On Monday April 28, 2014, Demonstrators across the US and Canada were invited to attend the new Stampin Up Catalog premier. A live simulcast event was broadcast to 40 movie theaters. Living in the Columbus, Ohio area, I was lucky enough to have a movie theater close to me so…
I was inspired by a recent post of Mary Fish, StampinPretty.com, where she used 1″ square pieces of Designer Series paper to create a beautiful card front. You can see her original post here. I thought that would be a great way to use some older already retired paper, or…
I made today’s card for no particular person, or reason, except that I was inspired by the sketch last week from Freshly Made Sketches. Here’s my take on that sketch. Most of the design team used a circle in the background as the sketch depicts. I thought it would be…
My youngest daughter, Kelsey, called me the other day and asked if I would make a card for her and her husband to give to a bride and groom with their gift. Sure, I said, I can do that, no problem. Do you know what at the wedding colors are…
Another birthday card, could be used for a male or female. This one happens to be for one of my staff, Jason. Jason is one of the youngest members of my staff and I like to act like I’m a bit more hip with his cards than maybe some of…
If you are a Stampin Up fan, unless you have been under a rock the last 24 hours, you know that Stampin Up released the 2014 retired items list. It is all over the stamping blogs. Click US_Retiring_Stamps to access the list of retiring stamps Click US_Retiring_Accessories to access the list of retiring…
Today’s card is a heartfelt thank you for the father, Martin, of my best friend, Chris. Chris volunteered her dad to do some much needed repair and reinforcement on our kitchen chairs. Our table and chairs are very old, vintage if not antique. The table is an oak round with…
Yay for Pals Paper Arts. Today’s challenge is #200. That’s a great accomplishment for the Pals and a huge amount of crafty inspiration for all of us. I hope my card does the 200th week justice. Today’s card is another masculine birthday card for one of my staff at work.…
Today it is my turn to share pictures of my stampin space. Nothing really fancy but I call it home. My stamping space is in a corner of my kitchen. I’m blessed with a very large kitchen and have plenty of room to carve off a corner for my stamping…
So, for whatever reason, my well worn, well loved annual catalog always seems to fall open to page 176. I know you are dying to go look so, go, look, I’ll wait….. Ok, now you have seen page 176. Ever since I first saw the card on page 176 I’ve…
