Welcome to the May Color Fusers Blog Hop. This month, we are celebrating the new 2023-2025 In Colors! These five colors will be available for the next two years, and they are designed to complement Stampin’ Up!’s 40 Core Colors to keep the entire color palette fresh and on trend. For my project, I decided to focus on two of the In Colors — Moody Mauve and Pebbled Path. They… Read More »
This week’s TGIF Challenge was inspired by the picture below. While it didn’t necessarily need to be a baby card, for the first time in a VERY long time, I actually had a reason to make one! My nephew and his wife are expecting!!! It’s all very exciting, because they are the first of their generation in our family to have a baby. I wanted to choose colors that the… Read More »
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Happy Friday!!! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we are using the sketch below. I particularly love the rainbow background, which inspired me to create an underwater “rainbow” of blues and greens. This card features the Beauty of the Deep Bundle (#161237) from the upcoming 2023-2024 Annual Catalog available to purchase on May 2, 2023. It was a must have for me being an ocean and water-lover. I paired it with… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, we are designing projects with characters, including animals, people, and basically anything with a face. I didn’t really have a lot of choices. My stash doesn’t typically include cutesy stamp sets with characters. But then I remembered the Taco Fiesta stamp set! It includes little face stamps!!! To see all the designers’ character projects, keep an eye on the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Facebook and Instagram pages during April.… Read More »
Recently, I was browsing through my stash of retired stamp sets and I came across the Sip, Sip Hooray stamp set. I realized it was PERFECT for my daughter’s big 25th birthday this year. (I had already made her a “rainbow cats” card, but she loves my cards, so I decided to make another.) Since this birthday is a big milestone, my daughter decided to rent a BRB in Temecula… Read More »
Welcome to the April Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “From Little Seeds” including projects that focus on Spring or Fall depending on where you live in the world. I took the opportunity to use my March Paper Pumpkin Kit, “10 Years of Growth,” to create some alternate projects. Paper Pumpkin is always fun, but my absolute favorite kit of the year is always the March one.… Read More »
Happy Good Friday! Last weekend, I used my Easter Bunny stamp set to create a bunch of fun treats for family members. This stamp set is so cute and it’s carrying over to the next Annual Catalog! It’s also super fun to color with Stampin’ Blends Markers, so I thought I’d share all my projects with you for a little Easter inspiration. Easter Bunny Photopolymer Stamp Set – 160272 –… Read More »
Exciting things are happening at Stampin’ Up! The 2023-2024 Annual Catalog will be going live May 2, 2023!!! In anticipation, demonstrators got a chance to preview the catalog and pre-order select items so we could start planning, and creating projects and classes. (If you want to join in on the fun, contact me and learn more about becoming a demonstrator!) This year, the catalog also includes a Color Refresh. Every… Read More »
Can you believe it’s already April? It’s time for a new Color Fusers Blog Hop, and this month, we have a bright, beautiful color palette that reminds me of Spring. I’m sooo ready for warmer weather. I know most of you probably think I don’t have a leg to stand on living in California, but it’s been too cold for too long! Thinking of Spring and warmer weather, I decided… Read More »
Happy Friday!!! Our theme for this week’s TGIF Challenge is “Use Your Scraps.” This theme raises a big question, do you keep your scraps? I know stampers who keep every single scrap, no matter how small and others who don’t keep any. I tend to fall in the middle. I keep larger scraps, especially basics. For colored cardstocks, I only keep larger scraps because I don’t like the mess. And… Read More »
The new 2023-2024 Annual Catalog is coming out soon with new products and a gorgeous new color refresh! (Ordering will start May 2, 2023.) In the meantime, starting April 4th, many retiring products from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog and January-April Mini Catalog will be going on sale — some up to 60% off!!! (Links are to updated lists!) Click HERE to download a PDF of the retiring products from the… Read More »
I have a fun card to share today featuring the Taco Fiesta stamp set. This stamp set is ADORABLE and includes all sorts of fun elements, including cute faces. I had a blast playing with the different images and designing this card for my nephew’s birthday. I stamped the images with Memento Ink on Basic White Cardstock and colored them with Stampin’ Blends Markers. (See colors in the product list… Read More »
Our theme for this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday is birthdays, which is perfect, because my family has lots of special birthdays in March. To create my card, I used some of my favorite products, including the True Beauty Bundle and coordinating Awash In Beauty Designer Series Paper (DSP.) To see all the designers’ birthday projects, keep an eye on the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Facebook and Instagram pages in March. We’d also love to see… Read More »
Happy Friday!!! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we have a theme of “Magical.” When I saw the prompt photo below, it brought back memories of my daughter when she was little and loved unicorns. She even dressed up like a unicorn one Halloween. Needless to say, she’s grown up now. In fact, she’ll be turning the big 25 soon! All these thoughts prompted me to design a fanciful, and magical,… Read More »
Welcome to the March Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Cracking Good Times” (fun and Easter rolled into one.) For my projects, I used some new Online Exclusive products! Have you heard of them? It’s a new thing from Stampin’ Up! starting this month; unique products offered online only. I don’t know about you, but I love new things!!! To see all the fun goodies, go to… Read More »
I have exciting news! Stampin’ Up! is now offering new online exclusive products. You can find these products at my online store under the heading Online Exclusives. Stampin’ Up! will be offering these new Online Exclusive products three times a year. They may be available indefinitely or while supplies last. You may also see some old favorites! Be sure to check them out and order while you can. Here’s an… Read More »
Happy Friday! For this week’s TGIF Challenge, we are focusing on Sale-A-Bration products. There are so many great ones to choose from! You can earn free products through the end of February when you make qualifying purchases or host a qualifying workshop. (There’s also great deals for joining Stampin’ Up! as a demonstrator.) To see the SAB Catalog, as well as the More To Sale-A-Brate products you can pick, click… Read More »
Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Just a quick note and a few cute treat boxes to inspire you today. I whipped up these treats with the Love Cats Stamp Set from the JA Mini Catalog. It was so cute, I couldn’t resist buying it for the cat lovers in my family. There’s nothing like a box of chocolates for Valentine’s, so I filled these retired Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes that I had… Read More »
I have a new online class coming up featuring the Sweet Citrus Bundle! I’ve had a lot of requests for a watercoloring class and this one is chalked full of techniques for using the stamps, hybrid embossing folder, and creating beautiful backgrounds. I’ve taken techniques and ideas from my OnStage presentation last Fall and hopefully, brought them to the next level for the class projects. I hope you’ll join me… Read More »