I made note card sets as gifts for my roommate and uplines at OnStage. The base is the container from the Love Blossoms Embellishment kit, and I wrapped it with cardstock and added some designer paper and ribbon. I added four watercolored notecards, using the stamp set “Helping Me Grow”. … Continue reading
OnStage starts today, but we did have a chance to visit Stampin’ Up!’s home office and distribution center in Riverton, Utah yesterday. With my teammate Carol Coy Not only is the facility beautiful, inside and out…check out the view! In the atrium I am looking forward to the start of … Continue reading
We have a sweet color challenge this week at Create with Connie and Mary. I started off with a nature set, but didn’t like the direction I was going. The end result?…a cake! Even the cake started out as one thing, and ended as another. I thought I would make … Continue reading
Today I am on my way to OnStage Live in Salt Lake City. OnStage Live is Stampin’ Up!’s convention. Demonstrators gather for three days to share their love of stamping. It is my first-ever convention; while I have been to other Stampin’ Up! conferences, I have never been to the main event … Continue reading
This is it – the last week of Weekly Deals. Stampin’ Up! will transition to a new way of making special offers after April 18. In the meantime, we have a big list of sale items this week. Please contact me if you would like me to order for you, or … Continue reading
This little owl is the critter that attracted me to the “Playful Pals” bundle, yet I didn’t get a chance to make him until now. I’ve made several other animals as I needed them, but I almost forgot about this little guy. Once again, I used the super-sized stack of … Continue reading
The stamps in “Botanical Blooms” are great for background stamping. I had some fun here with a color combination I found on Pinterest. It uses Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry and Pear Pizzazz. The sentiment is from “Suite Sayings”, and it is stamped on a piece of the Botanical Gardens … Continue reading
If you like layers, you are in for a treat. You just need to keep adding and adding to mimic this sketch. I didn’t want to lose too much of the background pattern, so I used a layer of vellum over the designer paper. Then I added some texture with … Continue reading
For Chip’s fans…it’s been a rough week for our Buckeye Inklings mascot. He is stuck in a cone after an emergency vet visit this weekend to treat an abscess. You can see why I am calling him “my sweet petunia”. There is just so much to love about this look … Continue reading
I love this cloud pattern from the Shine On specialty designer paper – it works so well with my sunburst today. I used the sketch at Global Design Project as my inspiration, but I had to turn it on its side so everything would fit. I used mats of Lost Lagoon … Continue reading