I love to get birthday cards, but let’s face it: that’s once a year. I love to send them. Most of us get so little personal mail anymore, and I like to be a little bit of sunshine in someone’s mailbox. As a result, I make a LOT of birthday cards! … More You’re A Peach and Biggest Wish Birthday
Flowers of Friendship is a brand new stamp-and-punch bundle in the 2021-2022 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog and it caught my eye the moment I turned the page. I knew it would be a great calendar. … More Flowers of Friendship: July 2021 DIY Calendar
Here’s one last peek at the Sassy Snailed It snails! It’s a snail parade, celebrating great accomplishments -I’ve die cut and colored this lineup with Stampin’ Blends. … More Sassy Snailed It Snails
Can I just go out on a limb and say you NEED the Color and Contour Bundle? The images and sentiments make gorgeous cards, and the dies – especially the layering scalloped rectangles – are indispensable. … More Color and Contour and Stampin Blends
I need to practice my coloring skills with Stampin’ Blends, so I produced a handful of images from Hand-Penned Petals and got to work. To my delight, this image is a PERFECT image for the purpose! Not too big, not too small, not too complex – it’s just right. … More Hand-Penned Petals and Stampin’ Blends
When I realized I had yet to create a seashells calendar I had a moment of disbelief: how had I neglected that? Never fear, the situation is remedied. And June is a lovely month to think of seashells and sandy shores and all things beachy. … More Friends Are Like Seashells: June 2021 DIY
I did my best to create a simple card, using the Hand-Penned Petals set and just the Big Boss and some dies. It’s not an absolute beginner card, but it’s an easy one to re-create. I’d love it if you gave it a go. … More Hand-Penned Petals and a DIY background
I love our Designer Series Paper (DSP). My favorite thing is the way it coordinates with our products, both colors and images. But wait, there’s more! I love the range of styles, the images themselves, and the perfect weight: not too heavy, not too light, jussst right. … More Using Designer Series Paper with Garden Wishes
It’s time for fresh strawberries: strawberry shortcake, strawberry pie, strawberries eaten out of your hand with the juice running down! The Sweet Strawberry bundle is sadly on the not available list right now, but when it comes in, you’ll want to be first in line to get yours! … More Sweet Strawberry: May 2021 DIY
Sometimes you see a card that begs to be made! I saw a card by the Alaska Stamper and knew I could put it together with the Sweet Strawberry stamp set (carrying over to 2021-2022!). It’s a great feeling to be able to sit down and create something happy in a hot minute! … More Sweet Strawberry Birthday
