Make a Perpetual Birthday Calendar

Perpetual Birthday Calendar As we approach the end of another year (thankfully) let’s prepare for next year by making a fun and easy perpetual birthday calendar!  My tutorial for the perpetual birthday calendar uses two items from the upcoming Sale-a-Bration brochure.  You can earn both the Berry Blessing stamp set […]

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Gift Card Box Template

Gift Card Box Template This gift card box template project is a little strange looking, isn’t it? You’ll have to watch this week’s video to see how I came up with the gift card box template for my YouTube video tutorial. You can find the PDF template for the gift […]


How to Line Up Two-Step Stamps the Easy Way

How to Line Up Two-Step Stamps the Easy Way What is two-step stamping?  It’s certainly not a dance that you’ll be seeing in the next season of Dancing with the Stars!  Two step stamping is when there are two stamps that compliment each other and that look best when they […]

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How to Make a Candy Wrapper Box

How to Make a Candy Wrapper Box I can’t believe it’s December!  I remember towards the end of 2019, I kept saying that I couldn’t wait for 2020 to arrive.  Well, three months in to 2020 I was regretting my wish.  But we made it through.  I hope you have […]


December Reward Code

December Reward Code Hi Friends! The new reward code for December is posted on the right sidebar and on the “Rewards” page.  Be sure to enter it when you place an order between $25 to $149.99 from my online store. The code is BN6CMMDZ.  Have fun shopping!


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How to Make an Explosion Card

How to Make an Explosion Card If you haven’t yet figured it out, I’m obsessed with the Snowman Season stamp set from Stampin’ Up!  I’ve made several designs with the set, and in my latest YouTube video I show you how to make an explosion card with just a few […]


Triangle Fun-Fold Tropical Christmas Card

Triangle Fun-Fold Tropical Christmas Card I live in sunny south Florida, so I wanted to create a tropical Christmas card.  I made a triangle fun-fold tropical Christmas card with Stampin’ Up!’s Poinsettia Petals Bundle and the Playing with Patterns Designer Series Paper. I posted a video tutorial to show you […]

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Side-Hinged Fun-Fold Card!

Side-Hinged Fun-Fold Card! Hi Friends!  Today I’m showing you how easy it is to add some pizzazz to your greeting cards by changing things up a bit and incorporating a unique card fold.  The side-hinged fun-fold card is really easy and the best part is that you can make a […]


Christmas Gift Card Holders

Christmas Gift Card Holder – November Card Class in the Mail – Five Cards/One Easy Layout Order Now Until November 7th 11:59 pm Eastern Hi, Friends!  Since we don’t know when we’ll be able to meet again in person, I’m excited to announce that for the next few months, I’m […]

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Stampin Up Builder Punch Hack!

Stampin Up Builder Punch Hack! If you have any of the Builder Punches from Stampin’ Up!, you already know that it’s pretty much impossible to stamp the coordinating images in the exact place to line them up with the punch.  I created a short video to show you a builder […]


Slimline Card and Envelope

Slimline Card and Envelope Hi, Friends!  Have you seen the trendy new slimline card layout?  Join my Tuesday night, October 27th, at 8pm eastern for the “almost live” YouTube video tutorial.  I’ll show you how to easily make a slimline card and envelope using the Snowman Season stamp set and […]

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Snowman Season Spinner Card

Snowman Season Spinner Card Join me on YouTube for this week’s “Almost Live” Stamping with Charlene, where I will show you how to make this adorable Snowman Season spinner card.  The card uses the Snowman Season Stampin’ Up! stamp set and the Snowflake Splendor Designer Series Paper.  The color combo […]