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…
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…