A happy hello to everyone! I’ve been away from my stamp studio for the last few weeks due to my husband’s surgery, but I am back and ready to get creative. These Global Design Project challenges are a great way to get my fingers back in the ink. This week’s challenge is a Sketch Challenge:No one has to follow the…
On Fridays, I watch my niece after school We call these Fiona Fridays and it’s such a delight to have a cute and energetic playmate. Last week I picked her up from school and noticed she had on a fun shirt that reminded me of a butterfly die I have. I asked her if I could take her photograph because I…
I must be in the challenge mode this week because I am entering another one. The Global Design Project was created 39 weeks ago by a team of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators all around the globe. They team up and create challenges for fellow demonstrators – which really is a great exercise for those crafty brain muscles. Each week is a different…
I was lucky enough to be chosen for April’s OnStage Live Display Board to be a sample stamper and I am applying again for this November’s OnStage Local event in New Jersey. It was a wonderful experience to be chosen, participate and challenge my brain to design and create using new products and I would love to do it again.…
I have been busy preparing this first time event for you. I decided to combine two events into one on Saturday, June 18. Drop in between 10 am – 2 pm for this spectacular event. I’ll send you my address with your RSVP. I encourage you to bring a new friend and introduce them to stamping (no experience necessary). –…
Hello my friends! Today is a day many of us have been looking forward to: the first day of the new 2016/17 Annual Catalog! There are so many great things inside – 377 new products in fact! I for one have a very long wish list because I tend to want everything. It’s a good thing (for me) I receive a…
Stampin’ Up! Challenged us at OnStage to hold one more event a month from May – September. My extra May event is a Class-to-go. I know that not all of you are able to travel to my home for a class or have the availability, so here is a way to still take one of my classes. Your Class-to-Go kit will…
I have some more of my Display Board Samples for you to see. First, here is a photo of all of us who were chosen – quite a talented bunch and I was humbled to be among them. You can see the boards in our background. Sweet SugarplumFlirty FlamingoPeek-a-boo PeachDapper Denimand Emerald Envy These new colors will be available for…
While at Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage event last week, each participant was given the same new stamp set in their goody bag. It’s called Marquee Messages and it’s fabulous! This stamp set will work for many occasions and people, however, I think it’s THE perfect set for tweens and teens. Sometimes it’s just so hard to design cards for them. I…
Next week my niece is going to make her First Holy Communion. She is very special to me as we spend each Friday after school together and I have named them “Fiona Fridays”. She also thinks I’m famous because she saw some of my cards for sale at a local store. So, not to disappoint her and her card expectations,…
Are you interested to see some of what I saw at OnStage last week? Here are the two links to great presentations (full of stamping). http:// http:// Enjoy! Consider joining the Stampin’ Up! family so you can go to these live events with me.
I was lucky enough to preview the new 2016/18 InColors (because I made cards for the OnStage Display Board) and now I am able to share them with you. I am in love with them! Keep in mind, these are photographs of the printed colors from an OnStage display. The true colors are more colorful and beautiful. While making my…
It’s that time of year when the annual retirement list is announced. Today is that day. So many great products are being retired at a discount of 15-50% off (to make way for so many great new ones). Be sure to check the list against your wish list. Remember, products are while supplies last. If you see something you have…
Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage event begins on Thursday and everyone who is involved with Stampin’ Up! (whether going or not going) is excited for this big event. The suspense is building because the new 2016/17 Annual Catalog will be released and all the cool stuff it contains. Yahoo!!! It’s tradition for those going to bring little pillow gifts for roommates and…
What? There seems to be a National or International Day of just about anything and everything. April 5 was chosen the day of dandelions and, it just so happens that I made a card for a friend last month that featured a dandelion. I much prefer to celebrate them on paper than seeing them pop up in my yard. Tell…
As much as we wish we didn’t need them, it’s good to have both Sympathy and Thinking of You cards on hand. A nicely written note (and a nicely made card) can really make a difference in a time of need or sorrow. Join me at my next class where we will be making these cards. Sentiments are interchangeable so you…
I love how the box says “3 Years & Counting” because I look forward to my box each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is the solution to many of our issues: I don’t have enough time for a class, I don’t have a craft room, I’m not creative to think up my own ideas, etc, etc, etc. Paper Pumpkin is…
I had so much fun and was so busy chatting with everyone that I forgot to take pictures! 22 people came to my Open House and they each made 4 cards at the different stations I set up throughout my house. Everyone had a different favorite, which means I did a pretty good job creating (and case-ing). Lots of people…
In April I will be traveling to Salt Lake City, Utah with hundreds of other Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators for the first ever North American OnStage Live event. I was there a few years ago for Stampin’ Up!’s 25th Anniversary and I can’t wait to return and see what they have in store for us. I promise to share everything I…
