New Stampin Up Spring Catalog Accessories

click here to order online CLEARANCE RACK BLITZ Huge Savings! ————————–  Have you seen the cool new accessories in the Spring Catalog from Stampin' Up!? I love these new Designer Build a Brads! If you have your catalog, you'll find them on pg 12. If you don't have a catalog, let me know so I …

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Build A Brad Bracelets! WAY too fun!

UPDATE: a kit in the mail is available for this project – see THIS POST. Wow.. WAY too fun!  I usually, almost always, ok, ALWAYS get really excited about any new project I’m working on …  I’d been noticing the Build A Brad bracelets on other stampers blogs and was anxious to try them out, …

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WOW – Carousel Notes Purse Project!!

Oh my word… we had the best time making these FABULOUS "purses" out of the new Carousel Note cards and envelopes (in the Occasions Mini catalog from Stampin’ Up!).  HUGE THANKS TO Jan Tinklenberg for posting this most amazing idea on her blog this week!!  WOW!!  Yesterday, Sharon and Ellen and I decided to tackle …

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Die Cut Blooms

I am SO excited about the upcoming OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG from Stampin’ Up!   I can’t wait until Saturday (March 1st) to order TONS of packs of this CUTE CUTE CUTE Summer Picnic paper and more Die Cut Blooms!!!  I made these 2 cards with the same design… a "matchbook" card with a flap at the …

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another SU! Regional Swap

This was the first swap I worked on for the upcoming Regional Seminar.  It turned out to be pretty labor-intensive and has really aggravated my pinched nerve again, so I had to stop after about 25 of these and move on to the Summer Picnic cards (here).  I started with a 4×4 square of Pomegranate …

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Hostess Gift – Pockets & Pieces

My workshop hostess, Valerie, will be receiving this gift today!  Thanks to Erica for this totally adorable idea!!  I used the Stampin’ Up! Pockets & Pieces kit to make this pouch.. and just as Erica mentioned, I don’t think I made this quite right either.. but hey, it worked! 🙂  I used the new Die …

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Occasions Mini Preview + SAB samples

Wow… what fun I had this morning!!  I was inspired by Beate’s cute little box HERE and I just kind of got ON A ROLL making scallop punch embellishments, and using the new "A Perfect Day" Rub-ons from the Stampin’ Up! Occasions mini catalog (demonstrators got to Pre-Order this month!) {yahoo}!!  Let’s see.. I also …

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Not a likely combo… but.. it works

I happened to open the SPRING SILHOUETTES designer paper and the BOHO BLEND Simply Scrappin’ kit at the same time…. here is what happened!  LOL I’m still lovin’ the Build-A-Brad!! Happy Stampin’ Wishes! ~ Patty SharePinTweetEmail0 Shares

Tie the Knot – Simply Scrappin’ Style!

No, I already tied the knot… I’m talking about the AWESOME Simply Scrappin’ kit from Stampin’ Up!  You don’t have to be getting married or making a wedding album to LOVE this kit!  I went a little crazy tonight making these 4×4 cards with the cardstock and self-adhesive die cuts from this kit! More details …

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Simply Sent kit meets Flower Fusion!

I was using up pieces from my Three Thoughts Simply Sent kit and combining them with the new Flower Fusion felt flowers and the new papers… kinda fun… I think one of my favorite accents is the Build-A-Brad.. cute here in the center of the felt flowers! Enjoy – have a happy stampin’ day! ~ …

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Boho Backgrounds & One of a Kind

From what I’ve been hearing, it sounds like Boho Backgrounds and One of a Kind are just about the 2 most popular new sets in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog!  They were the first 2 I mounted this week and then I began to play!  They are really versatile, and GREAT together! I had fun …

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Fun New Scallops – FABULOUS TIP!

FIRST OF ALL… I CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS IDEA… I’m the first to admit that I can copy, borrow, and massage ideas with the best of them..  {grin}… but when I saw this idea on MJ’s blog I RAN>>> {yep, RAN!!!} upstairs to my stamp loft to try this!!  Oh man.. this is the …

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