Tag: jennifer blomquist

  • Sale-a-Bration KickOff Cards–Sweet Sorbet, Banners, & More

    You may have noticed that earlier this week, was the start of Stampin’ Up’s big spring promotion – Sale-a-Bration.  It is a really fun promotion that basically gets you free stuff no matter what you do!  You can pick free goodies from the special Sale-a-Bration catalog when you order $50 or more, get extra hostess…

  • Sale-a-Bration Starts Today!

    Today is the day… it’s Sale-a-Bration Time! This is the biggest promotion of the year for Stampin’ Up! They have specials for everyone, whether you are wanting to add to your crafting supplies by ordering, hosting a party, or getting it all by joining Stampin’ Up!  But best of all, there is the catalog full…

  • Sale-a-Bration Starts Tomorrow with a Party!

    I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Stampin’ Up’s most anticipated promotion of the year starts tomorrow!  That’s right, it’s Sale-a-Bration time! Come by the blog tomorrow for all the details and see what free stamps, embossing folders, punches, banner kits, accessory packs, and more that you can get with a $50 order! Or, join…

  • Background of Butterflies using Wheel Stamps

    Today’s card share is an idea for how to use your wheel stamps.  It is a simple idea and just involves using a jumbo wheel to create a background for your card.  Hope you like butterflies! In this case, I wanted to use the Butterfly Collection Jumbo Wheel.  I thought it would be a great…

  • Fringed and Fabulous Birthday Card

    Today, the design team over at Stylin’ Scrappin’ Inkspiration decided to do a post sharing ideas using the upcoming Sale-a-Bration items (if you have no idea what that means, Stampin’ Up has a promotion every spring – this time starting January 28th – where for every $50 you order, you can pick any item in…

  • Make a Wish–Neutrals and Gold Birthday Card

    So, if you saw my blog post from yesterday, I shared a card that used the Oval Framelits to cut out a frame to highlight some vellum in the center of the card.  The frame effect was really cool, but I was left with two, pretty big ovals when I was done.  Wanna see what…

  • A Golden Anniversary Card

    Have I mentioned that I’m finally falling in love with this Gold trend?  When I had a chance to sit down and play with my new stuff for an afternoon recently, I found that I kept reaching for my Gold Foil paper or the Gold Vellum.  Given that this is the girl who ALWAYS prefers…

  • My Sweet Sanded Valentine

    I needed a card last week for my stamp club and I was getting stuck in a rut with always turning to flowers to stamp with.  But then my friend, Annie, came over and reminded me about the cute designer frames embossing folder set and I saw my Love You More stamp set and suddenly…

  • Birthday Celebrations with a Treat Topper and Card

    Earlier this week, Nicholas (my now 4yr old) had the chance to celebrate his birthday with his Preschool class.  It’s a special circle time they call a “Birthday Circle” and they all sit around and the birthday child can have mom/dad/siblings come in for the circle while they share photos or something special about each…

  • Gray and Yellow Colors Make Elegant Cards

    I needed a quick card recently and I felt like I was getting into a rut with the layouts I had been designing so I started flipping through my designer paper and tried to find a design that called to me.  In the end, I decided to play with the Eastern Elegance designer paper. I…

  • Happy Watercolor Leadership Swap Card

    I’m trying to get back in the swing of things and thought I’d share the card I created for a couple swaps I’m in.  I loved this Happy Watercolor stamp set and thought I’d experiment with some different color combinations.  What I used:  Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, and Real Red So,…

  • You Did It! Winning Craft Wars: Paper Pumpkin Card

    If you were reading my recap of Leadership, I mentioned a fun activity they ran over the course of the conference.  They called it “Craft Wars: Paper Pumpkin”!  Now, I’ll admit, I haven’t ever watched Craft Wars but I get the general idea (or at least have a guess). You have a pile of miscellaneous…