Quinceanera & Painted Petals

The Quinceanera stamp set is from the Stampin’ Up! Spanish catalog, Celebrando Creatividad.  In the Hispanic culture, Quinceanera (15 years old) is the equivalent of a Sweet 16 in the American culture.  This set has been around a bit, but at the end of May the entire line of Celebrando Creatividad will be discontinued. Stampin’ Up! will no longer publish Celebrando Creatividad and Spanish stamp sets. …

Blended Bloom Birthday

Blended Bloom is a beautiful flower stamp – combine that with the Bordering Blooms set and it adds another dimension of beauty.  Don’t you think?  I love how this card turned out. This is the card I gave my daughter for her birthday back in November which I had promised to post. The card opens up with an attached book mark she can tear and …

This Week’s Stampin’ Up! Deals & New Photopolymer Stamp

Here are this week’s deals . . . Did you notice the Wildflower Meadow stamp and matching embossing folder?   Click here and here to see two different ways of using the stamp. Stampin’ Up! has released the new photopolymer set, Just Kidding – a funny stamp. This will be the last monthly Photopolymer to be released. Originally, Stampin’ Up! started the release of a …

You’re Wonderful

What first attracted me to the You’re Wonderful Photopolymer Stamp set are the wavy banners surrounding the word, wonderful, and how you can personalize it different ways. Another way to use the set is to create a one layer card using the flowers as your background. If you have someone celebrating a birthday in the fall, aren’t these perfect colors? Want to try a different …

Blended Bloom With Chalk Lines

I love everything about this card – the Blended Bloom flower colored with the Coastal Cabana Blendabilities and the great backdrop created with one of the images from the Chalk Lines photopolymer stamp.  After I colored the flower I cut around it and popped it with Stampin’ Dimensionals – love it. However, I don’t know about you, but although I like the look of images cut out …