Bold Card Designs with New Stampin’ UP! In Colors

  I was really tickled with the color combos I shared with you here, featuring the 5 new 2016-2018 Stampin' UP! In Colors paired up with other Stampin' UP! Colors.  I decided that those pretty sponged pieces of Color Me Irresistible paper could not go to waste, so I made them in to cards!   …

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Stampin’ Up! In Color Combo Ideas

  I LOVE the new Stampin' Up! 2016-2018 In Colors! They are all fabulous! I thought you might like to see how well the new In Colors work with other existing Stampin' Up! Colors, so I sponged them onto some Color Me Irresistible embossed paper with Stampin' Sponges! (It's on sale for only $6.50 per …

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Celebrating a milestone birthday with a special card

  It's so very fun to celebrate milestones, and especially special birthday milestones! A long time family friend recently celebrated his 70th birthday (even though he doesn't seem a day over 60), and so I made him this card.  In our family, we have a tradition that my hubby is in charge of the funny/humorous/silly …

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Happy Holidays Penguin Christmas Card

  SNOW FRIENDS CARD SERIES – DAY 1 Welcome to day 1 of a 3 part series featuring these adorable Snow Place / Snow Friends stamps and dies from the Stampin' UP! 2015 Holiday  catalog! I'm crazy for penguins… did you know?  I'll link to some of my penguin posts and my Penguin Pinterest board …

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Quick Video Tip: Die cutting small butterfly Framelits

  I figured out a super quick tip to help when die cutting the Bold Butterfly Framelits, (pg 172, #138135)… grab a cheapy paint brush and be ready to be amazed at how easy this is!  Watch the video below!      If you are unable to view the video in an email feed, click …

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Fluttering By Butterfly Birthday Card

  Just "Fluttering By" to send you this cheerful Bold Butterfly birthday card greeting today!!  I really wanted to try out my new 6×6 Fluttering embossing folder and I was also die cutting these pretty little butterflies and they just kind of fell together on this card! Design Tip: Round just one of the 4 …

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Color Me Irresistable Specialty Paper from Stampin’ Up!

  Do Polka Dots just make you happy!? They make me smile!! Especially these cute random polka dots in the Color Me Irresistible specialty paper pack from Stampin' Up!  Normally I'm not a fan of random… I like everything nice and orderly in rows and columns – must stem from my structural engineering drafting background… …

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