Lighthearted Leaves Fall Card Inspiration

  Festive Flower Builder Punch – 139682 Sale: $13.50 Price: $18.00 Metallic Foil Doilies – 138392 Sale: $3.00 Price: $4.00 Perfect Pines Framelits Dies – 139665 Sale: $20.25 Price: $27.00 Snow Flurry Punch – 139680 Sale: $13.50 Price: $18.00 Supply List      Today's Fall inspiration comes to you from my trip to Stampin' UP! …

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Vintage Leaves Fall Card Inspiration

  I have 2 more beautiful cards for you  -  some pretty Fall Inspiration from the Founder's Circle swap I participated in in September!!  These cards feature the amazing Vintage Leaves stamp set and matching Big Shot Framelits!  Card on the left by Jessica Taylor, and card on the right by Laura Milligan. Stampin' UP! …

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Softly Falling Embossing Folder “Snow”

  Can you see the "snow"? After stamping my card with the trees from the Stampin' UP! Wonderland set, I put it into the Softly Falling Embossing folder (see it here) and ran it through the Big Shot to give it some snowy texture!   Softly Falling Embossing folder, available here in my online store! …

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Top 10 Recognition Pocket Cards

    I made these sweet sunflower cards for the top 10 in sales in my Luv 2 Stamp group.  I enjoy recognizing their special accomplishments!!  Congrats to Wendy, Janet, Cindee, Becky, Melissa, Gloria, Dreamia, Lorita, Jo Anne and Sharon for achieving this great accomplishment!! They are "pocket cards" made from a sketched polka dot …

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Video Tutorial: How to Make a Tri-fold card!

  I am so excited to share this fun AND EASY tri-fold card with you today! WATCH THE VIDEO below in this post for all the instructions plus bonus tips! All of these adorable elements were cut or punched out of the Home for Christmas designer paper in the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog for 2015!!  …

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The Story of Pink Box Friday – Punch Art Donuts!

  <<< Let me take you back… way back.. to the mid-1980's when Eric and I worked together at a Structural Engineering firm in Lafayette, CA.  We worked together for 7 years – every day – it was amazing… I loved every single day!!! Back then, the big treat of the week was PINK BOX …

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Glimmery Gold Acorns

   You might remember the Christmas Gift Card pocket cards I shared with you in September… (see them here)… I thought it would be fun to create a fall version and use them for customer thank you cards, so this is what I came up with.. I added a couple pretty touches of gold and …

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Punch Art Sunflowers from Leftover Halloween paper

  Got Leftovers? Use them up! I am done creating projects for Halloween, but I still had some Happy Haunting Halloween paper left over in my Stampin' Up! stash.. So I created some Sunflower Punch Art Cards to use it up! I used some of the Happy Haunting Paper, some of the Into the Woods …

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Snowy Hill Holiday Card with Glimmer Paper

  I was so excited to see how much my stampers enjoyed this card last weekend!  We made this card at my Luv 2 Stamp Group event and also at Rita's Stampin' UP! workshop.  I just love the sparkle of the glimmer paper on this holiday card featuring the Sleigh Ride Edgelit Big Shot Dies! …

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Revisiting some Fun Halloween DIY projects

  As you are crafting your DIY Halloween treats this week (or maybe you are done and you are light years ahead of me)… I thought you might like a recap of some of my Halloween projects.. enjoy! Click any photo to go to my coordinating blog post with more info, project download sheets and …

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Vellum Overlay Card Video Tutorial from PattyStamps

  REMINDER: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO ENJOY 15% OFF YOUR STAMPIN' UP! STAMP SET PURCHASES… CLICK HERE TO SHOP ONLINE! ———————————— Do you remember these Winter Wonderland cards I shared with you a few weeks ago? I asked if you would like to see a video and you said YES!!!  Sorry it took …

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2 Ways to use the Leaflets Framelits from Stampin’ UP!

  I loved seeing the creative ways Stampin' UP! Demonstrators used the Leaflets Framelits in these beautiful handmade fall cards!!  I hope you enjoy these 2 great ideas.. using both the positive (cut out) and negative (empty space) of these leaf dies! Card on left by Nancy Lewis, card on right by Susan Adams The …

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