Looking for Quick and Easy card ideas? Sweet Shop hits the sweet spot! This is a new idea from Stampin' Up!: using stickers along with a coordinating designer series paper to create these cool cards in no time at all! Add some fun new ribbons and some new patterned brads to complete the ensemble. Aren't […]
You’re My Type for All ….Occasions Mini Catalog 2012
You're my type for all…… Occasions Mini Catalog 2012 begins today! Click on the link on the far column to view it online, or email me to request a complementary copy by snail mail! You're My Type is a great new stamp set in the Occasions Mini. Its perfect for that feeling of "nostalgia" if […]
Creative Stampin’ Up! Card Idea for a Minnesota Winter
2011 is drawing to a close. I will leave you this last post of the year featuring a creative Stampin' Up! card idea for a Minnesota winter. This is how it looks here today, except for the brown grass we have. (This was NOT a typical white Minnesota Christmas!) The trees are bare, the sky […]
Create A Special Hand Made Card for a Knitter
Have you taken a road trip lately? I mean a "real" road trip of several hundred miles. Earlier this month, Tim and I took a road trip with two other couples in a van from Minnesota to Arkansas to visit friends. These were our camping friends and we had taken many road trips earlier in […]
Stampin Up! Punch Stocking Builder is Retiring!
This announcement really surprised me! The Stampin' Up! Punch Stocking Builder is retiring – and I'm guessing that means the stamp set Stitched Stockings will go with it. They have been my biggest sellers from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The Punch is only available as long as supplies last, so if you don't already own […]
Mouthwatering Smelly Creative Card Ideas
Here is special reminder before the Mouthwatering smelly creative card idea below: More items have been added to the clearance rack including more designer series papers! One of my favorite designer series papers in on there: Celebrations($3.99) and the Celebrations accents (3.59). They are great for quick cards and for scrap booking. I also love […]
Handmade Gift Boxes
If you enjoy paper crafting, making the actual packaging for your gifts adds to the finished look. These hand made gift boxes can be made in any size and are perfect for jewelry or other small items. Here is a step by step video: Creative Paper Crafted Gift Boxes: 1. Measure the gift item to […]
Apothecary Art and the Labels Collection Framelit: My creative Christmas Card to You!
Here is my Christmas card to you! It uses the beautiful new stamp set Apothecary Art and the Labels Collection Framelits Die with the the Big Shot. The punched flowers and the "merry Christmas" stamp (from Petite Pairs) provide the finishing touches. Disclosure: I didn't even make this card. I just chose it to wish […]