How I Distressed Pine Boards for Photo Backgrounds

  If you follow me on Facebook, you probably saw the fun pile of pine wood boards that my neighbor left by my front door.  Many of you asked what I was going to do with them?  Well, they are for the backgrounds of my blog post projects!! HOWEVER, I came across a little issue….  …

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Holly Berry Happiness Christmas Note Cards

  Simple Christmas Note Cards can be used for Christmas greetings or Thank You notes after Christmas! These cards feature the Holly Berry Happiness Stampin' Up! stamp set and thick Whisper White note cards.     I kept the color palette very simple.. Garden Green, Mint Macaron and Cherry Cobbler, with the flash of Gold …

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Christmas Collage Frame, or boxes, bags and cards

  One of the Christmas crafting projects we made on the recent stamping cruise in October was this great framed collage with 3×3 squares decorated with a variety of Stampin' UP! holiday theme paper, stamps and accessories.  Jenn Gulch designed this GREAT project for us and we framed it when we got home.  12×12 framed …

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Retiring List & Year End Close Out Sale!

  Year-End Closeouts! Save up to 60%!  Hundreds of Stampin' Up! Products on the list, some retiring, some clearance pricing.. check it out here!     Shop:  Click Here to shop the retiring and discounted products!  Retiring and Closeout Stamp Sets (over 70!) – click to shop Retiring and Closeout Bundles (over 30!) – click …

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Christmas Stamp Set Blog Candy Offer

  ** don't miss the ANNOUNCEMENT at the bottom of this blog post! **   I am offering 5 free Stampin' UP! Christmas Stamp sets to one lucky winner of my blog candy offer!   It's easy!  To enter to win: Leave a comment on this blog post (on my blog) and tell me your …

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Christmas Banner featuring Candy Cane Lane paper

  It was a first for the Bennett Family.. we stayed home on Thanksgiving AND we put up our Christmas Tree and decorated for Christmas!!  It has actually been really nice enjoying the lights and festive decorations the last several days, and not feeling rushed to get it all done right before Christmas like we …

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Festive Birthday Gift Card Holder for Ashley

REMINDER: today is the last day for the Stampin' Up! Week Long Holiday Extravaganza Sale CLICK HERE to shop!  ONE DAY SALE ITEMS today only!!  Don't Miss It!    Need a fun and easy gift card holder idea for any occasion?  Try this!   You might remember this gift card holder design from last Christmas …

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Paper Pumpkin News, Updates and Free 2017 Calendar download

  If you received the November Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin Christmas Card kit, you have probably already created your adorable cards (see below) and are ready to send them out to family and friends!!   Stampin' Up! has also published some super neat "alternate" ideas to use with your kit supplies… scroll down to see those! …

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Black Friday Stampin’ Up! Sales!

  Looking for great deals on crafty Stampin' Up! products? Shop right from the comfort of your home, skip the lines and parking lots.. CLICK TO SHOP NOW! or click any of the product photos below to go right to my online store.   BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL: FREE set of 5 In Color Cards and …

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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie punch art!

  I was strolling along on Pinterest getting some ideas for upcoming projects and I saw this adorable idea for Punch Art Pumpkin Pie by Kirsteen Gill!  I knew I had to make this, BECAUSE my hubby's FAVORITE dessert in the world is Pumpkin Pie!!  So one of these cards is for him!!  The Stampin' …

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Stampin’ Up! Marker Duos!

  One of the questions I get asked quite often, as your Stampin' Up! demonstrator, is, "why can't I just buy a couple of the Stampin' Write markers that I need?".  Most crafters don't want to buy the whole set, and Stampin' Up! used to sell single markers, but stopped offering them that way with …

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Floral Boutique Card Set with Flourish Thinlits

CLICK HERE for Online Extravaganza SALE Info!   The Stampin' Up! Floral Boutique paper is one of my all time favorites! The crisp blue and white is stunning and of course how can you go wrong with flowers 🙂 🙂 🙂 After I made these Adhesive packets, I created a dozen or so cards using …

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