Category Archives: Feminine

Have a Perfect Birthday with Blessings of Home

This beautiful set is from the Stampin’ Up! annual catalog for 2022/2023. With floral bouquets that resemble a pencil sketch and uplifting, all-occasion sentiments, this set is a unique find and will bring a smile to the recipient 😊 I stamped the image with Basic Gray Ink onto Basic White Thick Cardstock. I then colored in the floral image with the following Light Stampin’ Blends: Pale Papaya Fresh Freesia Soft… Read More »

Hues of Happiness for a Forever Friend

Today’s card features the absolutely gorgeous Hues of Happiness Designer Series Paper. Didn’t want to cut into to it but I did!😊 Did you know that the you can die cut the leaves and flowers from the DSP using the Blossoming Happiness Dies! No fussy cutting for this collection! This canvas-looking paper features illustrated and painted flowers on one side with all-purpose patterns on the other side. Designed to represent… Read More »

Friends Forever with Cottage Rose

Let your positivity, joy, and celebration blossom with the Cottage Rose Stamp Set. This classically beautiful set features six versatile, all-occasion sentiments and four detailed floral designs. With images of varying lengths and sizes, this stamp set is perfect for cards, notes, and tags. The main image was stamped directly onto the Heart & Home Designer Series Paper using Tuxedo Black Ink. Did you know that this gorgeous DSP is… Read More »

Sneak Peek – Wonderful World Bundle

We all have those creative “dead zones”. We need a card quickly, our stash is empty, and we’ve got zero ideas. No need to panic; that’s where “casing” comes in. My “go to” for casing is the Stampin’ Up! catalogs. Their pages are filled with beautiful samples and they are there for you to use as is or change it a little to make it your own. The card I… Read More »

Blessings of Home for a Perfect Birthday

So, I was in a mood to make a shabby chic card and wanted to use the color “Misty Moonlight” in it. But I forgot I sold the cardstock, ink and marker because it retired! And, yes, I sell everything once it retires because I want to be able to buy the new things in the catalog without digging too deeply into my own pockets. Can you relate? For the… Read More »

Happy Birthday Cissy with Fine Art Floral DSP

I’ve rejoined Stampin’ Up! YAY! 💃 So if you don’t have a demonstrator and would like to order any products, please let me know. I would love to be your “go-to” person! Here’s my link in case you are interested. Thanks Friday was my granddaughter, Felicia’s birthday. I just found out that day that we were taking her out to dinner. I was busy all day and didn’t have the… Read More »

Happy Birthday Stephanie with a Fun Fold Card

Today’s card is for my daughter, Stephanie’s, birthday. She is an avid reader like me and I thought that the In the Moment Stamp Set would be a perfect birthday card for her. The images include 3 women relaxing by looking at the landscape with a glass of wine , one looking out the window, or (my favorite) reading with their furry friend. I finally used up all the Pansy… Read More »

Have a Perfect Birthday My Friend

Today’s card was created in response to Challenge Sketch #11 from Kristina Rees. I used the Beautiful Moments Stamp Set with the greeting from the Blessings of Home Stamp Set. My BFF’s (since high school) birthday is coming up and I thought this would be the perfect card for her. When you mind draws a blank and you are out of ideas, a sketch challenge may be for you to… Read More »

And the love only grows!

This Treasures of Life Stamp Set retired last year but this is the first time I’ve used it. I paired it with the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper because I love the soft colors in this. This set is one I will not get rid of. Grandparents stamps sets from Stampin’ Up! are far and few in between and I’m hanging on to this one. The image was stamped with… Read More »

Happy Mother’s Day to my Beautiful Daughter Stephanie

Today’s card is for my daughter, Stephanie. I used the Art Gallery Stamp Set again just to show how versatile this stamp set is. Here’s the post for the other recent card. I also used the coordinated Floral Gallery Dies to die cut the floral images and leaves. The instructions for this card will be going out on Tuesday, 10 May 2022. If you would like a copy, and are… Read More »