Author: rachel

  • Display Board

    Tomorrow is the "Big" day – it's our "Card for the Troops" event.  Our goal is to make 1,000 cards for the organization called "From Our Hearts".   I'll post some pictures tomorrow after the event. This is the display board that I'll have up at the event.

  • Halloween Brooch

    Hi Stampers I made this brooch last week to wear it during my October classes.   I wished I had found a smaller spider because this one seems to overwhelm the brooch.  I used the Flowers Folds Bigz XL Die for the brooch.  Shelly first wore one at one of the regionals about six months ago. …

  • Q&A – What Goes Into A Newsletter A monthly newsletter is a pretty standard part of just about any stamping business.  I'm often asked, though, what, exactly, goes into a business-building, revenue-generating newsletter? Here's a list of things to keep in mind: 1. Use a newsletter broadcasting service You should not mail your newsletters from…

  • FREEBIES!

    Hi Stampers Do you like FREEBIES?  Do you like getting exclusie free gifts.  Stay tuned for an exciting give away to my mailing list members only..more detials to come.  Sign up now for my mailing list: Sign up for my Email Newsletter For Email Marketing you can trust Privacy Policy – We will NEVER share…

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    Greeting Card Kids

    Hi Stampers  I could not let Halloween go by without using the Greeting Card Kids Stamp Set:  I'm usually not a cutesy type of person, but these images are adorable.   The cutesy images in this set seem to jump right off the pages of vintage storybooks. The base is Rich Razzleberry Card Stock which was fed…

  • Cards for the Troops

    Hi Stampers Today was absolutely beautiful!  In the low 70's – such a nice day in which to run errands.  Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to remind everyone in the local area about our card making event scheduled for National Card Making Day which is Saturday, 2 October 2010.  If you live in…

  • We have a winner!

    Hi Stampers The question was:  "How many Christmas cards do you send out  And are they handmade or store bought (gasp!)  It seems the majority are making handmade Christmas Cards and a few buy store bought (gasp!)."  Thanks to everyone who participated  The winner for the $25.00 gift certificate is: freida f (freida38801@yahoo.com) has left you…

  • QUOTE OF THE WEEK – The Importance of Marketing from Stamping Is My Business! by John Sanpietro "If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."  - B.C. Forbes

  • Card Making Craft Ideas – 6 Sources Of Inspiration That Are Often Overlooked

    Contest at end of this article By Poppy Hill Let's face it, when it comes to card making, we can all run low on inspiration sometimes.  So what do you do when that 'pool of creativity' dries up?  Struggle onwards? Most likely that produces some not-so-great cards right? Funnily enough though, your imagination can be…