Fun fact: “There’s only about 10 or 12 yellow cardinals in the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada in any given year compared to 50 million or more red cardinals. Though yellow cardinals have been spotted in several states, including Alabama, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the probability of you spotting one is 1 in a million! I wanted to use the Toile Christmas Stamp Set one more time before it retired but… Read More »
The So Cool Paper Pumpkin Kit is a little taste of summer fun, with enough supplies to make 12 shaped cards with coordinating envelopes. Six card bases are popsicle shaped, the other six are semicircles: three watermelons and three rainbows. The kit also includes two full-size, matching sticker sheets, die-cut accents, fun embellishments, and more as well as it coordinates with the Ice Cream Corner Designer Series Paper. This DSP is… Read More »
It’s Monday and time for a masculine card. For today’s project, I’m using the soon to be retired Snow Front Stamp Set. This card is for a dear friend who lost his wife to COVID-19 a couple of months ago. He and my husband, David, belong to a group of older hikers who get together once a month to hike the Ozark Highlands Trail and overnight camping. The group gave… Read More »
As a lover of all things purple, today’s card created with the gorgeous Stampin’ Up! Hydrangea Haven is one of my favorites! The gorgeous, gorgeous Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper is retiring soon. For a pop of color, I used the equally beautiful Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass Acetate which is also retiring. To begin with, I stamped the floral image twice with Highland Heather Ink using the Stamparatus. I then colored it lightly… Read More »
With the 2021-2023 Annual Catalog comes the new 2021-2023 In Colors. New product is always exciting, but new colors to create with is even more exciting!!! These five new colors will be available in the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and will be around for two years. They’re available in ink pads, cardstock, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, and embellishments!! Let’s take a closer look at the new Stampin’ Up! 2021-2023 In Colors.… Read More »
The gorgeous Floral Essence Stamp Set will be retiring this year. I paired it with the Rococo Rose Cardstock which is one of the 2019-2021 In colors so it will also be retiring. The floral images with stamped with Rococo Rose Ink onto Basic White Cardstock. I stamped it off once because I wanted a lightly colored image. I stamped the center with Bumble Bee Ink; also stamped off. The… Read More »
It’s that time of year…time to get your hands on a new copy of the 2021-2022 Annual Catalog and I’m really excited for what the new year has to bring! And I know that you are desperately waiting for your copy as well! So here’s the scoop. All of my customers that have placed an order in the last 12 months are VIPs and will get a complimentary catalog, no… Read More »
It’s Monday and time for a masculine card. I’m beginning to realize that I do not have a lot of masculine stamp sets in my stash. So I’m using the same set that I used for my other grandson, Troy. Here’s the one I made for Troy The one below is for my grandson, David. I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black, colored the body with the Ivory Stampin’ Blends… Read More »
My husband and I went for a hike yesterday and the weather was gorgeous! My two favorite seasons of the year are Spring and Fall. But I love Spring the most of all. It means the days are warmer, the flowers have started to bloom, there are baby animals everywhere and it’s baseball season. For today’s post, I decided to use one of the cute images from the Springtime Joy… Read More »
It’s Saturday and it’s beautiful outside. We are going on a short hike later today because it’s such a nice day! Now on to our sketch and card for today’s post. For the background, I used the A Season for All Seasons Designer Series. This DSP is on sale for only $6.50 while supplies last. This is the sheet I used from the gorgeous DSP. The image is a digital… Read More »
