Hi Stampers Today I received a beautiful card from one of my blog readers, Lisa. I had ordered Princess House items from her and when she sent me the receipt, she enclosed the below card. I think it's called a shadow box card and it's simply gorgeous. It's Rich Razzleberry and Tempting Turquoise. You can't…
Hi Stampers I cased this card from a video on the demo only Stampin' Up! website. It was also in the latest demo only Stampin' Success Magazine. The technique is called double embossing and I'll be teaching this at the next New Techniques Class scheduled for 1 July 2011. I'll have all the information up on…
Hi Stampers Here's the card I was working on yesterday. Today's card features the Fancy Flower Stamp Set. I Love this stamp set and hope it doesn't retire come 1 July 2011 because it's one of my favorite even though I haven't used it very much lately. There are a lot of things going on with…
Hi Stampers My stamping coach, John, challenged us to use one of our oldest (current) stamp sets in our inventory. For me, it was a toss up between Sincere Salutations and Lovely as a Tree. I decided to use Sincere Salutations since it's always been a favorite and a "go to" sentiment stamp set. I…
Hi Stampers My BFF Becky from California has been visiting me this week. Since she won't be here for my New Techniques Class, I thought I would show her the Floating Reinkers technique today. She made her card from this sample – I think her card turned out so much better than mine! I…
Hi Stampers With the Fabulous Florets Stamp Set from the Summer Mini Catalog, you can create vibrant, lovely floral images for a card for a dear friend. For today's card, I've used this stamp set, the colors Pacific Point and Pear Pizzazz and the technique called the floating reinker technique. I tried to keep it simple…
Hi Stampers I am beginning to absolutely love this stamp set. It's the Fabulous Florets from the Summer Mini Catalog. At first I thought it was too modern for me but the samples I've seen out there just blow me away! I love that you can create vibant, lovely floral flowers with this gorgeous six piece…
Hi Stampers I hope everyone had a fabulous Mother's Day or even a fabulous weekend! I have been fooling around with one of the flower images from the stamp set Fabulous Florets and embossed several ones using Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Blushing Bride card stock. Most of the cards you've seen to…
Hi Stampers Today's card features the Nature Walk Stamp Set. It was in the Occasions Mini Catalog and I hope it makes into the 2011/2012 Idea Book and Catalog because it's one of my favorite sets. The floral image was colored in using the Garden Green and Pacific Point Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on…
Hi Stampers Hope every one had a wonderful weekend and were able to spend it with family and/or friends. A friend of one of my customers bought a gift certificate for my customers. I made the below card to go along with the gift certificate. The flower image from the Friends Never Fade Stamp Set was…