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Holiday Catalog TRY IT CLASS Registration can be found here You have til August 10th to join my online monthly Card Club! Here is the first project for August! Details can be found here Looking for the perfect light and airy summer card? Then the Country Birdhouse and Country Woods suite are just what you need! How about a double bonus??  This month this is the focus of my online Card Club AND you can get Country Lace (and the Country Woods) DSP on sale pricing starting August … [Read more...] about Wood PAPER With Country Birdhouse Stampin Up Online Card Club Project

Holiday Catalog TRY IT CLASS Registration can be found here It's almost time for the Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog That means it's almost time for our favorite class of the year. Take a look at the first project from the 2024 Holiday Catalog Try It class: This suite is so much fun!  I had a hard time choosing which sides of the paper to use.  My goal with Try It is to get as many pieces of the DSP on each card so you can feel, use, touch and TRY them out. This is a modified … [Read more...] about Holiday Catalog Sneak Peek! Online Fun Folds Class Stampin Up!

Who else misses the Shimmer Papers? I created a way to make your own...in ANY of our colors!! It's so easy, fun and a little bit addictive!  Grab your scraps of cardstock and try out all the colors. Here is how you do it, some sample colors and several cards I have used the papers on.... Here are the items you will need from Stampin' Up! (earn a free Stella on me this month!)   And here is what I used … [Read more...] about You MUST Try This!! Make Your Own Shimmer Papers With Stampin Up!

One of my very favorite things about Designer Series Paper is the versatility that it gives you in your crafting! On the previous Playful Ghosts tutorial I created my own customized background pieces for the card. Today I used 2 very unexpected papers when you first look for my Halloween project. Often the 'other side' of our papers are colored textured look patterns.  So the flip sides of Christmas, Spring, Fall and in this case floral papers.... can be used if it's the color … [Read more...] about WAIT!! What?? Stampin Up DSP Paper VERSATILITY With Playful Ghosts

Today we start a little series on making your own background papers! Let's start with creating our own DSP and next week we will end with making our own SHIMMER papers. Good news...there are some Halloween sets available in the July releases of the Online Exclusives!  Order now and you can get a head start on your fall projects. However, there won't be any Halloween 'suite' in the Holiday catalog.  That means you will need to join me in getting creative to come up with fun things to … [Read more...] about Make Your Own Background Paper With Playful Ghosts: Stampin Up!

Today's tutorial includes a FUN way to use your Jute! I used the You are Beautiful stamp set for the scripture sentiment. Apparently I love the combination of the Wildly Flowering paper with this set...as I pulled out cards to feature at the start of the tutorial, I saw I had done it once before! The new WOW embossing powders are shiny and bright.  They do melt very quickly.  At some point I will do some comparisons...but if you are not needing powders, use the old SU ones and just … [Read more...] about A FUN Twine Idea on a BEAUTIFUL Scripture Card! Stampin Up

and today only there is Free Shipping to add to your bonus!  Order over $100 and I will also be including a FREE past Paper Pumpkin or something from the kit collection as an additional thank you! Today's tutorial is another Quick & Easy Summer card with Ice Cream Swirl..and a fun way to lightly add color to your cone! You will love the way the cone die cuts to create a gift tag.  I wanted to use it as the focus for my card. It was easy to just add a 'slit' and then insert it … [Read more...] about Just a ‘Touch’ of Color: Card With Ice Cream Swirls Tag Cone Stampin Up

I have another template card for you today! For this card I will use Stampin' Up's new Online Exclusive set "Scenic Pumpkin Patch" Come back tomorrow and I will have several beautiful projects to show you with this template and the one I used earlier in the week. Bonus that it also falls under my Quick & Easy summer series. I chose soft autumn colors for the pumpkins.  I love scene building sets, they allow you as the artist so much freedom in just how you want to add the images … [Read more...] about Catalog TEMPLATE Cards! Sweet Scenic Pumpkin Patch Stampin Up

Ready for another Catalog Sketch Card? It's on to the next template in the Catalog.. There are TWENTY great templates on page 20 of the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog.  Over the course of the year I will have several samples of ALL of them! This week I meet with my friends for food, fellowship and of course a bit of stamping.  We have changed from doing just 1 template a month to two.  Here is my first shoebox swap for them to do. You will need to check back later in the week to see … [Read more...] about Catalog TEMPLATE Cards W/ Stampin’ Up Happiest Day

Here is another card for my Specialty Vellum series.  This week I have been focusing on the stunning new Online Exclusive papers. The great thing about these fun papers is they do so much of the WOW work on your projects - it makes our summer stamping quick and breezy and still gives you an adorable end result! Today I used the Mercury Gold Vellum.  It goes perfectly with the sentiment on this card. I got this sweet little stamp set when the new Annual Catalog came out and have … [Read more...] about SPARKLE With Happiest Day & Mercury Vellum Quick, Easy Beautiful Card