In honor of World Diversity Day, I feel the need to repost a card my grandson and I made well over a year ago. He and I were having a crafting afternoon and the card was pretty much his idea. We made 16 cards, each with a different color background and using ALL of the puzzle pieces we die cut. It was a great project. He also is responsible…
If you don’t have a lot of space, time or an intention to collect lots of stamping supplies, then these kits might be just the answer you didn’t know you were looking for. As a demonstrator I’ve been able to purchase a few (my choice of purchasing only a few since there really are a bunch of kits) kits and I now, in just a few hours, I have…
I consider myself quite lucky in that I have a dedicated (and “stolen”) bedroom that is dedicated to my stamping business. Today isn’t a day to show the whole room but I was inspired to do this little bit of sharing by pulling an item from the most important ‘tool’ on my desk: a Stampin’ Up! coffee mug! My most often used tools find their way into this…
As soon as I saw this Garden Birdhouses stamp set in Stampin’ Up!’s new 2021-22 Annual Catalog, I knew it had to come to my house. I love birdhouses and the joy of watching birds come to our backyard to feed from spring through fall. These are my first cards made with this bold set. I say bold because the line art and fonts are quite strong or bold.…
It’s always fun to stamp to a challenge and today my challenge was Monday Mystery Stamping with Texas Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Sharon Armstrong. I usually make two cards while Mystery Stamping and today was no different. Today’s cards have only a teeny weeny difference between them……the color of their greeting. and As always, this was a fun card to put together. Product List Beauty Of The Earth…
If you’ve been wanting to give Paper Pumpkin a try, for sure now is the time. If you’ve never tried it before, for only $5, which including shipping, you just can’t strike out! Step up to the plate, take a swing, and knock it out of the park! With the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin Kit, it’s your turn to go to bat for all the people who’ve gone to…
Oh my gosh. I was putting a card together when I realized that I’d put that lovely gooey-ooey “green glue”, aka Multipurpose Liquid Glue, on the ‘wrong side’ of my piece of Designer Series Paper. So, I decided to just go with it. One card below is the intended card and the other is with the Designer Series Papers swapped to the ‘other sides’. Which card appeals…
These are rather crazy hectic times at Stampin’ Up!, for customers and demonstrators alike. In order for new products to come into the upcoming annual catalog, older items must be retired. Here’s the scoop: Only select items in the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog will be discounted. No minimum purchase is required. Retiring items are available while supplies last. Exclusions apply: Carryover items and some retiring items will not be…
I’ve been creating a variety of cards for my neighbor (much better than going ‘down the hill’ to the store) for various upcoming special events in her friends’ and relatives’ lives. Today’s card is for her dad who will be 100 in early April. He is as strong as an oak tree and she requested an oak tree for his card. I brought out my beloved (now retired) Lovely…
Well……..I’m going to blame that home improvement project for not getting this post finished when I planned to. Hmmmm. When you can get two of us (Russ/Blythe) to work together to get that slowly-coming-together-project actually finished and put into place, you take advantage. I did, on Monday (yesterday), play along with Sharon Armstrong and her Monday Mystery Stamping on FaceBook again. It’s so much fun stepping forward into…
It’s a few days after Monday (like it’s already Friday!) but I still want to share the fun card I made for Sharon Armstrong’s March 15th Mystery Monday stamping project. Sharon gives only items used for the day’s card, with measurements for the various ingredients, on Sunday afternoon. My challenge to self, having no clue what the mystery card will end up looking like, is to use a…
If you’ve been building a stamping order (like I have), tomorrow is the perfect day to send it off. Why? FREE SHIPPING on March 17th on all orders over $50. Stampin’ Up! hasn’t offered this for a long time so don’t miss out. That’s it! Short and sweet. And what’s not to love about FREE SHIPPING? It’s a great time to stock up on envelopes, adhesives and the 2019-2021…
Three cheers for mountain air, a sky filled with sunshine, and finding joy in life’s journey! Adventure awaits inside this month’s majestic, mountain-themed Paper Pumpkin kit. With enough elements and embellishments to create eight cards and coordinating envelopes, the Here’s to You Paper Pumpkin Kit is the perfect pick for celebrating life’s little moments and mountain-high milestones! What makes March’s kit one-of-a-kind? The spectacular set of four free…
I moved from a rural mountain community (Mi Wuk Village) in central-eastern California to Boise, Idaho just over a year ago. And I left behind a dear friend and neighbor who supplied us with fresh eggs from his chickens. We were also daily walking buddies. His birthday is coming up and yesterday I made his “going all out” birthday card to commemorate his chickens and his birthday. As…
I must admit that I wasn’t ‘struck by lightening’ when I opened my February Paper Pumpkin kit. I spent a few days just thinking about it and how I wanted to approach it. Several elements just weren’t my style. So I watched to see what alternatives others created and thought about what I could do to make my cards feel like ‘me’. I ended up pretty much just using…