Lovely as a Tree

Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bogo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016 Colors Used on this Project Pool Party Soft Suede Very Vanilla   Finally had a chance to make one of my all time favorite type of cards – Shabby Chic!  This type of card does not appeal to all people but it has always been my favorite.  I… Read More »

Cookie Cutter Halloween Stampin’ Up!

Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bogo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016 Colors Used on this Project Whisper White Pumpkin Pie Basic Black Rich Razzleberry Today’s card features the Cookie Cutter Halloween Stamp Set again.  I told you I loved this and the Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp Set!  These images are sooooo cute! I can’t believe I misplaced the Cookie… Read More »

Bits & Pieces

I have a lot of pieces from various projects in a box and am always going to get to make a card.  This will motivate me to do something with those pieces!! ~~Rachel Bits & Pieces There’s an old proverb that says “Seeing is believing.” In other words, one needs to physically see something before it can be accepted as real. I truly wouldn’t have to see it to believe… Read More »

Basket of Wishes

Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bogo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016 The Holiday catalog goes live on Thursday, 1 September.  Some of you have received the catalog and the others will go out tomorrow.  If you have not received your by Friday, please let me know and I’ll get one out to you ASAP.  If you haven’t requested one… Read More »

Watercolor Stamping Technique

Personally I’m a huge fan of watercolor techniques, and luckily there are many different techniques to choose from. Today I’m going to use the “watercolor stamping technique.” This is an easy technique which you can use for big background stamps like the one I’m going to use today, the Diagonal Stripe Stamp Set (item 141917). I started out with three different colors per card. For the blue one I picked Night… 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 »

August Paper Pumpin: Bold Botanicals

The Paper Pumpkin Kits just seem to get better and better!  Check this out. ~~Rachel We couldn’t wait for our subscribers to see this kit! We were so excited that we decided to reveal part of it at the beginning of the month. We don’t always do sneak peeks because we don’t want to spoil the surprise, but it’s fun to do a little teaser sometimes. We let our Facebook… Read More »

Wetlands – Stampin’ Up!

Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bingo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016   Colors Used on this Project Sahara Sand Bermuda Bay Early Espresso This card is for my nephew, Tom,  who loves to surf!  Since we no longer have a surfing stamp, I thought I would make one using the Wetlands Stamp Set and the Serene Scenery Designer Series… Read More »

A Holiday Catalog project video for you

Don’t forget: Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bingo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016 Create custom tags for gift giving using the Here’s to Cheers Stamp Set. Combine it with the Cheerful Tags Thinlits Dies for simple crafting! Learn how you can combine these products for quick tags. SHOP ONLINE: If you need any supplies, please click on the graphic… Read More »

Halloween Scares

Don’t forget: Redeem your Bonus Days Coupon Codes New Hostess Code for August Bingo Paper Pumpkin Thoughtful Branches Special Offers coming 1 September 2016 Colors Used on this Project Pumpkin Pie Basic Black Smoky Slate I love the whimsical houses in the Halloween Scares stamp set. I used the retired Brayer Tool adding the Basic Black Archival Ink to our Smoky Slate Card Stock.  I can see by the streaking… Read More »