Make a card using the Zany Zoo bundle and create your own template to create a colorful background.

Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Make a card using the Zany Zoo bundle and create your own template to create a colorful background.
The By My Side stamp set is sure to win you over with its adorable images and sentiments. Today’s focal point is a sweet image combined with a simple sketch.
Sale-A-Bration’s Hippest Hippos are at it again. Everyone could use a cheery card. In today’s post I’ve created a get well card using the hippos.
Sale-A-Bration’s Driving By stamp set with three different type of cars is perfect for a road type card. Read today’s post to learn how I made it.
It’s time for a new catalog and Sale-A-Bration! If you are familiar with Stampin’ Up! you know that once January rolls around that means it’s Sale-A-Bration time. In case you’re new to Stampin’ Up!, Sale-A-Bration is a promotion where you can choose a free item from the Sale-A-Bration catalog for every $50 purchase (before tax & shipping) – no limit. Check out the new catalogs …
Today is the last day to get any retiring products from the 2021 January – June catalog before they’re gone for good or no longer offered as a bundle. Here are some of my favorite retiring products that I’ve shared with you in previous posts. Snailed It & Snail Dies This is such a fun set to play with – love the cute images. See …
Treasures of Life is a great stamp for all the grandparents out there. Being a grandparent, I see joy and love in these sweet images. You don’t have to be a grandparent to use this set – it can be used for a parent or any other type of relative or close friend. I just spent a wonderful weekend taking care of 3 of my …
Since I have grandsons and we used to sing the Baby Shark song all the time, I had to get the Shark Frenzy stamp. One of my grandsons just turned 4 yesterday and I decided to make him a shaker card with this stamp. Since his favorite color is dark purple, I stamped purple sharks and the Artistry Blooms DSP was perfect for my background. …
Before winter comes to an end, I thought I would share a card with snow using the stamp Freezin’ Fun. Although this set was from the 2020 August – December catalog and is now retired, I hope you don’t mind me sharing it with you. You can use the same design for the stamps you have in your collection. Believe it or not, winter is …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Woodland Wonder is an adorable set so I had to use it for my grandkids’ Valentine’s Day card because they are so loved. The Woodland Wonder stamp has 3 different sections of a tree so you can lengthen or shorten the tree. In this card, I did not include the leaves on the tree. The set has several little images like music …
Today’s card is a slider card using the No Bones About It stamp. Now what 2 year old boy wouldn’t like to see a dinosaur sliding back and forth? I know my grandson did – this was his birthday card last year. Yep you read that right, last year. As I mentioned a few posts back, I’m a bit behind in my posting, but I …
Today’s card was made with several stamp sets – Moon Baby for the inside sentiment, bunny and teddy bear, Hardwood for the crib and dresser, and 3 retired stamps – Zoo Babies for the zebra and giraffe, Baby We’ve Grown for “Sweet Baby”, and A Slice of Life for the pjs. I made this card for my daughter-in-law’s baby shower wanting to create the crib …
The Moon Baby set is adorable. It was one of my favorite baby stamps in the Occasions Catalog and I’m glad it carried over to the new annual catalog. You can use it to welcome a new baby, a baby shower, or when you’re scrapbooking your precious one. Speaking of precious, I have another sweet grandson who is almost 2 weeks old, so how can …
Today’s Double Z Fold card is one I made for my niece’s baby shower, using several stamp sets to create it. I first came across this fold from Jan B. and knew I wanted to make a baby card using this fun fold. I wanted my main focus on Baby Bear so I stamped him on the far right so he would be seen when the …
For today’s card, I used three of my favorite sets from the Annual Catalog – Bella & Friends, Touches of Texture and Better Together to create this cute birthday card for my 6 year old niece. I think this puppy is adorable – don’t you think? I colored the dog, bird, cupcake and balloon with a blender pen. Of course, every little (and big) girl needs glitter so I …
Here’s a card I made for my niece who was celebrating her 4th birthday. I wanted a little girl with big balloons so I grabbed my retired All in the Family stamp set for the girl. The balloons are from Celebrate Today and Balloon Celebration. The 4 was die cut with the Large Numbers Framelits and Birthday Bouquet DSP. I added some of my favorite …
Today’s card features several stamps: Zoo Babies (retiring), Gorgeous Grunge, Number of Years and Balloon Celebration. Isn’t this an adorable card for a child? What’s not to like about cute elephants and balloons? This stamp set is great for baby showers whether is a card, scrapbook page or any other decor. For my daughter’s baby shower, I made cards for the invited guests to write …
Wow, I haven’t posted since May 1 – things were mega CRAZY last week! May is full of family birthdays all throughout the month, add Mother’s Day – which means making gifts and cards. Then add unexpected trips to hospitals for both moms and you have craziness! Hope you had a great Mother’s Day. I had a wonderful day celebrating with family – thanks to …
Here’s another card I made back in August but wasn’t posted. It was in my ready to post folder . . . just waiting to get posted–the time has now arrived. I made this card for one of my nieces who loves zebras. The only zebra I have in my stamp collection comes from the Zoo Babies stamp set. I wanted to give the card …
Have you seen the Skating By stamp in the Annual Catalog? It’s a great set for those boys in your family. It has a skate board, ipod, trophy and other images that boys (and girls) like to do. It also has some great greetings. Now that I have a little grandson in our family, it’ll come in handy in the near future. Hmm, I bought this …