Hello and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, we have a technique challenge called a “One Sheet Wonder.” The goal is to efficiently cut up one sheet of designer series paper so you can use the pieces on multiple projects. I’ve never used this technique before, but as luck would have it, during… Read More: #TGIFC570 — One Sheet Wonder with Garden Poetry Designer Series… »
It’s Friday, and that means one more TGIF Challenge for this month. This week, the designers are all creating Valentine-themed projects. I decided to make a decorative box of candies for my husband combining some new and old favorite products. I have a variety of ready to make Stampin’ Up! gift boxes in my stash,… Read More: #TGIFC562 – Valentine Challenge »
Hello and welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for December 2025. Our theme this month is “Party Perfect.” I was in the process of making table treats for a dinner party, when I realized this theme worked perfectly! I had already made four Book Treat Boxes for a party earlier in the week, so… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Party Perfect — Holiday Book… »
Happy Friday! It’s that time of year, when friends and family gather to celebrate the season. The house is decorated, my Christmas cards are mailed, and my list of things to do is getting smaller every day. I feel like I can relax a little and focus on fun details. We have a couple dinner… Read More: #TGIFC556 — Inspiration Challenge — Northern Lights Book Treat Box »
Hello and welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for November 2025. Our theme this month is “Gorgeous Gifts.” I love using my stamping products to create beautiful gifts and tags! This is especially true at Christmas when an over the top tag can really elevate a gift to make it seem extra special. Since… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Gorgeous Gifts with Delicate Pines »
For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we are creating festive treats! They can be for Halloween or any upcoming festive event. I love making treats to hand out during the holidays. It’s my little way of letting friends and loved ones know how much I care, and a handmade gift is so meaningful! My projects feature… Read More: #TGIFC548 — Festive Treats »
Welcome to the June 2025 Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. We have a super fun theme this month! The designers are picking a sketch from the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog and then CASEing the design using the new In Colors. CASE means to “Copy And Share Everything” or in other words, find a sketch/project that inspires… Read More: Stamping Sunday — Sketch and In Color »
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.… Read More: #TGIFC518 – Inspiration Challenge »
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! For today’s TGIF Sketch Challenge, I thought I’d make some Valentine treats! I used the darling Gift Bags Combo Pack (an Online Exclusive), which come in two sizes. They are perfect for handing out big or little favors to some of my favorite people. I put a lot of effort into the… Read More: #TGIFC512 — Sketch Challenge »
This month, our theme for Stampin’ Fancy Friday is “Not a Card.” Since the holidays are right around the corner, I decided to make a Christmas gift box. I love wrapping gifts in beautiful boxes for special friends and family. So I decided to get a jump start on my preparations for this year! To… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday — Christmas Gift Box »
Welcome to the September Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is Unfold Funfolds. I have to admit that I don’t make fun fold cards very often, and they intimidate me a little. Lately, I’ve tried to push myself to create more and even focused a whole class on them a few months ago.… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Unfold Funfolds »
Happy Friday! It’s time for a new TGIF Challenge and this week, our theme is “Let’s Go Shopping!” It’s a broad theme that could include any type of shopping. Stampin’ Up! has several market-themed products that could work, or a gift card would also work. I interpreted the theme as grocery shopping, based on the… Read More: #TGIFC488 — Let’s Go Shopping »
Happy Friday! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we are focusing on “Back To School”. While I don’t have school age kids anymore, I do remember how important it is to have teacher thank yous on hand. Teachers play such an important role in our kids’ lives, and I believe it’s important to let them know… Read More: #TGIFC486 — Back To School »
It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas! I’m having so much fun with the Joy of Christmas Suite Collection. I designed a whole class around the Joy of Noel Bundle. Then, as a thank you for signing up for the full class, I made these cute little tags to add to everyone’s supply packets.… Read More: Christmas Classics – Customer Appreciation Tags »
Welcome to the November Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is stocking fillers! Christmas is getting closer, so it’s the perfect time to start making stocking fillers and small gifts for friends and family. These bags could qualify as both; they’re small enough to fit in a stocking or perfect for hand delivery.… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Stocking Fillers »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, our theme is super fancy Christmas! One of my favorite things is making super fancy gift boxes for family and friends, so they feel special and loved. To me, “super fancy” means a little more effort and lots of layers and dimension. I love not having to worry about… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Super Fancy Christmas »
Welcome to the October Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is celebrating good times! I’m currently focusing on making lots of holiday projects, and so what’s better than celebrating Christmas? Family and friends, beautiful decorations, delicious food and good times … it is truly the most wonderful time of the year. I designed… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Celebrating Good Times »
Happy Friday! This week’s TGIF Challenge is Halloween Treat packaging! It’s almost October, so time to get ready for your favorite Trick or Treaters!!! I decided to use the Night of Flight stamp set. It’s a Host set, and I figured that with the right colors, it might just work for this challenge. My color… Read More: #TGIFC440 – Halloween Treats »
Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September 2023. This month, our theme is shaker cards! How fun! I love interactive cards and shaker cards are my favorites. For my card, I used both the Joy of Christmas and Christmas Classics Bundles. They are both part of a fabulous mega suite in the new… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Shimmy & Shake »
My Mother-In-Law, Antionette (Toni), just celebrated her 100th birthday! Isn’t that amazing? You’d never guess. We are very blessed. To celebrate this momentous occasion, my sister-in-law and husband arranged a big surprise party. We filled a whole restaurant with friends and family. My sister-in-law’s decorations and attention to detail were amazing, and the birthday girl… Read More: A Special 100th Birthday »