Do you remember THIS BLOG POST from a couple weeks ago where I showed you how to color the Expressions Natural Elements using your Stampin' Up! Ink Pad? I really enjoyed the easy technique I shared with you in that video and have made several more cards with this technique! As you can see …
Fun Foam + Butterfly Framelits = Butterfly stamps! When I was playing with color combos for the Watercolor Wings butterfly stamps (see this post and video), I really wanted to create a monarch butterfly… but I found that I just didn't seem to have the right stamp images… but now I do!! I die …
Did you see my post last week with the Stampin' UP! June Paper Pumpkin kit!? I LOVE this cute posy flower stamp that came in my kit .. so I decided to create a card other than what the kit makes.. here is what I stamped!! How cute is this!? The White Perfect Accents …
Paper Piercing… it's one of those little "extras" that can add so much to your stamped card or handcrafted project, but yet, we often forget about it! I grabbed the Updated Essentials Paper Piercing Template, my mat and Paper Piercing tool (pg 168 in the 2015-2016 Stampin' UP! catalog) and added a circle of …
On Sunday, Eric and I celebrated our 29th Wedding Anniversary… wow.. 29 years? How did THAT happen!!?? He hired me as a Structural Engineering Drafter in April 1984, and we got married on June 28, 1986… yep… 29 years ago!! Amazing! We worked together in the office until 1991 when Jason was born, then …
I'm so excited!! It's finally available!!! I'm putting in my order right now for the Watercolor Wishes card kit!! Order yours online today, here! Did you know that this amazing kit makes 20 cards and comes with an AWESOME stamp set INCLUDED in the kit!? See the stamp set on pg 80 of …
Have you been having fun with your June My Paper Pumpkin Kit from Stampin' Up!? Yesterday I planned to start stamping my 2015 Stampin' Up! Convention swap cards, but I felt like I needed a "warm up"… so I grabbed my Paper Pumpkin box from this month and created the 8 cards from this …
Do you remember the pretty card I shared with you a couple days ago? (see the bottom card in this photo or THIS POST)… well, I have 2 other versions for you today… isn't it neat how the card takes on a whole different feel just by using a different pattern from the Pretty …
This card didn't start out this way… so, I thought I'd share the evolution of my design process with you as I designed this card for one of our Luv 2 Stamp Group stamping days!! I stamped with the Garden in Bloom stamp set, and used the Pretty Petals paper stack… read on for …
Today I have a QUICK Stampin' Up! VIDEO TUTORIAL for you with a Tip for coloring your wooden Expressions Natural Elements!!! Have you used these yet? You'll find them on page 160 in the new 2015/2016 Stampin' UP! Catalog, or HERE in my online store. You can see below that I've added these neat …
I am celebrating this week!! I am celebrating 20 amazing years as a Stampin' UP! Demonstrator and giving away some fun prizes this week!!!! Did you watch my fun video about using the Metallic Sharpie markers on Stampin' UP! Candy Dots, pearls, rhinestones or White Perfect Accents!? Watch it Here if you missed …
Wow.. what fun bold patterns Stampin' Up! used in the Bohemian designer paper package… these are just really stunning!! Bohemian paper found on pg 142 or here in my online store I added 2 fun elements to these cards – Bohemian Washi Tape, and Banners! I used the fun new Triple Banner punch to …