Sneak Peek: 4×6 cards & envelope packs!

  Can you Guess what I am really excited about??  In the new 2018-2019 Stampin' Up! catalog, we will be able to purchase large note cards with envelopes, sized perfectly for the 4×6 Memories & More cards!!!  yay!  (find them on pg 194) COMING SOON!!! So why might this be so exciting?  I have been …

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Lovely Stampin’ UP! Swap Card Ideas, part 3

It seems that the Petal Palette stamp set / Petals & More framelits were super popular for demonstrator swap cards at the April 2018 Las Vegas OnStage event!!  At least 1/3 of the cards I received featured this bundle!  I love it and am so happy to have more ideas featuring this bundle!  You can …

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Lovely Stampin’ UP! Swap Card Ideas, part 1

  I love to stamp cards and take them to Stampin' UP! events.  I created THIS CARD to take to the April 2018 Stampin' Up! OnStage demonstrator event and I swapped cards with about 75 demonstrators.  Below I am sharing some of them with you today!  And check back for the next 2 days.. I …

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Easy Petal Passion Greeting Card Ideas

  I am so sad that this beautiful Petal Passion designer paper is retiring!!  It's ONLY available while supplies last!!  Click to order! I colored this paper with my Stampin' Blends markers and then added the "smile" and "hello" die cuts from the (now retired and SOLD OUT) Petal Passion Memories & More card pack.  …

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Beautiful Day Butterfly & Flower Brusho Cards

 Create bold and colorful images using Brusho Crystal Colour pigments!!  I used the Stampin' UP! Beautiful Day stamp set, with its big, bold images, to highlight the Brusho coloring on these handmade cards today!     I sprinkled Brilliant Red, Prussian Blue and Yellow Brusho onto a scrap of watercolor paper, spritzed it with water, …

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Graceful Garden floral cards

 I'm sure you know I love roses!  I don't have any purple or lavender roses in my garden, but I colored this one with my Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends markers!  I stamped the beautiful rose image from the Graceful Garden stamp set onto Whisper White cardstock using my Memento black ink pad, then colored them! …

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Sponge Daubers on Petal Passion Paper

  Wow… you can color the beautiful Stampin' Up! Petal Passion Paper VERY quickly by using Sponge Daubers and ink pads!     I love this floral design and this is my favorite Stampin' Up! designer paper EVER!!! Why oh WHY does it have to retire!?  Supplies are limited.. available only while supplies last. Click …

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Retiring Petal Passion Memories & More Card Ideas

  I was totally inspired by a fun technique Cindee Wilkinson recently shared in her blog, and I made all of these cards with the flower and butterfly stamp from the Beautiful Day stamp set!! The flower and butterfly images are stamped with black ink (any ink will do) onto the Stampin' Up! Painted with …

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Petal Passion designer paper – still my Favorite

 With each new Stampin' Up! Catalog I find a "new favorite" designer paper, and with the Occasions 2018 catalog, my favorite is the Petal Passion paper!  It's black and white, and can be used as is for card making or other crafting projects, or colored with Stampin' Blends, Stampin' Write markers, sponges, sponge daubers, spritzers, …

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How I stamped my Petal Palette Swap Cards for OnStage

  If you ever have to make a LOT of cards, like the 100 Petal Palette cards I made for the upcoming Stampin' Up! OnStage event in Las Vegas, you might enjoy the tips I have for you today, including the video!!      I created a top fold card with Thick Whisper White cardstock, …

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Happy Wishes Sale-a-Bration cards

  3, count them.. 3 Sale-a-Bration gifts combined on these Best Wishes Cards!!  🙂     I have used the Tutti-Frutti cards & envelopes free Sale-a-Bration gift, the Shimmer Ribbon free Sale-a-Bration gift and the Happy Wishes stamp set – all free Sale-a-Bration gifts from Stampin' Up! for 2018 to create these handmade cards! I …

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Adding a Shadow with Stampin’ Blends markers

 Today I'm sharing a quick shadow tip featuring the Stampin' UP! Stampin' Blends markers!   I colored the amazing black and white flower images that are printed on the Petal Passion designer paper with my Bermuda Bay and Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends, then colored the leaves with the Old Olive and Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends.  …

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