This fun fold card lends itself to all sorts of images and papers, not just snowmen. Your imagination, stamps and papers are your only guidelines. A few score lines is all you need to make the card interactive. This template is good for all stamp levels: beginner to expert. I would love to see what you come up with using…
Looking for a fun Christmas or Holiday table decoration? Why not make your own Christmas Crackers or poppers as some call them. You’ll have a bunch of fun making them with all the great Christmas papers that are in the 2019 holiday catalog. I think they’ll look great grouped in a basket, lined up on the table or used as…
I love how you can use products multiple ways. Embossing folders are great for adding texture to your projects, the true purpose of them. Did you know you can add color to your embossing folders? In this post & video, I will show you how to sponge your embossing folders to create a two-tone effect. You can do this with…
My new Paper Trimmer arrived over a week ago and I am very impressed! The previous Paper Trimmer was completely fine except in one area. The replacement blades are no longer available. Stampin’ Up! had to make the hard decision last Spring to retire the beloved trimmer because the facility used to produce the replacement blades was no longer able…
Raise your hand if you wanted to be an artist when you were little. Did you doubt yourself when you got older? Think you didn’t have the talent? I am here to show you tricks and hacks that will get artist results. You will be that artist! Watercoloring is a technique that I was never able to master with a…
Today’s project is a simple and clean card showcasing the lighthouse from the Sailing Home stamp set. I designed this card for my monthly Council of Aging class and they loved it! The beauty of the card is it can be for almost any occasion. It showcases how easy a Stamparatus is to use, which they also loved using. I…
This is one of the easiest favor boxes I have ever created! Cut, score, punch, stick together and done. Create in any color, stamp with any background and top with any ribbon. I do recommend using regular card stock versus the Designer paper because the card stock is much thicker and stronger. The beauty and ease of creating this box…
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned and showed the card I made for my mother’s birthday featuring the Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper (see post here). In that post I said I was going to film a tutorial on how to make the card. I filmed the making of the card both yesterday and today (you’ll see why it…
I have mentioned in past posts how much I am enjoying using and creating with the Sailing Home suite. All of my Father’s Day and Graduation cards were made with the lighthouse and sailboats (and a few summer birthdays too). The images are just so SUMMER. Today’s project video tutorial showcases a fun sponging technique. You can adapt this technique…
There are so many great things tucked away in the new 2019/20 Annual Catalog that you really need to go through each page several times. The Pressed Petals Specialty Washi Tape is one of those items that can be easily overlooked, but shouldn’t be. It’s found on page 172. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create easy…
Even though I have not featured the Stamparatus in my posts in a while, I wanted to show you that it is still a must-have tool for your stamp projects. Last week I was asked to make thank you cards for the coaches of my daughter’s softball team. I made cards last year spelling out the names of the coaches…
Would you like to make a fun and not too complicated 3D card? I’m calling it a stand up shadowbox card. It may have another name, but this is what I came up with because it describes exactly what it is. One of my Club members brought a different version of this card to our meeting and I loved it.…
I’m so happy that the Butterfly Duet punch is off the backorder list and available to purchase. It pairs so well with the Butterfly Gala stamp set and is one of my favorites from the 2019 Spring Occasions catalog. You can purchase them together as a bundle and save 10%. The four different patterned butterflies come in separate parts so…
I was asked the question the other day about how I figure out how to cut the layers for my cards because she gets confused on what sizes to cut. I told her that I usually decrease the measurements by a quarter inch for each layer. After you make lots and lots of cards, the measurements become second nature. But…
It’s always good to have sympathy cards on hand and today I’m going to show you how to make an ombre sympathy card featuring Calla Lilys and the Stamparatus. Calla Lilys were named after the Greek word calla meaning beautiful and are associated with the Greek goddess Hera. Katharine Hepburn said it best about the Calla Lily in the movie…
I made these cute tea bag treat holders a while back for Mother’s Day and then recently to give as special “pillow gifts” when I went to Stampin’ Up!’s 30th Anniversary celebration. They really are sweet. If you have an envelope punch board, they are quick to put together. By request, I filmed a video tutorial on how to make…
Watch my video and see how easy it is to create multiple stamped images with the template technique using the Stamparatus. A brand-new tool I am absolutely in love with (and you will be too). The Stamparatus is a “stamp positioning tool” that helps you perfectly align stamp images, stamp multiples of the same project quickly and precisely, and get…
