Hello Stamping Friends. Our theme for October’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday is “Mini But Mighty.” I immediately thought of the sweet little houses and trees from the Welcome Noel Bundle for this theme. They’re so cute! I combined that bundle with the gorgeous Whispering Woods Designer Series Paper to create this card. That paper looks watercolored… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday — Mini But Mighty with Welcome Noel »
Welcome to the Stamping Station Blog Hop for October 2026! We’re a group of worldwide demonstrators that get together on the third Sunday of each month to inspire your paper crafting. This month’s theme is “Bird Song.” We are designing projects featuring birds, music, or maybe even treetops where the birds might sing. My choices… Read More: The Stamping Station — “Bird Song” »
Hello Friends and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, our theme is the sketch below. I decided to use the Home For Christmas Bundle from page 20 of the September-December 2026 Catalog. You might have overlooked this adorable bundle because it was designed for scrapbooking, but I saw the potential for a lot… Read More: #TGIFC598 — Sketch Challenge with Home For Christmas »
Hello and welcome to the October Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we have color combination that’s great for Fall, masculine cards, and even Christmas cards. To me, these colors are calming and earthy. They make me think of nature. Since I’m focused on building up my stash of Christmas cards for the holidays, I… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — October 2026 »
For this week’s TGIF Challenge, the designers are using the inspiration photo below. It’s great for Fall-themed cards. I decided to focus on the trees on the right and falling leaves on the left. Therefore, I selected the Splendid Autumn Designer Series Paper (DSP) for my trees. It just recently retired, but it’s such beautiful… Read More: #TGIFC596 — Inspiration Challenge »
Welcome to the Stamping Station Blog Hop for September 2026! We’re a group of worldwide demonstrators that get together on the third Sunday of each month to inspire your paper crafting. This month, our theme is “Timeless Design.” We are designing elegant, vintage projects with timeless designs that we find ourselves returning to time and… Read More: The Stamping Station — Timeless Design with Neutral Noel Suite »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we’re using the sketch below. It’s a classic layout that works well with lots of products. I decided to use the sketch to kick start making a birthday card for my husband. He loves the mountains. If fact, we just got home from an epic driving trip… Read More: #TGIFC594 — Sketch Challenge with Shimmering Scenes »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for September 2026. This month, our color combination includes Crumb Cake, Blackberry Bliss, Pumpkin Pie, and Daffodil Delight, all perfect colors for Fall. Speaking of Fall, I just got the new Elegant Leaves Bundle from the September-December (SD) Catalog and wanted to give them a try. They include… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — September 2026 »
Hello Friends and welcome to a new Stampin’ Fancy Friday. For September, our theme is “Black & White.” I decided to take a product that’s typically very colorful, the new Radiant Sunflowers Bundle, and challenge myself to make a black & white card. I thought it would be fun to try to make something totally… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Black & White with Radiant Sunflowers »
It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is the “2026 In Colors.” I absolutely love the In Colors for this year, so this was a super easy challenge for me. Plus, I had been needing to make a wedding card for my daughter right around the time I was preparing for… Read More: #TGIFC592 — 2026 In Colors with Fragrant Layers »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week our theme is the sketch below with shadow die-cuts and a banner sentiment. Not that it has anything to do with the sketch, but ‘ve been having so much fun learning to hot foil that I was ready to break out and start designing some cards of… Read More: #TGIFC590 — Sketch Challenge with Butterfly Flight Bundle »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for August 2026! This month, our color combination includes Pool Party, Secret Sea, and Lemon Lime Twist. If that doesn’t make you think of Summer, I don’t know what would. Ha! Of course, I HAD to pick the Rolling Waves Bundle for my project; it was just too… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop – August 2026 »
Happy Friday! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have the inspiration photo below. I love the monotone colors and watercolored stripes in the background. This would also be great inspiration for a set of cards to give as a gift! For my project, I decided to watercolor my own stripes and use the July Product… Read More: #TGIFC588 — Inspiration Challenge with Begonia Belle »
Hi Stamping Friends! Did anyone else watch the Metallic Magic Craft Class presented live by Stampin’ Up! ® yesterday? If not, you can still watch the recording, and what’s even better is that the class is free when you purchase the new Hot Foil System. The “system” is actually a specialty plate built for the… Read More: Hot Foil Craft Class Projects »
Welcome to the Stamping Station Blog Hop for July! We’re a group of worldwide demonstrators that get together on the third Sunday of each month to inspire your paper crafting. This month, our theme is to CASE the catalog. CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything. So in other words find something that inspires you… Read More: The Stamping Station — CASE the Catalog with Shimmering Scenes »
Hello and Happy Friday! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have the inspiration photo below. I can’t say I have many farm or animal related products, but I did grab the Product of the Month in June which was the Wild Bunch Stamp Set. It has adorable little sketched animals, and I thought it would… Read More: #TGIFC586 — Inspiration Challenge with the Wild Bunch »
Hello Friends and welcome to a new Stampin’ Fancy Friday. Our July theme is “Emboss It!” We’re creating fancy projects using ANY embossing technique including heat embossing with powders, dry embossing with embossing folders or even specialty dies that add detailed embossing lines. To see all the designers’ projects using this month’s theme, keep an… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday — Emboss It! Challenge with Fern &… »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for July 2026! This month, we are creating projects with a color combination of Cloud Cover, Crisp Cantaloupe, and Poppy Parade. This is such a pretty combination that I never would have picked on my own. When I grabbed all the ink pads, it occurred to me that… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop – July 2026 »
It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a color challenge using Coastal Cabana, Lemon Lime Twist, and Basic Black. The black made me think of the beautiful Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP), which is printed in black and white and perfect for coloring. Stampin’ Blends Markers would be the… Read More: #TGIFC584 — Color Challenge with Scalloped Blooms »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our theme is the inspiration photo below. The first thing I noticed was the gorgeous sunset. I LOVE sunsets!!! They’re so peaceful and colorful; I just want to sit and stare at the beauty. The inspiration photo made me think of the Beautiful Ordinary Life Suite. The… Read More: #TGIFC582 – Inspiration Challenge with Beautiful Ordinary Life Suite »