Softly Falling Ocean Bubbles by Stampin Up

I love, love, love the new Softly Falling Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the upcoming 2015 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog.  The folder is meant to create an embossed snowfall, but I turned the cardstock upside down to create an underwater scene.  Instead of falling snow, the little white embossed images […]


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Spider Web Doilies from Stampin’ Up!

You guys are going to love the  adorable Spider Web Doilies from Stampin’ Up!  They will be available September 1st and are found in the new 2015 Holiday Catalog.  (If you would like a copy of the catalog, send me an email at [email protected] or leave a comment below and […]


Make Your Own Envelopes!

  Once you make your own envelopes with Stampin’ Up!’s Envelope Punch Board, it will be pretty difficult to go back to using plain envelopes.  Promise!  Look at this cute card and its coordinating envelope that I made with the Punch Board and the In-Color Envelope Paper from the 2015-16 […]

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Pretty Petals Butterflies

I am in love with the colors and patters that are included in Stampin’ Up!’s Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack. Remember the butterfly card I created and showed you HERE? This card is the exact same layout, but instead of using the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack, […]


Pretty Petals Mini Treat Bags

Stampin’ Up!’s Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack is fabulous!  The coordinating colors of Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron, and Pacific Point are so dramatic.  You can use embellishments to make the patters whimsical or high-fashion, whatever you prefer.  I have a flair for the […]

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Project Life by Stampin’ Up! Mini Album

I made these cute mini albums using the Moments Like These Project Life Bundle by Stampin’ Up! to swap at next week’s Stampin’ Up! 2015 Inspire – Create – Share event in Salt Lake City.  I am excited to attend and be a part of all the fun!  I have attend […]


Fringe Scissor Flowers

The 4th of July has come and gone, but these flowers that I made using Stampin’ Up!’s Fringe Scissors are as exciting as  fireworks!  The best part is that they are so easy to make.  I made mine using paper from the Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack and […]

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Color Combination Inspiration, Day 3

The color combination for today’s card comes from the palm trees that surround me every day.  Even though the trees on the this card aren’t palms, the color scheme is the same as the majority of the palm trees I see out my window. I love Stampin’ Up!’s Fringe Scissors.  […]


Color Combination Inspiration, Day 2 Plus Lots of Good News!

Yesterday, I told you how I “think in Stampin’ Up!” language.  The inspiration for that card came from my daughter’s apartment décor.  Today’s card inspiration comes from the colors in her bedroom here at home.  (How long do I keep an official bedroom for her at home?  This empty-nester stuff […]

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Color Combination Inspiration, Day 1

I have been a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator for so long that I find myself thinking in “Stampin’ Up!” language.  I associate the colors that I see around me every day with their closest Stampin’ Up! counterpart.  Last Sunday, I found myself telling my sister-in-law that I liked her “So Saffron” pants.  […]


Asian Paper Fan to Keep Cool

  A couple of weekend’s ago, we attended a beautiful wedding reception at a lovely place on the ocean.  Each place setting had a lovely paper fan incorporated into the decorations. When the event was over, I had the great joy of inheriting all of the fans.  I was thrilled!  It would have […]

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Paper Cake Treat Boxes Made Easy with Stampin’ Up!

When I made this paper cake several years ago, I remember thinking how cool it would be if there were a way to create each piece with the Big Shot.  With my paper cake, I had to print out each separate piece onto cardstock and cut them out by hand.  […]