12 Days of Sale

These might be the most exciting 12 days of December with select Big Shot dies and vinyl sheets for the Big Shot on sale! The 12 Days of Holiday Sales begin today and runs through December 22. But it gets even more exciting!  From 11 December until December 22, the Big Shot can be purchased for $20.00 off   the regular price!  This offer is available only through me –… Read More »

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Your Customers! There are only 15 days left until Christmas! Do you still have loved ones to buy gifts for?  If so, here are some last minute gift giving ideas. My Digital Studio is a great gift for teens! They'll love making scrapbook pages, cards, and calendars for friends using the simple software. Plus when you order this exciting software suite, you'll receive a free Décor Elements… Read More »

The Old and the New…..

Good Morning Stampers! Burrrrrrr… It's cold today – high of 22 degrees!  I guess it's not as cold as up north, but I am not used to this!  I'm originally from sunny Southern California and it's time like this that I miss that climate!  Today's card is a vintage type card.  I used the frame from the Charming Stamp Set that's on page 32 of the Holiday Mini.  It's also… Read More »

It’s time for another contest!

Good Morning Stampers! I've been given a challenge by my stamping coach John Sanpietro to come up with an article regarding customer questions and answers.  Your mission, should you decide to accept, will be ask me a question, any question, about Stampin' Up! techniques, tools, stamps, accessories, etc.  I am not looking for originality but commonly asked questions.  And I could have come up with the Q&A myself but I… Read More »

Branch Out

Good Morning Stampers! This is one of the stamp sets that will retire on 4 January 2009.  I cased this card from dbarry at SCS but as usual it wasn't a true case in that I changed a couple of things on the card.  Isn't that what casing is all about?  You find a card you like and you tweaked it here and there to make it your own. In… Read More »

Christmas Rose

Good Morning Stampers! I was digging through my paper looking for some Christmas paper and I came across this one. It's called Holiday Treasures and retired about a year ago (I think!).  I decided to pair it with the retired stamp set Christmas Cardinal which retired a couple of year ago.  I usually sell my stamp sets as soon as they retire (except for those that I can't bear to part with)… Read More »

Snow Swirled

Today's card is for Splitcoast Stampers Friday's LSC249.  The challenge is to create a white Christmas card.  I might have cheated a bit because it called for only white or clear embellishments and I used the gold elastic cord!  Oh well…  Another of my favorite type of cards – quick, clean and simple! I stamped the image  using the Encore Gold and then used the heat tool to hasten the… Read More »

Coming next month!

I am so excited about the clear mounted stamps coming out next month.  I've ordered some and am anxiously awaiting my shipment from Stampin' Up!  As soon as they get here, I'll be showcasing cards using those amazing new stamps.   Over the past few years, there has been enormous demand from demonstrators and customers alike for a line of repositionable clear-mount rubber stamps. Well, you asked for it, and now… Read More »

Merry Moments Ornament Money Holder

I've made a couple of gift holders for my grandchildren.  I've made two and need four more to go.  I saw the cutest ornament money holders on Lisa Eisner's (Princess Lisa) blog.  Lisa got the idea from Carolina Buchting (Carolina's Creative Pad).  Carolina has a video tutorial on her blog on how to make this cute money holder. I need to make six of these and I thought that the brown… Read More »