Spreading Joy Through Handmade Cards
Seeing a new catalog and getting new stamping supplies is always exciting. I was asked recently if I still get excited when I get new products and the answer is YES, YES, YES! I always look forward to seeing the UPS truck stop by my house with a Stampin’ Up! box! Never gets old. Today is the day you’ve been waiting for to see the …
If you came back looking for my 2nd post earlier, I apologize for not posting. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to do so, but here it is now. Painter’s Palette is one of the stamp sets we were allowed to pre-order. I like the canvas and the font – so cool. You can even insert a picture of someone dear to you on …
2015-2016 Annual Catalog and Occasions Catalog end TODAY! Many retiring items have already been sold out but there are still more. See if any of your favorites on your list are still there. Click here to go to my online store and purchase your Stampin’ Up! supplies. Please use host code T3KM2CQB. Place an order with me and you will receive a special thank you card from me. …
Today’s card features a sneak preview of the Love You Lots hostess set from the new catalog. It has some adorable images and sentiments. I sponged all five of the 2016-2018 In Colors and made this into a faux layer card. Nice colors, right? And aren’t these hedgehogs cute? More sneak previews to come. Thanks for stopping by. . . hope you have a great …
June is an exciting month with lots of promotions! Are you ready? June 1 the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog debuts . . .that’s only 1 week away – that’s exciting! During the entire month of June you can get TWO FREE stamp sets – an added value of up to $104 depending on which stamps are chosen. How? Sign up to become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator …
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 …
Starting tomorrow (May 23), retiring stamps will be available while supplies last and all retiring products no longer available after May 31. Today’s card features the Everything Eleanor stamp which is on the retiring list. This is one of the cards that we made at my Monogrammed Note Card Set & Holder Class last month. All 6 cards and holder coordinated to make it a …
Here are a couple of sneak peaks from the 2016-2017 Catalog – so many great items in the new catalog . . . just 2 weeks to go! The stamp sets featured above are Scenic Sayings and Jar of Love which coordinates with the Everyday Jar Framelits. One of the benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that you get to see the catalog …
Father’s Day is around the corner, so I thought I would feature some masculine cards starting with yesterday’s blog post. Although this is a birthday card, you can easily switch out the sentiment and make it a Father’s Day card. From Land to Sea is a great masculine stamp set. Did you know that the Stampin’ Up! catalog is a great place for inspiration? I …
Today’s card incorporates 10 stamp sets to create this birthday subway art type of card. This makes a great masculine or teen card – doesn’t it? Change the colors and make it a girly card. I started by first stamping the biggest greeting in the center and stamped all the other greetings and images around it. Check your stamp collection and make your own subway …
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 …
Time is running out to get your favorite retiring items. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite retiring items. For inspiration, click on the links to see cards made with those stamps or accessories. Tomorrow I’ll show you another card with the Zoo Babies. Stamps There were some other stamps I could’ve added to this list, but I’m trying to keep …
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 …
Today’s card is for a friend who recently had surgery. I’ve been carrying around this card all week and haven’t mailed it yet. Is it just me or does this happen to you? You make a card with enough time to reach the person for the occasion and then it’s late because you forgot to mail it – ugh! I created this card using sketch …
Today I’m featuring two 3″ x 3″ cards using a hostess set from the Occasions catalog and one from the Annual Catalog – both retiring soon. The first stamp is Love You Sew. I made a spool shape card with the Envelope Punch Board following a tutorial I came across from Papercrafter45. The sentiments in this set are cute. I like everything about the card – the sentiment, …
Sponges & Sponge Daubers are one of those inexpensive craft items that you can’t do without. I reach for them quite a bit. You can create scenery, give your images depth, give your project the vintage look and so much more. The first thing I do when I get a pack of sponges, which by the way they come 3 in a pack, is cut …
Today’s birthday card is a tall card which fits perfectly in a business size envelope. It’s a little different from my usual card size and style–it’s always good to try out a different way to create a card. I used four different stamps – Bordering Blooms (flowers at the bottom of card), Gorgeous Grunge (background), Cottage Greetings (sentiment), Awesomely Artistic (Friend sentiment). The Honeycomb Embossing …
Here’s another card that was made last year and was in my “to be posted” folder. The card features three stamp sets that are on the retiring list – The Open Sea, For Your Country (Godspeed), and Chalk Lines (wavy lines). Here is another one with the Open Sea stamp I never posted. This stamp set makes great masculine cards as you can see from …
World of Dreams is the featured stamp in today’s card and is one that’s on the retiring list. Just as yesterday’s card, I made these 2 cards last year but hadn’t posted them. For the card above, I used the Window Framelits which retired last year and used the masking technique. I also used the Decorative Hearts stencil (on the current retiring list). This stamp …
I like combining several stamps and creating a scene and so that’s what I did for this card. I stamped the car, couple & sentiment from Beautiful Ride, the tree from Sheltering Tree and the stars from Balloon Celebration. Actually, when I stamped the stars with VersaMark to emboss with white embossing powder, I thought I had selected the closed stars but instead they were the open …