Homemade Valentine Ideas
Next week (January 3rd) begins Stampin’ Up!’s new Spring Catalog. In it are lots of fun new products for your homemade Valentine ideas. This romantic greeting card would also make great hand made wedding cards and anniversary cards. I started with a base of Very Vanilla card stock. All the designer paper comes from the […]
Best Christmas Cards
As you might imagine, I receive the best Christmas cards! Here’s a really cute Christmas card design. I love the colors, and I like the horizontal element of the card. And look how little card stock you need for the base! Very clever.
Rubber Stamp Class
Some members of my team and I did a few holiday shows this year, selling handmade cards and gift items. Here’s a cute tea caddy that was made by one of my team members, Donna Watts. Isn’t it adorable? She used retired designer paper on it. We will be making this unique gift idea in […]
Designing Your Classes
In the coming weeks I will be designing your classes for next year. Is there something in particular you’d like to have a class on? Some ideas could be: cardmaking techniques scrapbooking instructions card folding techniques mini album ideas unique homemade gifts 3D projects Big Shot class digital class paper punch art These classes will […]
Friendship Greeting Card
On this friendship greeting card I’m highlighting some strips of designer paper featured in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Spring Catalog, Tea For Two. The greeting I used is from Tea Shoppe. It was cut out using the Big Shot and Labels Framelits. The ribbons are 1/2″ Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon and the 5/8″ Victoria […]
Handmade Christmas Card Ideas
For more handmade Christmas card ideas just put “Christmas card ” in the search box top right, On this simple card I used the Holiday Collection Framelits Dies to cut out the trees from paper included in the Snow Festival Designer Paper collection. These were mounted on pieces of Whisper White card stock that were […]
24-Hour-Only Door Busters!
The Online Extravaganza begins today, just in time for the holidays! And don’t forget about our 24-hour-only door busters — 20 percent off the Big Shot, Doctor’s Bag, and Simply Scored Diagonal Plate — today only! The 24-hour sales period on these three products will go through 11:50 p.m. (MT) today, November 19. See what […]
Wedding Money Gift Cards
Make some wedding money gift cards to give as gifts. This is a different take on one of the cards we’ll be making next weekend in my Unique Thank You Cards Class. I used the Fan Fair Designer Paper on Island Indigo card stock, which coordinates with the bride’s color scheme. I think the subtle […]
Unique Thank You Cards Class
I’m busy designing cards for my Unique Thank You Cards Class next weekend. This is my first one. I may redo it using Pretty In Pink as the base, but I do like how it turned out. This card features the First Edition Specialty Designer Paper, one of my very favorites, and the Windows Frames […]
Top Note Homemade Gift Tags
There have been so many announcements from Stampin’ Up! lately that I haven’t posted a sample in quite a while. So today I thought I’d showcase the homemade gift tags we did at our party yesterday. This cute gift tag uses the Top Note Bigz Die and the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine to cut out […]