It’s Friday, and that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is Christmas in July! It’s sooo hard for me to think of Christmas already. I LOVE Summer and the warm weather, even when it’s super hot like it has been lately. My pool was 91 degrees the other day when I went out to swim laps – heated only by the sun. Ha, while that’s not exactly… Read More »
This month, our theme for Stampin’ Fancy Friday is color combinations! Inspiration is everywhere including the beautiful samples in the Stampin’ Up! catalogs, nature, advertisements, social media, … literally anything. All the designers are selecting color combinations and telling what inspires us. 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… Read More »
Happy Friday! It’s a new month and that means a new color challenge at TGIF Challenges. This time, we have a color combination of White, Black, and Real Red. It’s funny how I’ve had two color challenges in the same week with black and white! What a crazy coincidence. I tried to think outside the box on this one and used the Beach Day Stamp Set and coordinating Dies! I… Read More »
Wahoo, happy day! There are tons of new Online Exclusives available to order today including the new Glass Mat (#163987)! I was able to preorder this fantastic product a few months ago and love it. It’s especially great for watercoloring, because my grid paper doesn’t get warped. Online Exclusives are available while supplies last and there’s a great variety of products, including new and carryover from past catalogs. Check out… Read More »
A little over a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend Creativity Now. This is a super fun online event that Stampin’ Up hosts annually for demonstrators. It includes lots of hands on crafting, sneak peeks, and behind the scenes presentations. And what’s even better is that my mom drove into town to join me!!! We love attending Stampin’ Up! events together; she’s my little crafting buddy!!! All the… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for July 2024. This month, we have one of my favorite color combinations: White, Black, and my choice! I actually added two choice colors, because I wanted to use the background sheet of Full of Life Designer Series Paper. I absolutely LOVE that paper, because I can quickly add a watercolored backgrounds without doing any of the work! My featured choice… Read More »
Hello, and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is using the chalkboard technique. I haven’t used this technique for quite a while, and it’s one that has always been a favorite, so it was fun to be reminded. I also happened to watch a Crafty Carrot Collective tutorial by Susan Wong, where she made a waterfall card and it really inspired me! This is an old… Read More »
I have a new online class featuring the Seaside Wishes Bundle. The class will be held via Zoom on Thursday and Friday, July 18-19, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT. (We’ll make two different cards each evening for a total of four.) You know how much I love ocean-themed products, so I had a lot of fun designing these projects. Each of the four class cards is a fun fold, which… Read More »
Welcome to the June Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is CASE the Catalog. (CASE means to Copy And Share Everything.) The Stampin’ Up! catalogs are great inspiration to jump start your creativity! The current annual has a bunch of great templates on page 22, as well as color theory information on pages 132 and 133. There’s also great examples on just about every page of the catalog.… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, our theme is Annual Favorites. My immediate favorite was the Seaside Wishes Bundle. I love any ocean or water-themed products, and these are simply gorgeous with the realistic-looking sand dollars and intricate dies. 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 sure… Read More »
Hi friends! It’s time for a new TGIF Color Challenge. This week, our color combo includes Basic Gray, Pumpkin Pie, and Azure Afternoon. Hmm … I’m afraid it’s not a combo I would have ever selected on my own. I had to put A LOT of thought into this one!!! But then it occurred to me that birds are blue, flowers can be orange, and well hey, a birdhouse could… Read More »
Exciting news! Starting today through the end of the month, you can get an additional 10% discount on stamp and die bundles! (That’s a total of 20% off!) What a great opportunity to get those bundles on your wish list. (This offer excludes suite collections, stamp and punch bundles, and any other bundles.) The sale also includes 10% on Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for June 2024. June is always a fun month, because it’s when we feature the new In Colors!!! The 2024-2026 In Colors are so bright and beautiful; I absolutely love them! I ended up pairing four of the new In Colors with the Country Flowers Bundle to create this card. I also added some color blocking, which I’ve seen a lot… Read More »
Happy Friday! We have a new inspiration challenge at TGIF Challenges this week using the photo below. Since I’ve been creating a lot of flower cards lately, I decided to switch things up and use the basic layout of the sketch below, but with leaves. My card features the Leaf Collection Background Stamp as well as the Sweetly Scripted Stamp Set and Sketched Butterflies Bundle. As you can see, the… Read More »
Yippee! Stampin’ Up! is having free shipping tomorrow on all orders of $75.00 USD or more!!! The free shipping offer is for 24 hours only; therefore, to qualify you must open and close your order on May 21, 2024 (Mountain Time.) Ordering DeadlinesPhone: 21 May 2024 at 6:59 p.m. (MT)Online: 21 May 2024 at 11:59 p.m. (MT) It’s a perfect time to order some of those items from your wish list. Happy… Read More »
Welcome to the May Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Something Old, Something New.” We can interpret that to mean old and new products or even a wedding-themed project. So this should be fun! I decided to mix old and new products, because I have so many fun, new things to play with, and I was dying to try them out! I ended up combining the Country… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, our theme is CASE a Fancy Friend! CASE means Copy And Share Everything. So in other words, pick a project you really admire, copy certain elements that inspire you, and add your own twist or style to make it different. We have this challenge once a year and I find it really hard! There are so many amazing designers in the Fancy Friday group,… Read More »
Happy Mother’s Day!!! I’m posting this a little late, because I didn’t want my Mom to see it before she opened the actual card. I made it for this week’s TGIF Sketch Challenge below, featuring the new Flowers of Beauty Bundle. It’s a gorgeous bundle that you’re going to love! Isn’t this sketch darling? I love the idea of creating a window with a window box planter. It was so… Read More »
Welcome to the May Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, our color combination includes Pebbled Path, Bubble Bath, and Moody Mauve. All these colors are on the cool side of the color wheel, which I confess is the opposite of the warm colors I typically gravitate towards. But that’s the beauty of challenges! They push me to try new things, and you know … I totally LOVE the end result!… Read More »
Today is the day! It’s so exciting! The new 2024-2025 Annual Catalog is live! You can start ordering now. I know you’re going to enjoy perusing through each page. Here are few videos that might help navigate the new catalog and highlight some of the fantastic new projects. New Kits Collection A new month means two new Kits Collections. Introducing the Hello Hollyhocks and City Lights Kits: May Starter Kit… Read More »