Positive Thoughts

Today’s post features the Positive Thoughts Stamp Set. I’ve used this set before (once) and didn’t realize the coordinating dies included a gorgeous frame die! No wonder my husband says I have too many toys, ha, ha. The flower was stamped with Rich Razzleberry Ink on Whisper White Cardstock. It was then die cut with the coordinating die. The leaves were stamped with Granny Apple Green Ink. I did the… Read More »

Bye-Bye Whisper White

Stampin’ Up! announced this morning that the supplier’s mill producing our Whisper White Cardstock as permanently closed due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new Cardstock will be called Basic White! The quality of the new Cardstock was thoroughly tested by the quality assurance and product teams. It also tested very well with demonstrators and concept artists who gave it a huge thumbs up. With Whisper White going out… Read More »

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Today’s card features the Walk in the Woods Stamp Set. I love its woodland images and beautiful greetings and the hedgehog is sooo cute! I stamped the hedgehog image in Black Tuxedo Ink on Whisper White Cardstock. I then created a mask for it from a post it note and placed it over the image so I could stamp the mushrooms and grass. I colored the hedgehog with Crumb Cake… Read More »

HEE-HAW

Today’s card feature the Darling Donkeys Stamp Set from the Sale-a-Bration Brochure. This is one of the sets you can get for free starting in January 2021. I saw this card on Tina Wardell’s blog and knew I had to case it because it was sooo cute. I didn’t have the DSP she used so I made my own with the retired Brushstrokes Background Stamp. I stamped the donkey image… Read More »

Poinsettia Petals

The Year-End Closeout Sale starts tomorrow 8 December 2020. This sale runs through 4 January 2021 or until supplies are run out. To be sure that you get what you want, have your wish list ready and order as soon as you can. For all the details, please click here. Today’s card features the gorgeous Poinsettia Petals Bundle – it was cased from a card I saw on Pinterest. I… Read More »

Year End Closeout Sale starts Tuesday, 8 December

If you love great deals, our giant year end closeout event is the perfect time to shop. You’ll get deep discounts from your favorite products from the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog. The sale starts 8 December and I thought you might want a few extra days to study the list, check off the items you might want and to check your stock of Holiday catalog items! And as an added… Read More »

Throwback Saturday

We used to have a die (from Stampin’ Up!) for a Christmas stocking and I made a lot of cute stockings with it. I no longer have it so I took a template from Pinterest and made a stocking using all retired items. Hence the post heading! I plan on making several for my grandchildren. I’ll make it more masculine for the boys. These are a couple of stockings I’ve… Read More »

Gnome for the Holidays

Today’s whimsical Christmas Card was stamped with the Gnome for the Holidays Stamp Set by. It is such a cute little stamp set. I paired it with the Winter Woods Stamp Set and the Plaid Tidings Designer Series Paper. The image was stamped with Black Tuxedo Ink and then colored in using the following: Seaside Spray Stampin’ Write Marker for the outfit Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends for the beard Soft Suede Stampin’… Read More »

Poinsettia Petals

Our Poinsettia Petals Bundle makes coordination easy. Stamp & tool bundles help you quickly cut out stamped images for a single project or create multiples of the same project with ease. And the best thing is that it’s 10% if you purchase as a bundle! Send warm wishes from your home this season with cards you make using the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set. This set is simply gorgeous! I didn’t… Read More »

Peaceful Boughs

Today’s card features the Nature’s Beauty Stamp Set. This set was paired with the Peaceful Boughs Stamp Set to create a masculine Christmas card. I stamped the deer image with Early Espresso on Whisper White Cardstock. I added our Multipurpose Glue to the area at the bottom of the oval and then used retired embossing powder (can’t remember the name of it) to create the snow. I also randomly added… Read More »