Today’s card is my prototype for yesterday’s card. I thought I had posted it months ago but, since I couldn’t locate it, I guess I didn’t. I did do this card in a class at our local community center in 2020. I used the retired (in 2020) Bird Ballad designer series paper (DSP), one of my favorites. This time I used Basic Black card stock as the background. It…
It’s always fun to be able to put small bits of paper, especially beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP) scraps, to good use. Back story: I’m participating in the Summer 2021 Creativate Retreat this coming Saturday. Each “Creativator Guide” offered challenges to participants and what I’m sharing today was one of my favorites. Create a card using Designer Series Paper scraps! Here’s my creation: I went to my package of…
Our second card made at this week’s creative time at the community center here in Avimor (Boise, ID) was created with minimal stamping but plenty of die cutting. Product List Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [140272] $8.25 Brights 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $11.50 Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad [147094] $7.50 Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad [147095] $7.50 Mango Melody…
Today at our local Community Center ‘my’ stampers created one of these lovely gentle cards: It’s really quite easy. Card Front: Very Vanilla Thick card stock: 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″, folded (away from the “valley” score line) and burnished (rubbed firmly) with a Bone Folder. First Layer: Soft Sea Foam card stock: 5-1/4″ x 4″ – Attach to card front using adhesive of your choice. I’ve been…
I thought I had come up with a fairly simple card to share with my group of twelve stampers at our semi-monthly class at the Avimor Community Center last week. But……that simple bit of changing colors and words proved otherwise! It does take time to get the right color and the right goodie sent around the tables while letting everyone get the color and image of their choice. The…
Today’s cards are one sample of the card “my” stampers made at our local Community Center last Thursday. It’s really quite simple and doesn’t require a lot of supplies. Product List Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25 Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75 Fresh Freesia 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [155613] $8.75 Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad [155611] $7.50 Highland…
A fun group of neighbors have been gathering, around 7:30, every Friday night since last September, maybe a month earlier. We each bring a snack and some wine. One of our group is about to move to North Carolina!!!!! Sigh. We all moved into this newish neighborhood (Avimor, NE edge of Boise ID)around December 2019. It’s an amazingly friendly, fun place to live. And to lose a friend and neighbor…
And with July comes a great offer from Stampin’ Up! The Designer Series Paper Sale. During this incredible sale, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select papers from the 2021–2022 Annual Catalog! Now is a great time to stock up and save on some of Stampin’ Up!’s most popular paper designs! Starting tomorrow, Thursday, JULY 1st, you can purchase these Designer Series Paper packs for 15% off. Click…
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…