalog. (Products available to order now through January 4, 2021.) It was SO hard to choose a favorite!!! There are so many beautiful products in this mini catalog! I ended up picking two favorites: the In… Read More: Stamping Sunday — Playing Favorites »
It’s a new month, and that means a new color challenge at TGIF Challenges!!! August’s color combo is super bright and vibrant, including Magenta Madness, Bermuda Bay, and Gorgeous Grape. For my cards, I decided to play with a couple background techniques. I trimmed down some Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and used Stampin’ Write Markers… Read More: #TGIFC276 — Color Challenge »
Hello, and welcome to the August Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have a beautiful color combination of Purple Posy, Gorgeous Grape, and Granny Apple Green! Wow!!! These colors are just STUNNING. Whether you just started here or are already following the blog hop, please be sure to continue by clicking the navigation buttons… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop August 2020 »
A co-worker and good friend is retiring at the end of this month, so I decided to make a few extra gifts for her last day. She loves white chocolate, so I dressed up a large chocolate bar and filled a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box full of her favorites. The Nothing’s Better Than stamp set… Read More: Retirement Goodies »
Happy TGIF Friday!!! This week, TGIF Challenges has a fun “Paper Scraps” challenge. If you’re like me, you have LOTS of paper scraps in your craft room, so I’m super excited to see what the designers’ come up with this week! Be sure to check out their creative projects on the TGIF Challenges Blog. I… Read More: #TGIFC274 — Paper Scraps! »
Welcome to the July Control Freaks Blog Hop! This month, our theme is Summer Lovin’! Wahoo, I LOVE Summer! I love warm weather, hanging out by the pool, beaches, and vacations … especially relaxing with a pretty cocktail!!! Whether you just started here or came from Cindy Elam’s blog, be sure to continue on by… Read More: Control Freaks — Summer Lovin’ »
Hi Friends! Hope you’re enjoying your Sunday. I just wanted to send out a quick reminder that tomorrow, July 13th, is the last day to sign up for my Whale Done Online Class. The actual class will be on Thursday, July 23 at 6:00 PM PDT. (I had to move up the original deadline by… Read More: Last Call for Whale Done Class! »