Today, I’m playing with the Royal Peacock stamp set. This stamp set coordinates with a whole suite of GORGEOUS dies, designer papers, and embellishments on pages 24 to 26 of the 2019 Annual Catalog. The Royal Peacock stamps and coordinating Detailed Peacock Dies are so versatile. There are numerous ways to stamp and color them, but if you know me, you know I love to watercolor. So, I have two… Read More »
Happy Friday! TGIF Challenges is starting out July with a fun color challenge including three new 2019 In Colors! I am IN LOVE with these new colors. Not only do they look great together, but they coordinate well with Stampin’ Up!’s standard color palette. I decided last minute to make a card for this challenge, so I didn’t put a lot of thought into it. (Typically, I’m only supposed to… Read More »
Welcome to the July Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, we are using a beautiful, soft color combination, including Soft Seafoam, Seaside Spray, and Purple Posy! For more inspiration using this color combination, be sure to use the navigation buttons at the bottom of this post to continue through the whole blog hop. This color combination was a little bit of a challenge, because the Purple Posy ink pad and… Read More »
Hello! It’s Friday, so that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, our focus is on a type of card we all need — sympathy cards. I don’t know about you, but I tend to make lots of happy occasion cards and forget about the ones like this that come up suddenly. I seriously NEED to get better at creating an inventory to stash away for a rainy day.) Be… Read More »
Hello Stampers! I thought I’d send out my monthly newsletter a little early, because I have some exciting news and wanted to let you know ASAP! Several past “unorderable” items are now available, or will become available in the next few days. For example, all the Stampin’ Storage products are now available to order. (See list below.) In addition, the Stampin’ Trimmer Cutting Blades (item 126995) will be available to… Read More »
I love discovering new coloring techniques! This weekend, I was playing around with the new Pigment Sprinkles. You can find them on page 179 of the Annual Catalog. They come in a box of six colors, and they are highly concentrated color crystals in powder form. To activate, just add a little water and watch with wonder at what happens! All my examples below, except the bottom, right use one… Read More »
Happy Monday Everyone! Today, we have a very special What Will You Stamp? Challenge featuring the gorgeous Good Morning Magnolia stamp set! You can find this stamp set, along with the whole coordinating Magnolia Lane Suite, on pages 36 to 39 of the Annual Catalog. I can’t wait to see what the designers come up with using these amazing products!!! I decided to create four gift boxes. The boxes showcase… Read More »
Hello and Happy Friday! Thanks for stopping by. Today, I’m sharing my June 2020 desktop calendar page. If you follow my blog, you know that I design these little 4″ x 6″ calendar pages each month for the following year. That way, by the time December rolls around, I have eight sets to give away as Christmas gifts. I love browsing through my favorite current and retired stamps and papers… Read More »
Have you heard about my Free Exclusive Project Tutorials? It’s a perk I offer to my customers and team every month!!! I’m part of a group of demonstrators that get together each month to contribute towards creating a PDF of Exclusive Project Tutorials to reward our customers! All the projects are exclusive, so you won’t find them on our blogs or any social media sites. Plus, they all feature current… Read More »
It’s Friday, and that means a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a fun sketch, so I decided to break out my brand new Above the Clouds stamp set! Wahoo!!! The challenge sketch layout is below. It’s nice and simple, leaving room for interpretation. I decided to change the layout to landscape, size down my banner proportionately, and change the shape of the punch. The Above the Clouds stamp… Read More »
Welcome to the June Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, we are focusing on the new 2019-2021 In Colors!!! I was so excited to see this theme, because I absolutely LOVE the new colors. The more I use them, the more I realize how beautifully they work together. I can’t wait to see all the designers’ gorgeous projects. See the list of links below to continue through the blog hop.… Read More »
It’s time for a new 2020 desktop calendar! Each month, I try to design a page for the following year, give or take a few weeks:) I make eight sets of these cute little 4″ x 6″ calendars and then give them away as Christmas gifts. My May calendar features one of my favorite retired stamp sets — Floral Frames, as well as the coordinating Foliage Frames Dies. I stamped… Read More »
The new Stampin’ Up! Catalog is here! You can begin ordering today at 12:00 MT! There are so many amazing, great products. You are just going to love it! You can download the PDF by clicking on the photo above. Or, I would love to be your demonstrator!!! Place an order of $50 or more and I’ll mail you a free catalog. Stampin’ Up! released some great new videos today… Read More »
Welcome to the June Color Fusers Blog Hop! Each month, we have this blog hop with a different color combination. It’s so fun to see what all the designers come up with using the same colors!!! So be sure to follow along. You can see a list of all the blog hop participants at the end of this post. I have to be honest that I was a little stumped… Read More »
Good Morning and welcome to a new What Will You Stamp? Challenge! This week, we are featuring the Tropical Chic stamp set. This is definitely one of my favorites, and what’s better is that it will be carrying over to the new catalog tomorrow! Yay!!! If you would like to purchase this beautiful stamp set along with the coordinating Tropical Thinlits Dies, I would highly suggest doing it today, because… Read More »
Are you excited about the new In Colors? They are one of my favorite things about a new Annual Catalog. I mean, who doesn’t love to play with new, beautiful colors? Each year, Stampin’ Up! introduces five new, trendy colors that will only available to order for two years. They coordinate with all the longstanding favorites, and especially with the prior year’s In Colors, for infinite possibilities! So, here they… Read More »
The May Paper Pumpkin Kit was a super special one! It was designed with the help of Stampin’ Up!’s very own co-founder Shelli Gardner focusing on her special style, which includes vintage elements, soft neutral tones, and birds! I was so excited to open mine and start playing!!! You can see the contents of the box above, and a close up of the exclusive photopolymer stamp set below. The kit… Read More »
The new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog will be going live next Tuesday, June 4, 2019. That means that some of your favorite items will be retiring soon and you only have a few days left to purchase them. The good news is that Stampin’ Up! has now discounted some of those retiring items, so be sure to check out my online store for discount amounts and availability. (Items are only available… Read More »
Happy Memorial Day! This week the What Will You Stamp? Challenge Blog is featuring the Timeless Textures stamp set. This is a great stamp set for creating unique backgrounds and textures. It will be retiring in a few days on June 3rd, so I was excited to have another opportunity to play with it! For my project, I used “something old and something new” by adding some awesome new products… Read More »
Happy Friday! This week, TGIF Challenges has a theme after my own heart … paper flowers!!! I love creating pretty paper flowers with punches or die cuts. What’s even better is that there are some great new products coming out in June that are PERFECT for this challenge. And, it just so happens that I just received a bunch of them. So get ready for a fun preview of products… Read More »