Thanks for visiting my Site. My name is Lynn Kolcun and I'm a Stampin Up Demonstrator. I love being creative with paper and ink, learning new techniques and sharing my craft with you.

Goodbye beloved Jesse

My friend and co-worker had to say goodbye to her 16 year old German Shepard, Jesse, this week.  Those of you who have lost pets of your own know how hard this can be.  Jesse lived a very long and happy life and was well loved.  She will be missed.…

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Mr and Mrs in Golden elegance

I love an elegant card and I think a wedding or anniversary certainly call for that style. We had 2 wedding anniversaries as well as a wedding to attend at the of September.  I made this card for those three occasions. Tips and Techniques:  Who doesn’t love embossing.  How about gold…

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Hello Fall, Again

Let’s try this again.  Not sure what happened, but my post from yesterday didn’t process properly.  Hope it is ok today for everyone. Every two months, Stampin’ Up! demonstrators are treated to a magazine called Stampin Success.  This publication has great tips, techniques, and even projects to try.  My card…

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Happy New Home

One of my coworkers moved into his new home this past week.  It was a long time in coming, living in an apartment while it was being built out on 3 acres in the country. This card was for Sean and his new home. Tips and Techniques:  What better way…

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Scattered Thanks

This week I’m back to fall colors fall cards and fall themes.  The colors of fall are so beautiful and so easy to create.  Today’s card uses only one stamp, with lots of layers Seasonally Scattered is the stamp set.  It contains this Thanks, as well as Love with little…

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A cardinal for a birthday

My dad’s 78th birthday was on September 11.  It was tough for him the first few years after 9/11 feeling like it was ok to celebrate his birthday on a day so fraught with sorrow. I reminded him though that his birthday came first and had for many years.  I…

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Happy Accident

Have you ever been cleaning up your ubber messing stamping space and all of a sudden you see papers laying together that you had never considered together before.  Ok, so maybe you are neater stamper than I am and never have to clean your stamping space.  By the way, I…

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A Frozen Birthday

Of course every little girl in America is having a Frozen themed birthday party and my granddaughters were no exception.  Avery, who turns 5 later this month had decided on that theme I think last December.  Every time my daughter would ask to validate what theme Avery wanted, Avery would…

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Gold and Green Goodies

There is a new stamp set and framelit bundle available in the Holiday catalog that I fell in love with the moment I saw it.  A beautiful three step stamp for the wreath, framelits for a bow, words and the wreath too.  So many ways to use this set all…

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