I have a super exciting announcement! I was asked to join the TGIF Challenges Design Team!!! I was so flattered, because this team is made up of AMAZING designers, including many past and present Artisan designers. They post challenges every week that are so inspirational. I think you will love following along and hopefully, participating!!! So click on TGIF Challenges to see the projects from this week and follow the… Read More »
The deadline for pre-ordering the Stamparatus is December 30, 2017. I wanted to remind everyone just in case you wanted to reserve yours. Otherwise, this great new tool will not be available to order until the new Annual Catalog comes out in June 2018. To pre-order, go to my Online Store. Click on the link to reserve your Stamparatus and follow the instructions. Changes in 2018: I have some exciting changes… Read More »
This weekend, I made cards for my three nephews for Christmas. They range in age from 20 to 30 and all live out of town. So every year I send them money (which is what they want), but I try to design an extra special card so they know how much we love them. This year, I decided to try out a new bundle from the upcoming Occasions catalog, the… Read More »
Today, I have a quick idea for a small holiday gift. This is a bag I used for a door prize at my Stamp Workshop last week. It’s easy to put together, but looks like you put in a lot of effort. (Gotta love that!!!) To start out, I stamped the greeting from the Watercolor Christmas stamp set with Cherry Cobbler ink on Whisper White paper and quickly embossed it in clear,… Read More »
Does anyone else feel like December is going by on fast-forward speed??? Man, I need a pause button! I got so behind on my Christmas cards this year … I stayed up way past midnight almost every night last week to finish them up, and FINALLY mailed them on Friday! Whew!!! Mark that off the list. Afterwards, I spent the weekend wrapping and finishing up gifts including my 2018 desktop… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! is offering Free Shipping on all orders Monday, December 11 from 12:00 AM, December 11 to 11:59 PM (MT)!!! It’s the perfect time to shop for those last minute gifts and/or fill your holiday wish list!!!
It’s finals time for my daughter and her boyfriend in college!!! That can be such a stressful time of year, especially with the holidays looming. I know they’ll both do great, but I also know they both love getting little surprises to lift their spirits. This past weekend, I worked on putting together some “finals” care packages with fun treats to let them know we’re thinking of them and wishing… Read More »
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I look at all my stamps and feel overwhelmed, I don’t know where to start. I was feeling like that last Saturday; I wanted to design Christmas cards and needed some serious inspiration. To help, I started looking at websites with challenges. Challenges help me think outside the box and be more creative. So, I thought I’d try the TGIF Color Challenge for this… Read More »
The first Stamparatus reservation window reached its maximum number of reservations in just 15 minutes! But don’t dispare!!! A second reservation window will remain open from December 5–30. During this second reservation period, Stampin’ Up! will take as many orders as it receives (yay!) and will not close the window until December 30. So whether the total number of reservations is 100 or 100,000, the window will stay open! To reserve… Read More »
This week, the Global Design Project group is having a theme challenge! The challenge is to share the joy of Christmas. Yay!!! I love Christmas! I love the wonderful feeling of friends and family as well as spirit of love and giving. To see all the beautiful projects created by the design team, click HERE. Since this was such as open challenge … I mean ANY Christmas project would qualify… Read More »
It’s Paper Pumpkin time! The November kit is called Back In Plaid and it includes supplies to make 10 darling holiday gift bags. They are the perfect size for small treats or gift certificates. I love the plaid cuffs, and the stamps and supplies coordinate with the October kit, so you can mix and match supplies, or use the card from October to go with the gift bag from November.… Read More »
I frequently work on projects and photograph them on the weekends. Then, during my lunches at work, I write them up on my blog. Well last week, I had every intention of writing up this article. In fact, I had just started on Wednesday, when my daughter surprised me. She had left school at 3:30 AM to drive home and beat the traffic, and she was so excited to be… Read More »
Stampin’ Up!’s Online Extravaganza starts today with a 24 hour sale on specific stamp sets. Check out my online store for sale details, as items are only available while supplies last. Click HERE for a PDF of the sale items. Additionally, the sale continues this week through the 26th with items 40%, 30% to 20%, and 10% off. There are also Clearance Items on sale!!! Finally, there will be another… Read More »
Hello! I have a fun and festive Christmas card to share today, featuring the Wonderful Life stamp set. This is one of my favorite holiday stamp sets, because it’s so cute!!! It reminds me of packing up the car to visit grandparents on Christmas day. But this stamp set works great for WAY more than just the holidays! There are all sorts of embellishments for the car, so you can create… Read More »
Stampin’ Up! has an exciting new product coming out called the Stamparatus, and I KNOW you are going to be dying to get your hands on one. Click on the short video below to preview this amazing new product and see what it can do: The ordering for this product will be a little different. Starting tomorrow November 16, 2017 at 2:00 MT, you can go to my online store,… Read More »
The new Stampin’ Blends markers are so fun to use!!! But be warned, they are seriously addicting! Once I got mine, I immediately started looking over all my stamp sets to figure out which ones I could color. Then I remembered!!! I had the Just Add Color Specialty Designer Series Paper! This paper is PERFECT for coloring with the new markers. And what’s even better is that the paper comes… Read More »
This week, the Global Design Project challenge is to CASE (copy and share everything) one of the designers, Connie Collins. Connie is one of my all-time favorite Artisan Designers. I’ve followed her blog for years. She is amazingly artistic … simply one-of-a-kind. Every single one of her projects is meticulously perfect and detailed. She’s just awe inspiring. The card she designed includes beautiful watercoloring and Fall colors. See below for… Read More »
In the past month, I’ve had to make a few sympathy cards for some good friends. While it’s a sad occasion, I think making handmade cards and writing heartfelt notes inside really help friends know how much you care and wish you could help ease their pain. One of my favorite Sympathy cards was one I made using past Paper Pumpkin stamps from August and September 2017. You can see the original… Read More »
Happy Halloween everyone!!! Hope you have a fun, spooky day! My little kiddies are all grown up and off on their own. But, I still have wonderful memories of many, many costumes and fun Halloweens. Plus, I like to let them know I’m thinking of them. So, I made care packages to mail off and surprise them. Bahahaaaa! OK, so I need to start off by qualifying that I did not… Read More »
This month’s Paper Pumpkin kit is called “Pining for Plaid.” It’s the first in a series of two coordinated, back-to-back kits created for the holidays, and boy is it cute! If you’ve never heard of Paper Pumpkin, click here to learn about this great subscription service. It’s only $20 a month. Click here to subscribe before November 10th and receive the next monthly kit. The October Paper Pumpkin kit includes… Read More »