Clean and Simple Congrats Card with Pleasant Poppies and Hey You
Remember how I told you that stamp sets on the retiring list were now while supplies last? Well, on a whim as I was getting this blog post ready, I thought I would check out how the stamps were doing and discovered that the Pleasant Poppies stamp that I used for this focal point on…
Stampin’ Up Display Stamper 2014 Submission
So, every year I go to the Stampin’ Up convention… and every year I’m blown away by the amazing ideas and inspiration on all the different display boards. (To see what I’m talking about, here are a few past posts I’ve done showing the display boards.) Well, this year they are doing a call for…
Black & White Negative Heat Embossing with Pleasant Poppies
I have had a card pinned on Pinterest for ages that used this cool split image with one half one color and the other half a different color. So, when I was working on cards for my embossing class, I just had to give it a try and my Pleasant Poppies stamp set was the…
Waiting for News on the Stampin’ Up Blendabilities?
So, I’m delaying my originally planned post for today until tomorrow. So in the meantime, I wanted to share some news I just learned and remind everyone that there is only 5 days left for the Super Starter Kit deal! And, after I tell you about the Blendabilities news… you are really going to want…
A Fun Pop-Up Card with Swallowtail Tutorial
When I was at convention this year, Shelli showed off some cards that had neat pop-up effects. Once of the cards that really struck me was a cool card that used the Swallowtail butterfly to create a surprise pop-up on the inside of the card. I thought it was extra cool because when you look…
Thank You for an Awesome 2012 and now on to 2013!
We did it… we made it through 2012 and now can cheerfully welcome in 2013! Its amazing to me how something so relatively simple (flipping a page on a calendar) can lead to such a re-energizing feeling! But before I get to excited and enthusiastic to stride into the new year, I have to look…