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Join me tomorrow all day on Facebook for several Facebook Lives - I will be off and on all day long with some fun demonstrations using lots of the sets that will be part of the Flash Sale!  You can see many of them below (not all - I just picked a bunch so you can see several of them that are on sale!) In addition to Stampin' Up's 24 hour Flash Sale - starts at midnight tonight - ends at midnight Wednesday - I have these specials when you shop on my online store (link at the top of this page) … [Read more...] about Get Ready for a Fun Filled Flash Day!

I have pulled together a few of the video tutorials for some of the sets that will be featured as part of the Flash Sale that Stampin' Up! is having this Wednesday.  24 hours.  Stamp sets on sale! In addition I will be offering some specials THAT DAY ONLY! I will have a SPECIAL HOST CODE for that day only.  Check back here on Tuesday night for that code. When you use this Host Code at check out – here are MY FLASH DAY specials: *Spend $60 receive a package of Metallic Pearls … [Read more...] about Stampin’ Up!’s 24 Hour FLASH SALE! Tutorial Videos for Several Sale Sets!

Today's tutorial will feature the same fun fold I showed you a few days ago.  This time I used the fabulous product medldy "Most Wonderful Time" There are so many fun possibilities in the medley that I felt the need to show you TWO cards in the one video!  Ready? And I have lots to share about this week's Stampin' Up! Flash Sale - so make sure to read til the end! If you have not purchased a Product Medley before - you are in for a TREAT!  It is a box full of coordinating … [Read more...] about Most Wonderful Time – Two Quick Fun Fold Cards with A Great Product Medley + FLASH Sale!

Happy Friday!  This was meant to be a Thursday post....but my house was full of little boys yesterday and I decided to go with my motto from the day before and just #rollwithit.  Those of us with grown children know the days of littles flashes by in an instant, so I took a day to soak in the flash.  Plus at this stage - you can let your house be in total chaos for 1 day knowing it returns to normal the next.  Not quite sure how to communicate that to my cats, lol. So a day late - but still … [Read more...] about Simple Buffalo Check Handmade Christmas Card with Cup of Christmas

Over here in my little corner of the world, there is so much going on.  Moving, renovations, so many Drs (for so many family members) - and in the midst of all of it - glorious Autumn.  Trying to cram it all in and not let the busy-ness nor the potential of things rob us of any Fall Joy.  Right?  That's what life is - all the color, sunshine and family in the midst of #allthethings.  My busy life has been a tad busier than normal.  I posted a YouTube video the other day without an accompanying … [Read more...] about Two Tutorials! Easy Fun Fold with New Trimmer & Part 3 of Pigment Sprinkle Puff Paint!

Last Spring - March - I did a quick Facebook Live to show how I was dying spools of my FAVORITE ribbon so I would have enough in Old Olive to use for a Demonstrator Event we had coming up.  It was a quick hop on to show how I was doing it and other colors that I had done.  It became one of my most popular posts ever! I still have people find one of the 'parts' of the posts and ask for the other steps.  Since it is a dying process and since FB tends to scatter things I decided to do one … [Read more...] about Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon in ALL Stampin’ Up!’s Colors!!

Here is the second card in the Puff Paint + Pigment Sprinkles Series - this time I use the background to create a card that can be used for New Years, Winter Birthdays - or even a Winter Wedding! Don't forget - Today through Oct 10th purchase $100 on my website and I will give you the October Thank You Special AND FREE PIGMENT SPRINKLES!!! Make sure to include the Host Code at checkout Can I tell you how much I love that even though the Pigment Sprinkles do not include a Peacock color … [Read more...] about snowflake puff paint

Today's tutorial might just make you a little hungry! I mean who doesn't love a *Good* Rice Krispie Treat?!  Decorate them with like little Mummies to match our Little Mummies in the Spooktacular Bash suite - and you have a super Sweet and Easy Treat! And....before I forget....Let's get this special in here...... Today through Oct 10th purchase $100 on my website and I will give you the October Thank You Special AND FREE PIGMENT SPRINKLES!!! Make sure to include the Host Code at … [Read more...] about Monster Rice Krispie Treats!

Have you not gotten the Puff Paint because you are not quite sure how much 'snow' you will put on your projects this season?  Well - go ahead and order it NOW - because you will use it all year long with this fun technique! Not only do you get some fabulous color this way, but the texture is so fun too!! I have been playing with it more and more (if you caught my FB Live last Friday then you saw some of other backgrounds and some of the other drying and layering techniques, those … [Read more...] about Mod Christmas Card with Fun Background Technique

Today's card is the last in the series featuring the Yummy Christmas and Cuckoo Clock dies - plus it uses the stamp set that is one that I will be giving away in a drawing on November 1!  Here you go: I love that this stamp set was the inspiration for 4 such different projects! This time I went traditional red and green since the last card was a very non traditional 'flamingo and seascape'!  (but WAIT til you see what's coming next up!!) The berries are covered in the … [Read more...] about Quick and Easy Retro Style DIY Christmas Card