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.

Paper storage

Yesterday I shared my new Ribbon holder I created on the back side of my closet door. You can see that post here.  This is also the closet where I keep all my paper for crafting. One of my wonderful readers, Diane, asked me to share more about my paper…

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Ribbon Ribbon on a Roll

For several years now I have had a ribbon drawer for all the ribbon I might ever use on a card or project.  I started off with it all color coordinated, neat and tidy.  Then life happened and it soon looked like ……. Pretty horrible, huh.  I can’t find anything…

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Gate Fold File Tab Card

I have seen several examples of file tab cards since the envelope punch board was released last year.  The rounded triangle punch is the perfect shape for making the look of file tabs.  Stampin Up now also sells file tab framelits where you can make the file tab shape on…

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Boom Boom Stars

For readers in the USA, you know that in two days we will celebrate our Independence on the Fourth of July.  My granddaughter, Avery for whom this site is named for and who is 4 yrs old, 4th of July means Boom Boon Stars.  Not to be confused with Boom…

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Sympathy for a good neighbor

I made today’s card on behalf of my next door neighbor who passed away this week.  I won’t say we were close but I always felt safe having him next door as he was a retired Deputy Sheriff and worked on occasion for the the FBI teaching about Bomb detection…

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Wedding Blackberry Bliss

Today’s card is for my daughter and her husband for their third wedding anniversary. When I purchase new stamp sets, as I have done a lot of lately with all the beautiful new sets available in the new catalog, I leave them out on my workspace until I have used…

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Perfect Peacock

When I first opened my new annual catalog and made my way to Pg 170, I knew I would be purchasing the perfect peacock stamp sometime soon.  I usually shy away from stamps that are for one use only unless it is a background stamp.  And, I suppose I could…

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