Happy August!

Yippee skippee!!! It is now August 1st and the rest of the Blendabilities alcohol markers are now available. I used a couple of the newly released ones on this card that I created for a sketch challenge that is on this week. I definitely need to keep experimenting...

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Designer Paper Sale Final Days

We are now in the last two days of the Designer Series Paper sale from Stampin' Up! This sale is a fantastic way to build out your stash of papers for use in your projects in the coming year. For this sale, for every three packs of the regular DSP (not Specialty...

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Swoosh this!

I created this card while experimenting with my new Work of Art stamp set that came out in the new catalog. I have seen some super creative things made with this set and I really look forward to doing more with it. One of the nice things about this card is that it is...

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Product Review: Fast Fuse

In the new big catalog Stampin' Up! introduced a new type of adhesive called "Fast Fuse". When I first heard about it I kinda wondered why they did this because we already have a really great selection of adhesives already. I decided to order one to try...

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Flower Patch day 5

This is the last of my cards in the Flower Patch blast that I'm doing this week. I created this card for a demonstrator swap for the new catalog. I really enjoy participating in swaps because I get some great project ideas and samples for a wide variety of stamps....

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Flower Patch day 4

Welcome to day 4 of the "Flower Patch" blast! This card is a bit more involved because of the cutting for the layers of the flower. I used the coordinating Framelit to cut out the bottom layer, and used scissors to fussy cut the other two layers on the...

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Flower Patch day 3

Welcome to the third day in the week-long blast focused on the Flower Patch stamp set. This card helped me to fall in love with Blackberry Bliss which is one of the newest In Colors. It is such a deep, rich color and it is just gorgeous paired with Mossy Meadow here....

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Flower Patch day 2

Welcome to day 2 of my Flower Patch series. This card doesn't even have a single flower on it - what's up with that?!? This card was probably about as challenging to put together as the one that I shared on Monday. The only thing that made this one a teensy...

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Flower Patch day 1

I decided to focus all of my posts this week on a single stamp set. I'm hoping that this will help show the versatility of the set and perhaps provide some inspiration along the way. Frankly, this was a tip that I found on a site with suggestions for crafting...

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Wishing for the sea

I created this card the other evening so I could participate in a sketch challenge this week. The challenge is for a Stampin' Up! demonstrator group that I belong to, and I'm very happy that I was able to meet the deadline. I typically don't have my act...

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