Category Archives: Animals

Nuts about Squirrels – a cute card for you

Who doesn’t love these cute adorable whimsical squirrels from Stampin’ Up! I do, I do! I happen to love all the whimsical images in this year’s annual catalog and mini catalogs! I absolutely adored the Counting Sheet Stamp Set and dies from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure and I hope they bring it back for next year’s annual catalog. For today’s card, I’m using the Nuts About Squirrels Stamp Set. I still… Read More »

Counting Sheep and Counting the Days

The star of today’s show is the Counting Sheep stamp set with the matching Sheep Dies.  Each of these is a free Level 1 ($50) selection in the Aug – Sep 2021 Sale-A-Bration catalog.  Spend $100 (before shipping & tax) and you can get them both!  But you must hurry because Sale-a-Bration ends on 30 September 2021! Only available for six more days. This was such a fun and easy card to make… Read More »

Penguin Playmates

Today’s card features the delight, adorable playful penguins, polar bears and other small creates from the Penguin Playmates Designer Series Paper. Are they not the cutest? Did you know you can get this DSP for FREE with a purchase of $50? And you can purchase the coordinating stamp set Penguin Place from the July-December Mini Catalog. And there is a coordinating punch – how cool! I always enjoy using images… Read More »

Nuts About Squirrels!

Today’s post features the cute and adorable Nuts About Squirrels Stamp Set. I think this is one of the cutest stamp sets in the catalog. It has a two step process which lets you add color and texture to your. images. I was drawn to this whimsical set because my husband (like so many others) has a hate/love relationship with the squirrels in our area. We have gone through so… Read More »

Peekaboo Farm

Have you seen the farm animals in the Peekaboo Farm Stamp Set? They are simply adorable! Don’t you agree? I selected the cute, cute cow for today’s post. In addition to the Peekaboo Farm Stamp Set, I used the Buffalo Check Background Stamp for one of the layers and used the Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set for the grass at bottom of the stone fence. The cow image was stamped with… Read More »

Last couple of days for Zany Zebras

Usually I start my post with “Saying Goodbye to ___ ____ Stamp Set” and make plans to sell these items after the new catalog goes live. In this case I’m keeping these little fellows because they are so stinkin’ cute! There are several whimsical stamps that I keeping such as Darlin’ Donkeys, Wildly Happy, Special Someone, etc. I’ve always bee a shabby chic type of person and love flower stamp… Read More »

Masculine Monday and sneak peek at Etched in Nature

It’s Masculine Monday and time for a manly card! For today’s project I decided to case from the catalog using the new Etched in Nature Stamp Set. This was given to all participants in the On-Tour live event this month. Since I did not purchase the Beauty of the Earth Collection during pre-order for demonstrators, I decided to make my own background using a new 2021-2022 In Color called Soft… Read More »

A Yellow Cardinal? Wait, what?

Fun fact: “There’s only about 10 or 12 yellow cardinals in the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada in any given year compared to 50 million or more red cardinals. Though yellow cardinals have been spotted in several states, including Alabama, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the probability of you spotting one is 1 in a million! I wanted to use the Toile Christmas Stamp Set one more time before it retired but… Read More »

Cuteness Overload with the Springtime Joy!

My husband and I went for a hike yesterday and the weather was gorgeous! My two favorite seasons of the year are Spring and Fall. But I love Spring the most of all. It means the days are warmer, the flowers have started to bloom, there are baby animals everywhere and it’s baseball season. For today’s post, I decided to use one of the cute images from the Springtime Joy… Read More »

Saying Goodbye to Zany Zebras!

It’s Fun Fold Friday! For today’s card, I’m featuring the adorable, whimsical cute Zany Zebras Stamp Set. I simply adored this set but didn’t use it enough and now it’s going. The fun fold is called “Z” fold. I paired it with the True Love Designer Series Paper. This DSP was a black and white pack and the flowers in it were perfect for coloring. This DSP will be retiring… Read More »