Berry Blossoms DSP… I’ve said it before….the Berry Blossoms Designer Series Paper is one of my favorite designer series papers in the catalog this year.  It’s fun, bright and colorful!  Here’s another card I made using this yummy paper.  I never seem to have enough Birthday cards and Thank You cards!         [...]

I recently made several of these thank you cards for friends that had placed orders through a workshop.  The Stampin’ Up! Note Cards provided the base for them, then I added the embossed piece of Whisper White card stock on the front along with the "Thank You" and the polka dot ribbon.  The chic "Thank [...]

Almost October… It’s almost October and you know what that means….Halloween will be here before you know it!  The stores have been filled with Halloween candy, costumes and decorations for this fun holiday for some time now.  Isn’t it amazing how much earlier it seems to get every year?  I was drawn to the new [...]

Hostess Rewards…. When you are a hostess for a Stampin’ Up! workshop (and that could mean just placing a qualifying order online as well), you now have the choice of using the hostess rewards you’ve earned to purchase the discounted hostess items listed in the front of the catalog and/or using it for other merchandise [...]

Do You Remember? I’ll never forget this day 10 years ago.  I was driving to work and heard the news on the radio and immediately called a friend at work to let everyone know what was happening.  I don’t think I will ever forget that day.   One of my very good friends from church (and [...]

Happy Halloween!  I love the images in the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set.  You can use them for….yes, Bingo      ….or you can use one or many for your card or whatever project you have at hand.  They’re great for making toppers on 3D items (think topper on one of the 1 x 8 [...]

Hot Air Balloons! I knew as soon as I saw the Up, Up and Away set in the new Idea Book & Catalog that I wanted to get it.  I’d been waiting for Stampin’ Up! to create one and was happy to see it appear!  Hot Air balloons are HOT in the stampin’ world and this makes [...]

THE HOLIDAY MINI IS HERE! I love this time of the year, as we approach autumn and when the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini is released!  You are going to LOVE the products in this mini, and I’ll be right here to help you see the beautiful creations that can be made using them. You can click on [...]

A Case of a Case! Before I tell you about today’s card, I wanted to let you know that today is the LAST DAY to order from the 2011 Summer Mini.  Don’t miss out on a chance to order some of the fabulous products in this mini!  You can order directly from me online at my [...]

New Embossing Folders! Stampin’ Up! rolled out two new embossing folders with the 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog, and my post for today is featuring one of them.  They’re called the "Designer Frames" and you get two of them in the package!  I’ve shown an image of them below – aren’t they great?  You can see [...]

One year later…. We made this card for a class I held one year ago and I’m finally getting around to posting it.  I noticed it was still in draft form so I thought I might as well post it!  Sigh.  Someday, I’ll have all the time in the world to get everything done that [...]

Spin, Spin, Spin! I love this stamp set "Take a Spin" for the different choices it provides for fun cards!  The perky "Just Add Cake" Designer Series Paper completes the bright look for a great kid’s birthday card.  In case you’re wondering, I dipped the stamp in Night of Navy ink first, then used a [...]

This candle was another item that the participants of my Giftables class made.  Most of them had never stamped a candle before so this was a fun way for them to learn something new and walk away with a beautiful gift as well!  We used the process of stamping on tissue paper (we used craft [...]

Customer Thank You’s I’m so grateful for my customers and try to slip a thank you into their orders or mail them a card to express my thanks for their orders.  Here’s a sample of some 3 X 3 cards I made to add to their orders.  Simple but pretty, I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock [...]

Easter Blossoms and Springtime Vintage Happy Easter to you!  Here’s a card that I cased the layout of from Tami White.  I loved what she did with her card – I just changed the paper and the color of ink that I used.  I looked for her post again and couldn’t find it, but I’ve linked [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day! The "I Heart Hearts" set is still one of my favorite sets to use for Valentine’s Day, but also for so many other occasions!  Doesn’t it seem like the hearts are just dancing across this card?  And I love how the red glimmer paper helped to dress it up with the three hearts I [...]

So many Images! As I said in my last post, there are several images in the Valentine Defined stamp set and because of that, you can design a number of different cards (each with different images) just by purchasing this one set.  Love that about this set!  One of the other new products that I can’t [...]

Ditto! I know that this is pretty much the same layout as my last post, but I wanted to show you what this card would look like if a different paper pattern was substituted (and an extra heart was added).  This is from the same pack of paper as before (Love Impressions Specialty Designer Paper), [...]

Clean and Simple I decided to go with clean and simple today.  I was drawn to the simplicity of this as I began to design it and it didn’t take too terribly long to make either. This is one of those cards that could be sent to either gender!   Things to know: The Designer Series Paper I used [...]

 The Best Roommates! I had THE best roommates for the 2011 Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference.  Hey, Betsy & Lisa!  (Two of the sweetest people I know).  We had a great time enjoying the conference together.  These were the gifts I received from them – each of them gave me a notepad (love them!) and I received a smaller [...]

Have A Wicked Halloween!  The mini lunch sacks in the 2010 Holiday Mini are perfect for little treat bags for any occasion and this one is sure to provide someone with a spooky treat! I love the scallop trim on the top of the bag and it coordinates great with the Stampin’ Up! scallop edge border punch.  It [...]

I actually mostly cased this card from the Stampin’ Success Stampin’ Up! magazine, and then embellished it a little more.  Stampin’ Success is a magazine that Stampin’ Up! demonstrators receive monthly and it’s chocked full of ideas.  It’s one of the MANY benefits of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and this month, when you sign up as [...]

I put my Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack to good use this week by creating this Notepad holder and six note cards for a friend/co-worker.  Her last work day was yesterday (at my full-time job) and she is going to concentrate on building up her embroidery/silk screen business.  I decided to create this for [...]

Paint me a card…. The new Awash with Flowers stamp set that is currently being featured only during April as an "early release" for the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog  (a July delivery) is SO versatile!  This is your last week to order it!  You can see by the two card samples shown here what you can [...]

I love the papers in the Sweet Pea Designers Series Pack in the Occasions mini.  Do you think it will be in the 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog?  I’m guessing not, since we’ve had it for four months in the mini, but the papers in it are fun aren’t they? I combined two of the papers from the [...]

When I first saw this stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog, I knew I just had to have it!  I love gardening.  Plain and simple.  It gives me such peace and joy to just dig in the ground and help nurture whatever is planted there to grow.  I’m so blessed to have [...]

Baskets & Blooms Die Have I said lately that I love my Big Shot?  I’ve had so much fun creating things with it lately!!!  Well, May Day is just around the corner and I wanted to try one of these cute little baskets that can be made using the Baskets & Blooms Die from Stampin’ [...]

Animal Stories meets Circle Circus! This is another card we had fun stamping at the recent Inky-Fingered Friends meeting.  Melon Mambo is the main color today with a mix of Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry and a little Dusty Durango to add a splash of color!  Have you seen the cute animal designs from the new [...]