Bright & Beautiful Handmade Christmas Card Ideas

With the Bright & Beautiful stamp set (wood-135026/clear-135029) from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog, it’s easy to come up with gorgeous handmade Christmas card ideas.  Couple it with the Stars Framelits, Brushed Silver Card Stock, and some frosted sequins and snowflakes, and you’ve got a dazzling combination! I used the Bitty Banners Framelits to […]

Adventure Bound Card

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Okay.  Not to toot my own horn, but seriously, how CUTE is this Adventure Bound card?!?  I just love how it came out. I had so much fun creating the look of an old worn and weathered wooden boat with paper punch art, complete with a vintage-looking porthole.  Wouldn’t this make a great graduation card, […]

Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes from the new Holiday Catalog is an exquisite stamp set with a wonderful sentiment.  You can see another Christmas card idea using this set here.  And the All is Calm Designer Paper collection… so lovely and tranquil… I love the colors! The color scheme for this card was Whisper White, Basic Gray, and […]

Handmade Christmas Card Ideas: Ornamental Pine

Here we are again!  It’s time to design our handmade Christmas card ideas.  The Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog is out, and it’s full of fun new toys to get those creative juices flowing. This handmade card design features the lovely new set Ornamental Pine, a very cool nature-themed collection.  I think it works well with […]

Happy Halloween Cards

Happy Halloween cards are easy to make with the Holiday Home stamp set (135025) and coordinating Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies (135857) from Stampin’ Up! These are just some of the fun new products you’ll find in the Holiday Catalog, which you can start ordering from on August 28th, just a few days away.  You can […]

Four Seasons Framed Art

This weekend my sister and her husband are moving into their new lakefront home.  It’s beautiful!  I wanted to make a quick gift for them, and since I never got around to using this frame I thought I’d so a four seasons framed art piece. Pressed for time, I whipped this up in a few […]

The Open Sea Retirement Card

Today we have a retirement card featuring The Open Sea and Maritime Designer Paper… a perfect pairing! I pulled out my Blendabilities to add some quick color to the world, ship, and anchor stamped images.  The greeting came from Itty Bitty Banners, and then I cut it out using my Big Shot and Bitty Banners […]

How to Make a Birthday Card

The secret of how to make a birthday card is to start with images that work well together.  Stampin’ Up! has taken the guess work out of that by creating sets with images that coordinate with each other.  That’s one of the main reasons I fell in love with Stampin’ Up! to begin with all […]

Birthday Card for Friend

Today’s card is a birthday card for a friend.  She’s one of my oldest and dearest friends, and though we never see each other anymore due to distance I love our chats over the phone. 🙂 Using the Back to Black designer paper really helped bring this card together quickly. I adore all the patterns […]

It’s a BIG DEAL! Big Shot Deal, That Is!

Purchase a Big Shot in August and you’ll receive your choice of one of the five stamp set/framelits bundles listed below FOR FREE! Already own a Big Shot? You can still purchase these designated bundles at an amazing 15% off! You won’t want to miss this opportunity, only available during August, as these bundles are […]