I used three new products on this card. “Sweet Stuff” lives up to its name with a handful of cute images and greetings. It seemed only right to pair it with “Sweet Taffy” designer series paper. The third item is the Polka Dot embossing folder – love those bold dots! … Continue reading
First, this week’s Weekly Deals… Wisteria Wonder 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon Item # 130017 Regular Price: $8.95 US/$12.50 CAN Discounted Price: $6.71 US/$9.38 CAN Natural 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon Item # 127844 Regular Price: $7.95 US/$9.95 CAN Discounted Price: $5.96 US/$7.46 CAN Epic Day Designer Washi Tape Item # 131269 Regular … Continue reading
Happy 200th challenge to The Paper Players! They are celebrating this week with favorite sketches from members of the Design Team. I chose Nance Leedy’s favorite. I used Back to Black designer series paper for the background pieces – isn’t the new designer paper great this year? With the bold … Continue reading
The fun thing about the Card in a Box cards is how unexpected they are. You pull this really plain, flat card out of the envelope, and then it becomes this: How clever is that? I made this one for the color challenge at The Paper Players this week. It … Continue reading
This is the latest in photopolymer offerings from Stampin’ Up! – Calling All Heros. Looks like fun!
I really love the color combination in the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary this week. These are colors that I incorporate into so many of my cards. I was torn between featuring the colors more prominently on this card and using the great new designer paper that was … Continue reading
This is one of the Card in a Box Cards we will be making in class this week. There are still openings in the 7pm class on Thursday and in the 10am class on Saturday. Details are under the “Events” tab above. These cards fold flat to mail and are … Continue reading
I get a lot of questions about the difference between our types of stamps (wood-mount, clear-mount and photopolymer), how they are stored, and how to assemble them. Stampin’ Up! posted the video I am sharing below which shows the differences. If you have a new catalog, I am sure you … Continue reading
The Paper Players challenge this week is a wedding/anniversary theme. I was inspired by the pretty Crisp Cantaloupe print from the “Lullaby” designer series papers to create this card for the challenge. It is quite simple, with the dsp and paper-piercing stealing the show. I need to remember to pierce … Continue reading
I am not sure how far in the past something has to be in order to be considered a throwback…but I showed similar confetti shaker cards made with the Polaroid framelit from “On Film Framelits” before Valentine’s Day (here). We typically need more birthday cards than Valentine’s Day cards – … Continue reading