Valentine for a friend

We made this card at the January stamp club meeting. One of the members requested Valentine cards for that meeting, and I was happy to oblige. This card is nice and quick to put together, but it certainly doesn't look like you skimped on the effort at all. I love...

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Fun Fold Hello

This pretty card features products that are in the main catalog and a super-cool Thinlet die that Stampin' Up! released in August, after the catalog came out. This one was created using the Label Card Thinlet die, and there is also a Circle Card Thinlet die. The...

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It’s time to Sale-A-Brate in 2014

This annual Stampin' Up event started yesterday, and it is the BEST time in the catalog year! Every year, as we settle into the reality of a long cold winter (especially here in VT), Stampin' Up! makes special, limited time only products available to those of...

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Peaceful Christmas Wishes

I admit that I adore the tri-shutter card design; the cards take a bit longer to create, but I'm always delighted with the results. This year I had to create a few special, religious cards, and this stamp set was absolutely perfect. What better wish for someone...

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Sending Joyful Wishes

When I am designing a card I look in lots of different places for inspiration, especially on the interwebz. Sometimes I find color combinations that I like, sometimes a sketch is a great fit for a stamp set I want to use, and sometimes I come across a card design that...

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Punch Board Gift Card Holder

I am absolutely in love with the Envelope Punch Board!  For those of you who don't know, it is a new product that Stampin' Up! released back in October. This cool new tool is so incredibly easy to use and it is pretty inexpensive, too. Every time that I...

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Embossed Christmas x 2

This is yet another card that I created for the December stamp-a-stack. This one features the two types of embossing, and they are both gorgeous. The background is dry embossed with a beautiful embossing folder from the Holiday Mini catalog and the greeting is heat...

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Peaceful Dove

I always love the sentiment "Peace on Earth" for holiday cards, it is really what we are called to strive for, isn't it. This card features a stamp set that came out in the Holiday catalog, and I really hope that it comes back again for next Christmas....

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Another Christmas Star

Banners are the hot trend this year, and I've seen lots of card designs using them. I have seen so many sketches for cards using a trio of banners in the upper left corner that I used that element to design my own pretty simple card. I created this card as a...

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Happy Christmas Star

This is the second (simpler) card that I created for the October Stamp-A-Stack. The only stamping was the star and the greeting, the rest was pretty darned quick assembly. I have thoroughly enjoyed using the star stamp as a focal point image for several holiday cards...

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