Do you Give Gift Cards at the Holidays?

  Gift Cards… do you give Gift Cards? We probably all do, right?  Family, Friends, Mailman, UPS guy, co-workers, teachers, grandkids, etc. Well, here is a creative way to present an otherwise boring gift card!   All I did was to fold a bag in half, in this case I used the Glassine Gift Bags, …

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Stunning Black and White Floral Card

  Wow.. do you need a great idea for a handmade wedding card? This is it!  The Botanical Builder flower framelits from Stampin' UP! die cut all in Whisper White cardstock and layered onto a Basic Black Card!     My friend Joy saw this flower card idea on Pinterest and taught me how to …

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Fun Tri-Fold Birthday Card!

  Check out this adorable Tri-Fold card I made at a fun class taught by Susan and Janet!!  How fun would this be to receive a card like this in the mail for your birthday!!?  It features the Stampin' Up! It's My Party paper, balloon punch and the Party Pop-up thinlit dies!!!  They are EASY …

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Happy Birthday to Shannon!

  Many of you have probably seen this #imbringingbirthdaysback hashtag on Facebook over the past several months, and today we are celebrating Shannon's birthday, the creator of this movement to Bring Birthdays Back!!  Shannon felt that wishing people happy birthday on facebook was not allowing us the opportunity to do what we do best… create …

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Botanical Gardens Card Samples

  As you have probably guessed, this Botanical Gardens Suite is truly one of my all time most favorite suite of Stampin' UP! products!! I love the design, the colors, the graphic bold feel and all the detail!! Several months ago I asked one of my Luv 2 Stamp group members for some help catching …

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3×3 Sampler – Occasions catalog flowers

   Today I'm excited to share details for the beautiful squares my Luv 2 Stamp Group made for our 3×3 Occasions Catalog Floral Swap several weeks ago! I hope you remember this pretty frame I shared from this post, and I wanted to be sure to share all of the details with you for each …

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Stamping on Embossed Images Video tutorial

  I had the best time making these pretty little gift bags with the Stampin' UP! Fluttering Embossing Folder, and I thought I would share this quick and easy technique with you!  I have a VIDEO tutorial for you today, be sure to scroll down to see it!  I will show you how I made …

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Picture Perfect Stampin’ Up! Swaps for OnStage 2016

   {{Reminder: Double Points on your online orders this week! CLICK HERE}   As you know, I'm away in Salt Lake City, UT this week at the Stampin' UP! OnStage 2016 Live event (it's the new name for "Convention"), and of course I always take swap cards with me… meeting new friends, seeing old friends …

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Stampin’ Up! Rose Wonder rose cards

  The Rose Garden Thinlit die is still on sale on the Weekly Deals today.. so I thought why not share these cards with you now!!  I used both the Rose Wonder stamp set, and the Rose Garden Thinlit dies from Stampin' UP!    They are available in both a bundle, or separately, and you'll find …

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It’s a Penguin Birthday Celebration!

  One of the cards I stamped for our son Jason's birthday last month is this fun penguin card! Why Penguins?  Jason and I love them!! 🙂   The cute penguins are so easy to stamp and die cut using the matching Big Shot Framelit dies!! yay! The festive birthday patterned paper I used on …

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Grateful Bunch Note Cards

LOVE:  stamps with matching punches LOVE:  happy color combos LOVE:  fun Stampin' Up! embellishments Guess what?  These sweet notecards check all those boxes! 🙂     You might recognize this card design from my Luv 2 Stamp Group 3×3 sampler swap.. I made lots of extra 3×3 squares so that I could turn them in …

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