Category Archives: Children

Love Greeting Card Kids!

Does your desk look like this after you’ve made a card? I thought I was done with Valentine cards but I forgot one that I make for my granddaughter, Rachel, every year.  I use the retired Greeting Card Kids every year to send her a valentine card. Here are the cards I’ve made for Rachel in the past:         Save The little girl was stamped with Basic… Read More »

Little Cuties

All the images in the Little Cuties Photopolymer Stamp Set are soooo cute!  But my favorite one is the rocking horse image.   I started out trying to case the card from page 16 of the 2017 Occasions Catalog.  But I changed a couple of things along the way. This is what the original looked like: I used a non-SU embossing folder which gave the background a quilted look.  And… Read More »

Baby Bear at Christmas

New Host Code for December 2016 is:  6EJKTE7B Free Gift:  Hexagon Dynamic Embossing Folder (new from 2017 Occasions Catalog) End of Year Sale Before we get into today’s card, I like to show you a quick video of all my favorite stamp sets that are on sale and will retire (End of Year Sale). Today’s card features the oh so cute Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set.  I’ve always been a… Read More »

Snow Place – Stampin’ Up!

New Host Code and Gift Stitched From The Heart 25% Selected Stamp Sets Today’s post features the penguins from the Snow Place Photopolymer Stamp Set in the 2016-2017 Annual Catalog for a quick and easy card.   These guys are sooooo cute! The background is the Softly Falling Embossing Folder. The noses were colored in using the Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write Marker and the bows were die cut from scraps… Read More »

A Halloween Thank You

3 for 1 Designer Series Paper New Hostess Code and new free gift Clearance Rack – over a 100 new items were added on 13 September 2016 Blog candy coming – stay tuned! When I was in California, my sister gave me the below sign.  It reminded her of having coffee outside on the deck when she was visiting in Arkansas.  The sign was made by her son and my… Read More »

I’m Addicted to Doilies

I hope you are having an enjoyable 3 day weekend.  Since we are both retired, the days/weekends all seem to run together (LOL). This is from the SU Website – I have to admit I’m just as obsessed with doilies as this Artisan Design Team Member is.  I have shabby chic and, of course, that always calls for doilies! ~~Rachel I have a confession to make. It’s hard for me… Read More »

Pretty Kitty Stampin’ Up!

New Hostess Code Special Offers Bogo Paper Pumpkin Blog Candy   Today’s card uses the cute, cute Pretty Kitty Stamp Set. I stamped the kitty with Basic Black Archival Ink and then colored the image with Stampin’ Write Markers.  I used Smoky Slate for the Kitty, Pink Pirouette for the pot, Pear Pizzazz for the leaves and Flirty Flamingo, Soft Sky, and So Saffron for the flowers. I used the… Read More »

Cookie Cutter Halloween

  Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bogo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016   Sometimes I wonder where a word comes from.  I looked up “Autumn” and found this under MW. Full Definition of autumn 1 :  the season between summer and winter comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of September, October, and November or as reckoned astronomically… Read More »

Miss You!

I know this isn’t a Stampin’ Up! stamp – it’s a digital stamp image I bought from the internet – and I used it because I thought the dog & cat were sooo cute!   My granddaughter, Rachel, is away at summer camp for two weeks and I wanted her to know that the Brumley household misses her, especially her grandma! She loves my furbabies, Sofie and DD so I think… Read More »

Saying Good Bye to Swallowtail

Don’t forget May 22 is the last day Stampin’ Up! will manufacture our rubber stamps so when a stamp set sells out, it is gone!  If there are any stamp sets on your wish list, you need to get them now before they are gone. The Swallowtail Stamp has always been a favorite and I am sorry to see it go. I made this card for my daughter, Stephanie, because… Read More »