Petal Promenade, meet Poppy Parade!

 I can’t stop using this beautiful photo realistic floral Petal Promenade designer paper! In fact, I ordered several more packs since they are part of the July sale from Stampin’ UP!  This beautiful paper does all the work for you in creating gorgeous handmade cards!  The Petal Promenade suite is found on pages 105-106 in …

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Delicate Lace Edgelit card ideas

 Wow!!!! These Stampin' UP! Delicate Lace Edgelits are GORGEOUS!!  You are going to find them on page 217 in the new 2018-2019 catalog (#147053).  I used each one of the 3 edgelit dies paired up with my Graceful Glass Vellum, and created a card for each one!   The card above features the Graceful Glass …

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Petal Promenade floral paper backgrounds

  Flower Lovers…. you are going to love this Petal Promenade photo realistic designer series paper from Stampin' Up!  And you are going to LOVE that it is part of the Buy 3 Get a 4th one FREE July 2018 sale!! 🙂  Above: I combined some supplies from my March 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit with …

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Garden Impressions Z Fold / Double Easel Fold cards

  Thank you so much for your enthusiastic comments on the Double Easel Fold / Z Fold Tropical Chic cards I posted a few days ago (here)!!  Today I am sharing the Garden Impressions floral cards that inspired my Tropical Chic cards!! Cindee gave me one of these cards for my birthday in May, and …

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Double Easel Fancy Fold card and Die Cutting Tips

  Thank you to everyone who joined me live on Facebook on Tuesday at 2pm to see how to create these beautiful Tropical Chic double easel cards!!  If you missed it, I've posted the video below in this blog post so you can see my inspiration for these cards and how to create them!   …

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Varied Vases meets Love What You Do

  I decided to combine a flower  image from the Love What You Do stamp set with the Varied Vases bundle for my clean and simple card today!  I feel like it has way too much "white space", but I know that sometimes less is more.. so I'm going with it 🙂 The center flower …

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Birthday Cards with June Paper Pumpkin Kit

  The stars aligned, I received my June 2018 Paper Pumpkin Kit a couple days ago, and I actually HAD TIME to make it right away!!!  I feel like I"m usually about 2 months behind.. but I was able to make these adorable birthday cards with my Paper Pumpkin kit and, as suggested in the …

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Graceful Glass Vellum coloring tutorial / video

 Today we are going to chat about coloring tips and other great tips for creating handmade cards featuring the Stampin' UP! Graceful Glass vellum, and Stampin' Blends markers!  The vellum has all the designs already printed on the sheets, and I've colored them with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. (watch the video below in this …

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Tropical Chic Stampin’ Up! Gift Certificate

  Did you know that I create a custom gift certificate for each customer who requests one?  I stamp and decorate a Stampin' UP! gift certificate individually for each special request! For this one last week, I used the Tropical Chic bundle and Tropical Escape 6×6 paper stack! Need a gift certificate to give to …

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