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 »

Hello Harvest Meets Whimsical Kindest Gnomes

I used the Kindest Gnomes and Hello Harvest Stamp Sets to create today’s cute whimsical happy birthday card. I made this card in response to a Wednesday’s challenge by Kristina Rees to make a birthday card. The background DSP is from the Harvest Meadows Designer Series Paper. I also used it for the Crush Curry pattern paper from that DSP for the gnome’s hat. I first stamped the gnome image… Read More »

Hello Harvest Stamp Set Slim Line Card

Fall into autumn with the Hello Harvest Stamp Set. The autumn images include a pumpkin, leaves, sunflowers, and flourishes. But that’s not all. It also features greetings that work for fall and Thanksgiving, plus all-occasion words and phrases you can use any time of year. I was cleaning out the area where I store all my envelopes and I can across some retired Stampin’ Up! envelopes that measured 6 3/4″… Read More »

Peaceful Deer for Christmas

I love quick and easy Christmas cards. The Peaceful Deer Stamp Set and Deer Builder Punch by Stampin’ Up! creates a nature filled center fun fold card that is really easy to make. I used the Painted Christmas Designer Series Paper as a background for the card. Here’s the sketch I used to make the card. The deer was stamped with Early Espresso Ink onto Basic White Cardstock. They were… Read More »

Gorgeous Leaves make a Wonderful Fall

Today I am sharing a fall/autumn card using the retired Gorgeous Leaves Bundle. Do you know that fall is just around the corner? It’s hard to think of fall leaves, sweaters, hot chocolate and sitting around a fire toasting marshmellows when it’s 100 degrees outside!🥵 I used Night of Navy Cardstock for the base card with Merry Merlot Cardstock for the next layer. The background panel is Very Vanilla Cardstock… 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 »

Stylish Sketches Stamp Set for a Friend

I’m using the Stylish Sketches Stamp Set for today’s project. You can get this free during Sale-a-bration (August-Dec 2022) with a qualifying order. These artistic stamp images look great as outlines, but you could also try coloring them with Stampin’ Blends for a more dramatic look. Well, I’ve had an exciting (certainly not boring) couple of weeks since I last posted. On Wednesday, 5 July, I went in for a… Read More »

Happy Birthday Rachel – Sweet 16!

Today’s card is for my granddaughter, Rachel, who turned sweet 16 today! I didn’t have an age appropriate SU image to use so I decided to use one of my digital images I’ve collected over the years. I did use Stampin’ Up! cardstock, blends and dies to complete the card. All the supplies are listed below. This is the inside of the card. Thanks for stopping by today Colors Used… Read More »

2022 Mini Catalog and what I love

It’s time to reveal My Favorite Things from the Stampin’ Up!2022 Mini Holiday Catalog. MY FAVORITE SUITES Easy to start with suites: Stampin’ Up! offers carefully styled product collections for every occasion. Each suite includes stamps, tools, paper, and embellishments to help you create the perfect, coordinated look for your projects in color palettes you’ll love. You can select individual products or purchase the full collection—either way, suites make it easy to… Read More »

July – August Mini Catalog and Sale-a-Bration Catalog is live!

So much going on today, a new month, new mini catalog, Sale-A-Bration has started, a beautiful planner…Eek! I am so excited that you can start ordering all the amazing new products in the catalog like I have for the last month. To view the mini catalog, click here: To download the sample recipes from the mini, click here To shop with me, click here We have a stunning variety of… Read More »