Stamping through the catalogue are today showcasing the Autumn Expressions Bundle by Stampin' Up! A beautiful Autumnal set.
One of the latest kit releases from Stampin' Up!'s Kits Collection is the Expressions of Kindness Kit. And I have to tell you, it is one of THE most beautiful kits I've seen! The cards
Good morning, peeps! Well – today is the last week in my “term” as a Guest Designer at the Just Us Girls Challenge! Which is why I’m in your Inbox so early! Next Saturday…
Masks (the fancy Stampin’ Up! term for stencils) make coloring stamped images speedy and simple! I was truly WOWed with how quickly I was able to color the floral spray image from the Endurin…
It's quite remarkable how we're able to get intricate and delicate die-cuts with Thinlits dies. Did
August 7, 2024 Here is a quick little card with a fun technique called the Floating Strip Technique. So easy to do…take a look… I used one of the patterns in the Stampin’ UP! Thou…
Wow wow wow .. this new Thoughtful Journey specialty paper from Stampin' Up! on page 47, in the Thoughtful Journey suite is SO gorgeous!!! I loved using it for the backgrounds on my Layers of Beauty cards! Color combo for ink blending flowers/leaves above: Peach Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Shy Shamrock Shop the Thoughtful Journey paper online #163317 Layers of Beauty Mask & Blending Brush Video If you missed my video a couple weeks ago with instructions for using the Layers of Beauty masks with blending brushes to color these roses, WATCH
‘Sup, y’all? Having a good weekend? I hope so! If you were able to join me last night on my FB Live video – thanks for spending part of your long weekend with me! I surely do a…
Today's card is my Artisan Tip & Technique Project for June. I am demonstrating paper-piecing with die-cuts, using the Friends For Life Bundle, and Full Of Life Designer Paper. Paper-Piecing
I'm in love with Stampin' Up!'s Full of Life 6' x 6' Designer Series Paper. The vibrant, watercolored pages are filled to the brim with gorgeous colors that showcase the full spectrum of Stampin' Up!'s incredible colors. Here's a look at the designs and colors included in this pack of
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This easy color guide by Stampin’ Up makes color coordinating in crafts simple! Learn how to use the color wheel to find the best color combos for your next crafting project while exercising your own
Grab your 6x6 paper (I used Stampin' UP! Thoughtful Journey paper) and let's make these super easy cards that showcase both sides of the paper! I was inspired by Meg @lovenstamps! Simply take your 6x6 Thoughtful Journey paper and cut 3/4' off the top or bottom, then score at 2' from the left edge. SAVE that scrap, tear it and add it to the front as shown!! Glue to a 4-1/4' x 5-1/2' card base in a coordinating color. Don't Delay! And I know it's a 'dirty word'... but this Thoughtful Journey paper is currently on the LOW INVENTORY list
Are you ready for a sweet treat? I am still having fun making ice cream treats, at least the paper kind, with the Cool Treats Bundle. This sweet dessert was scooped up for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #305....
In this tutorial, you will learn how to cut patterned paper with your Brother Scan and Cut SDX125. You can follow along with whichever model of ScanNCut that you have. The patterned paper featured in this tutorial is Butterfly Bijou designer...
Happy Fall!! It's actually starting to feel like fall here... the leaves are falling already! Crazy! AND I hear that Pumpkin Spice Latte's are all the rage at Starbucks, so I thought this would be the perfect card to share with you today! This fun card features the new Stampin' Up! Merry Cafe stamp set, the Coffee Cup framelits and the Painted Autumn designer paper. I am including lots of tips and info for you in this blog post, I hope you find it helpful when creating your own Pumpkin Spice Latte card! Find all of the
Hello Friends Today it is all about the Designer Series Paper Animal Expedition. To see all the how to for this card make sure you scroll down. I have great tips for you how you to use the th
Ooh-eee! I love welcoming new In Colors to my craft room. Every year Stampin' Up releases a new set of five colors (called In Colors) that are trendy in fashion, home decor and marketing (you'll start noticing these colors everywhere). The five colors stick around for 2 years and sometimes
Shop Stampin' Up! Here Hi Friends! My project today is a Box I attached two Cauldron die cuts. It measures 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4". The inside box measures 2 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4". I used the Potions & Spells stamp set & dies Bundle, Greetings of the Season dies, Brights and Regals Designer Series papers. You can watch my Video Tutorial Here! I started with a piece of Basic Black Cardstock sized 7 x 3 1/8" I scored the 7" side at: 1 1/4, 3 1/4, 4 1/2 and 6 1/2" I scored the 3 1/8" side at: 1 1/4" To cut and put the box together you can watch my Video Tutorial Here. Below is a picture of how your Cardstock should look after scoring and cutting. I cut 2 of the Cauldrons from Basic Black Cardstock using the Potions & Spells dies. I attached one to the front and one to the back of the box with Liquid Glue. I cut the "Drips" out 3 times. Two from Granny Apple Green Cardstock and one from Granny Apple Green Bright's Designer Series Paper. I attached the Cardstock Drips to the front and back and then the extra DSP Drips to the front all with Liquid Glue. I used the Potions & Spells dies To cut all the pieces out. I cut the bases of the 2 Bottles from Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. I cut the inside of the round Bottle with Gorgeous Grape Regals DSP. I cut the inside of the Tall Bottle form Daffodil Delight Brights DSP. I attached the Bottle pieces together with Liquid Glue. I attached the Bottles to the Cauldron with Dimensionals. I wrapped my Candy Ghosts and a Fun Sized Candy Bar in a Cellophane Bag. I folded the bag over and taped it to sized then tied the top closed with some Striped Iridescent Ribbon. I cut a label from Pumpkin Pie Brights DSP using the Greetings of the Season dies. I stamped the sentiment "A Little Hocus Pocus" onto the label with Tuxedo Black Ink. I attached Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine to the label and tied it above the bow. For the final touch I added 3 orange Ombre Matte Decorative Dots to the left side of the box. You can shop for your Stampin' Up! supplies with Me Here. Supplies: Potions & Spells stamp set & dies Bundle Greetings of the Season dies Brights Designer Series Paper Regals Designer Series Paper Basic Black Cardstock Pumpkin Pie Cardstock Tuxedo Black Ink Striped Iridescent Ribbon Lemon Lolly Baker's Twine Ombre Matte Decorative Dots Liquid Glue Dimensionals Tools Simply Scored Take Your Pick Tool Thank you for visiting my Blog today. I hope you enjoyed my Cauldron Box. See you next time! Love & Hugs, Cathryn
We made this adorable cards at my November card clubs. They could choose between Christmas & birthday. I love it when products are this versatile! The Sending Cheer stamp set and dies are on the Last Chance list now and both are reduced in price! Originally this bundle was $53 but now it's just $38.40! The stamp set is $14.40 and the dies are $21; they do have to be purchased separately to get the discounted price. I'll start with...
Cardmaking MOMENTS Cardmaking helps us celebrate meaningful relationships. After all...The best MOMENTS happen with the people we love. <3 By Type FREE
This masking and Sponging Tutorial shows you how to create depth and texture when using rubber stamping in your card making.
I love to collect and use Stampin' Up!'s Designer Series Papers. What a great way to find inspiration for our projects! The colors and patterns pair perfectly with other products we love. Since the Harvest Meadow Designer Series Paper first became available in Stampin' Up!'s July - December 2021 Mini
Hi friends! It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch! As always, you're free to play along with any papercrafting products your heart desires and enter as many creations as you like. Use the sketch as inspiration for your creation, then come link it up below so I can come take a look! The linky for this challenge will close on July 26, 2020. I have included dimensions on the graphic later in this post, but feel free to change them up to suit your needs. I had to take a peek back to see if this sketch had been used before, and was surprised not to see it. The two crossed panels is kind of my go-to start to a card, especially with patterned paper. I typically use a circle as the focal point, but decided to switch to a square for a change. The stamps are from the new Summer Fruits set from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I had a lot of fun coloring them with Copics, then playing around with some new to me papers from Echo Park It's actually a patriotic pad, but totally made me think of picnics and cherry picking, The sentiment is masked off to use just par and I added the missing you from the Rose Banner set above. Alrighty, now it's your turn! I hope you enjoy creating with this sketch! Thanks so much for stopping by! Please join me for Mojo Monday! Click here to enter If you shop through the affiliated links below I get a small percentage of the sale price at no cost to you! It's not a lot, but it does help pay the monthly fees for the linkup widget for Mojo Monday and other web and email services that help me keep Mojo Monday running smoothly! Thanks so much! 💙
I have a fun fold card pattern to share today, and I hope you will find some symmetrical beauty in this card design. This fun fold is called a Mirror Fold because it has […]
This is the 3rd page we made at Scrapbook Class last month. If you'd like to see the other 2 pages we made at class, you can check them out here. We start our page with a Mint Macaron base, then added lots of Tip Top Taupe accents. These are just 2 of our new In Colors - if you love these colors (along with Cucumber Crush, Watermelon Wonder and Delightful Dijon), you might want to consider joining the In Color Club. It's a great way to get all of our products in the In Colors (ink pad, ink refill, marker, paper and ribbon!) on a budget each month!! 2015-17 In Color 12x12 Card Stock 138340 $10.00 Next, we added a couple of strips of the Tip Top Taupe printed Designer Series Paper (from the 2015-17 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack). I love all of the patterns in these new DSP Stacks - aren't those flowers and polka dots so cute?? We also added some of that gorgeous Tip Top Taupe 1" Dotted Lace Trim along the bottom of our page. This ribbon is so much fun to play with!! Then, we stamped our flower (from the Best Thoughts Hostess Stamp Set) in Mint Macaron ink and fussy-cut it out with our Paper Snips. You, too, can own this beautiful Hostess Stamp set - either by joining the Inky Hands Stamp Club or Memory Keepers Club or by becoming an Inkspired Stamper. 2015-17 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack 138432 $22.00 Tip Top Taupe 1" Dotted Lace Trim 138422 $6.00 Best Thoughts Hostess Stamp Set wood-mount 139234 $14.00 Hostess Best Thoughts Hostess Stamp Set clear-mount 138700 $10.00 Hostess Paper Snips 103579 $10.00 Finally, we stamped "The best is yet to come" (also from the Best Thoughts Hostess Stamp Set) and die-cut that piece with our new Lots of Labels Framelits. This piece was layered on top of another Tip Top Taupe piece also die-cut with the Lots of Labels Framelits. Lots of Labels Framelits 138281 $27.00 If you'd like to join us at our next Scrapbook Class, we meet the last Tuesday of every month anytime from 4-9pm. The next class is on Tuesday, August 25. We make 3 pages each month (a 2 page spread and then a single page spread that will coordinate with the single page spread for next month). You can either pay a flat $15 fee, or your class is FREE with an order! Just let me know if you'd like to attend the next class! Better yet, join the Scrapbook Club and make a 36 page album - learn about all of the details on this club here!! I hope you were Inkspired!
October 2021 Here is a fun way to use Designer Series Paper to make four fun cards! PLEASE NOTE: The Designer Series Paper is “HEARTWARMING HUGS” not Trim the Town- I had that cardboard…
Hello, Every month I participate in a card swap activity and last month challenge was to create a masculine waterfall card. The true is that I struggle with masculine projects. Why this is so challenging? Anyway, I decided to use “Lovely as a Tree” and sentiments from “Timeless Love”, “Floral wings”, “Age Awareness” and “For the new two” ... Read More about Masculine waterfall card ♥ Lovely as a tree Stampin Up
On Thursday I shared a simple card with the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper, a pack of 12' x 12' printed papers with a fantastic mix of fun and gorgeous patterns. You can see that post here. I love the mix of retro and soft images in these papers -
"Bokeh" (the way a camera lens renders out-of-focus points of light) is one of the hottest visual trends in design right now. I've seen it on TV and in magazine ads. And paper crafters
As most of you know by now, Stampin' Up! has decided to stop supporting My Digital Studio after May 31st of this year. While this does not meant that you can no longer use it, it does mean that if you have a problem with it, you will not be able to get assistance. Tami at MDS Monday had been working on making some videos to help you back up your software and downloads. You can view them at the MDS Monday blog under the Video's and How to's tab. For those of you with MDS who love it like I do, here is my plan. I am going to back up my files just in case. Then I am going to continue to use it as I have been for a few years now. I looked into some other software and found that there is a lot of good stuff out there, but since this is working for me, I am not going to get rid of it just yet. When the time comes, and I need to switch, I plan on switching to the My Memories version 6. here is a link. The My Memories company is the company that made MDS for Stampin' Up! and works most like MDS. There are a few issues though. They do not have the same print options that Stampin' Up! does. For example with MDS you can make a card and then choose to print 4 to an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet, or you can choose to print two to an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet, cut in half, or you can print one to fold in fourths. Also, My Memories does not have Stampin' Up! colors pre-programed, and as I like to make hybrid cards, that is important to me. However, there are work arounds for all the issues. Another Stampin' Up! demonstrator Janine Tinklenberg has make a list of all the Stampin' Up! colors and their RGB codes , You are wonderful Jan!! I will add them to the bottom of this post. In the mean time, I will keep on creating wonderful pages in MDS and see how it goes. Be sure to check into backing up your files just in case! And I plan to keep on posting pages and sketches here and I'll see if that is helpful to anyone. I am working on compiling a list of printing options for the MDS Monday site and I will keep you updated on that as well.
June 24, 2020 I played around with the Whale Done Bundle yesterday, and thought I would share a 6 x 6 One Sheet Wonder ensemble with you! Using one 6 x 6 piece of the Whale of the Time Designer Ser…
There are two important parts to today's post. First I'm sharing some color combinations with a Fall-favorite, Cajun Craze. Then I'm sharing the items in my 2017 Christmas Ribbon Share - please don't miss both! Crazy About Cajun Craze Cajun Craze is a shade of clay-red in Stampin' Up!'s Regals
Stampin’ Up!’s Be Merry Designer Series Paper, from the 2017 Annual Catalog, is filled with great images and patterns for almost any Christmas card you want to make. While there are pa…
Want to make your stamped flowers look vibrant? Try these stamp layering techniques and color combinations. They make beautiful paper crafts!
Welcome back to Sunday Stamps! A big thank you to everyone who played along with our color challenge. This week we have a fun sketch for you to play along with. Sketch by Melissa Challenge Guidelines Feel free to use any brand of product you have. Please Link up a new project created for this challenge (no back links). Feel free to combine our challenge with up to FOUR other challenges. We reserve the right to delete any links that do not adhere to challenge rules. Please provide a link to us or use the graphic above in your post. Have Fun!!! The challenge will end on Friday May 12th @ 6pm EST. Amy Koenders Annette Elliott Claire Broadwater Deb Horst Heather Heroldt Heidi Baks Lisa Johansen **Off this week** Melissa Grant Stef Perry
