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…
Sale-a-Bration is a whole month shorter this year, taking place during the months of January and February only. Come March 1st it’s over. (Reminder……there will be another Sale-a-Bration event in the fall!) Don’t miss your chance to earn FREE Sale-a-Bration benefits with either a $50 order or a $100 order or any combination of those two. Have you had your eye on any of these items? …
Disclaimer…….I’m posting this post (originally written in January!!!) today, February 26th). I needed to complete the cutting and scoring information and, obviously, I totally forgot about it! Time. Busy. Post holiday cleaning. A ton of excuses! So here’s the mid-January post, still minus the cutting/scoring instructions. I’ll get ’em done TODAY! This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending an online Creativate Winter Retreat. (via FaceBook) We watched,…
Did you notice on yesterday’s post, on my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, that I have a green cutting mat? One of my dear stamping friends and convention (when we have them in person) roommates, sent one of these mats to each of her erstwhile roomies a few years ago. ROOMIES > > Back to business………. Why the green OLFA mat? It helps to prevent the lovely #3…
Trust me. This is a very different stamp ‘set’. It’s a very “wordy” background stamp. You can use it as a background image or as 22 — yes that’s twenty-two — separate images. Yes, there is a coordinating die for cutting the separate greetings in one quick shot! And look at all the shapes! I just had a thought……you could just use the die with a plain piece of…
Don’t let that title, Double Pleat Fancy Fold Cards, or description put you off. Actually it did put me off for several weeks until I finally tried it yesterday. After I made my first/prototype card I made another card. And another card. I used the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper for all three cards. Let’s get started. To make the pleated fold you need to start with…
Well now, did that post title make you wonder? It’s the fault of the greetings in the Pretty Perennials stamp set. The happy word is in a large script font. The remaining words are in a snazzy uppercase font. These words offer us five separate greetings. This stamp set is a winner for offering so many floral images plus the variety of greetings. Here are today’s tools: Basic…
What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is Stampin’ Up!’s monthly One-Stop Box™ that offers a unique variety of paper projects for subscribers of any skill level to enjoy! These thoughtfully-themed and all-inclusive craft kits encourage you to explore your creativity, try new techniques, and discover the fun of paper crafting. Grab a friend and block an hour or two to sit and craft and chat, laugh and enjoy! Instructions…
I’ve belonged to a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators called Sudsol (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing On Line) for years…like at least 15, maybe 20. We share ideas and concerns and projects and more and it’s just wonderful. (If you’re a demonstrator and want to know more please send me an email.) Anyway, yesterday afternoon one of our great members, Jeanne, organized a Zoom call (thank you Covid) where we…
I’m hooked on Mystery Monday Stamping mornings with Sharon Armstrong*, a fun stamper from the heart of Texas. After making the first card, which was a total mystery, following step-by-step until it was completed, I found myself addicted to the spotlight card. Mind you, it’s not perfect, but it’s a prototype for the next cards I made. I was hooked on the format and trying this stamp set or…
The Pampered Pets stamp set, p. 42 in the 20-21 Annual Stampin’ Up! catalog, is a frisky and fun dog and cat lovers stamping opportunity. It’s also there when you need it to express your thoughts at the loss of a pet as I’ve had to this past weekend. Friends in Washington state lost their giant 10-plus year old 180 pound ‘puppy’ Walter. Here’s my tribute to Walter and…
Today’s card is kind of fun. It started out as a ‘mystery card’, following stamping instructions without knowing exactly where I was going. Bottom line, I created a piece of Designer Series Paper that I could call my own. I forced myself to use a stamp set I hadn’t used before since I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with it. This project worked out perfectly. I,…
Zoom! It’s the end of the first week of February. Unbelievable how time flies. January allowed me to reorganize and tidy up my stampin’ space, a spare bedroom. Actually, it never even got a chance to be a bedroom. When we moved to Boise and into our new home, the room was claimed as my new ‘studio’. All of the old storage units came with us from California (Mi…
You might croak when you first see the price tag ($70) for the Boho Indigo Product Medley on page 9 of the 20-21 Annual Stampin’ Up! catalog. But……..when you total up how many cards you can create from the kit it’s a no-brainer. I’ve made at least 30 cards so far and have more supplies ready for making even more cards. Let’s see: 30 times at least $4 per…