Author: Jennifer

  • Botanical Blooms Birthday Card with Fun Front Edge

    Botanical Blooms Birthday Card with Fun Front Edge

    When I saw the Botanical Builders thinlits, I knew that while the flower dies were cute, the edgelits were awesome!  That is the vine looking die that is long and skinny, because what it does is make cool edges for your cards!  Just like this card here: Now, I can’t take credit for this card…

  • 20 Card Ideas using the Hello Life Project Kit from Stampin’ Up!

    20 Card Ideas using the Hello Life Project Kit from Stampin’ Up!

    Do you ever look at the Project Kits that come out and think,”That is cute, and I like this and that piece of the kit, but I won’t use the completed project when I’m done.”  I was like that with the Hello Life project kit, until recently when I saw the idea to turn it…

  • Pieced Washi Tape Technique Card Idea

    Pieced Washi Tape Technique Card Idea

    So, I remember when I won the Bear Hugs stamp set at the Stampin’ Up OnStage event in November.  I saw the stamp set and thought, “eh, it is cute enough but I don’t know that I would ever use it.”  Turns out, I LOVE grabbing these super fun bears and the different pieces are…

  • Sweet Spring Card with the Drapery Fold (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

    Sweet Spring Card with the Drapery Fold (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

    So, this was a card that I did at one of my monthly card classes and I LOVED playing with the Drapery Fold technique.  This was a new technique for many of my stampers and I promised to put together a video tutorial to help share the dimensions and remind them how to make the…

  • Congratulations Card for my Fun n’ Crafty Stampers!

    Congratulations Card for my Fun n’ Crafty Stampers!

    So, I’m off with my hubby on an amazing adventure to the Mediterranean – the Stampin’ Up grand vacation cruise!  The grandparents are staying at our house to watch over kitties and kiddos, and I’m so excited to be headed off on this adventure!  PS – I don’t expect to have much access to the…

  • Bloomin Heart Love Note

    As I’m racing to finish up final packing and blog post scheduling (plus new video tutorials too!) I wanted to quickly hop on to share a card that I totally thought I had shared a while ago, but apparently didn’t!  It is an easy card that takes advantage of some of the fun stuff you…

  • Bright and Cheery Thinking of You Card with Kind Koala

    Eek the countdown is racing towards when I head out on the trip at the end of the week!  But I have so many projects to share with you that I’m working furiously to get them written up into blog posts so you will continue to have lots of fun ideas and inspiration (and sneak…

  • Beautifully Vintage Beautiful Bunches Birthday Card

    I’ve been sharing this card in my card classes this month and it just makes me so happy to see and everyone has loved it!  So I had to make sure to get it posted so you could enjoy it too… especially before many of the items used in the card retire (or sell out)…

  • Fun with the Sunburst Die & NEW Class by MAIL!

    While I was at my Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend a few weeks ago, I ran a fun class that was all about the Sunburst thinlit die and 5 different techniques you could use with that die!  It was super fun and everyone loved seeing some new ideas for how to create with this die!  So,…

  • Quick Congrats Notecard with Balloon Celebrations and Gold Wink of Stella

    Sometimes you need a quick card for some event and you want it to be cute but not take a lot of prep of supplies.  Well, check out this card that I have for you today that is PERFECT for using up some scraps and can easily be turned into a congrats, thank you, OR…

  • Another Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend is in the Books!

    So, you see… back in October of last year, I thought it was a BRILLIANT idea to run my next Northwest Crafty Escape Weekend (the twice-a-year retreats I hold in Bellevue, WA) in April, the weekend IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the Stampin’ Up OnStage event in Salt Lake City.  It will be fun, I said!  I’ll have…

  • Enjoy the Little Things Card with Botanical Gardens

    So, by now you’ve heard (and probably seen) the retiring list from Stampin’ Up of which things are going to be discontinued at the end of May.  If you can believe it, some of the items have already started selling out!  Just so you know – you SU fans like me – here is what…