Do you ever want to make a card but struggle with where to start? Using a sketch to jump start your creativity is a great place. Sometimes looking at a layout with no actual stamped images gets your brain in motion and gives you a great creative idea for a card. Having a fun sketch to work from is a great starting point. The SUO (Stampin’ Up! Only) Challenge has a fantastic fun sketch that got my creative juices flowing and led me to this card.
Read MoreIf you follow my blog, you have seen cards that I post to various challenges, and today I’m playing along with a new one. I have seen cards posted to the Fab Friday Challenge in the past, but this is the first time I decided to play along, and it is a great one. Here is the card I made to share.
Read MoreI have had fun making some #simplestamping cards with the retiring In Colours. Today my card combines my two favourite retiring In Colours, Lemon Lime Twist and Fresh Fig, along with one of my favourite fun stamp sets, This Little Piggy. I’m so happy that this stamp set will still be available when the new annual catalogue comes out. It makes great happy and fun cards.
Read MoreIf you follow my blog, you have seen that I am celebrating some of the soon to retire In Colours. Today I have another #simplestamping card for you in Lemon Lime Twist. This is one of my favourite In Colours, and I will be sad to see it go. The blow has been softened a little though, with the new Granny Apple Green that Stampin’ Up! introduced in last year in the colour refresh!
Read MoreWe are moving close to the end of the Stampin’ Up! catalogue year, and that means the 2017 - 2019 In Colours will be retiring soon. I wanted to celebrate some of these colours, starting with Fresh Fig, and some simple stamping. Anyone can make beautiful hand made cards, using very few products, creating quick cards to send to friends and family.
Read MoreToday I am celebrating another In Colour that will be retiring soon, Berry Burst. I had the perfect opportunity to really showcase this colour for the Global Design Project challenge this week.
Read MoreIn my post on Thursday I mentioned that I was using up bits and pieces of card parts at my Girls Get Away Weekend (GGAW). Some of the bits I gathered had been waiting for a while to be turned into beautiful cards, and have actually retired!! No worries though, they still make lovely cards.
Read MoreI hosted a Girls Get Away weekend in March, and we had a blast! It is a great time for socializing, crafting, girl fun, and just general de-stressing from our busy lives. Everyone brings whatever craft they want to work on, and we share ideas and inspiration. We have lots of scrap bookers, card makers, those that knit, crochet, read, do flower arrangements, and we had our first quilter at the event in March! It was a wonderful crafting weekend, and I’m already looking forward to the next one.
Read MoreSpring is in the air - - at least the last few days, although I suspect we will have some more cold weather and probably some more snow. But let’s not think about that for now. Instead, let’s think spring and pretty colours. That’s what I did as I created this card.
Read MoreI’m off to the Spring Stamp-a-Stack, and I’m totally excited!! We will enjoy a great afternoon of crafting and socializing as everyone makes 16 beautiful hand made cards.
Read MoreThere are dog people, and there are cat people, and there are those that love both. I like dogs, but I am definitely a cat person. I have owned cats for most of my life, and love their unique personalities. My cat Pogo is a beautiful Siamese cat who turned 18 last month. He certainly has a personality, and for the most part he is the boss in our house! He gets pampered and catered to, because after all, he is old!!!
Read MoreDid you love to colour when you were young? Do you still love to colour? Maybe you haven’t done it in a long time, but it is really very relaxing and therapeutic. Stampin’ Up! has lots of different ways we can colour, each giving some different results, and different kinds of fun.
Read MoreAs a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I get to hang out with some pretty awesome people. One of the demonstrator groups I belong to shares creative ideas as well as business tips, and we like to challenge each other in our crafting.
Read MoreThe Global Design Project has a sketch challenge this week that I am wild about!! I love the layout and decided to be wild with it. Okay, changing from landscape to portrait may not be all that wild, but I wanted tall trees for my jungle so decided to switch it up a bit.
Read MoreHave you collected all the SAB goodies you want? There are only a few days left to get all the great stamps, papers and embellishments being offered for free with any $60 order. Here is a card I made with the beautiful By The Bay stamp set I got Free with my order.
Read MoreI’m behind on sending some thank you’s to customers that have placed online orders recently, so I got down to work as I need to get caught up. Here is one of the cards I made to coordinate with an order for the Classic Garage Suite products.
Read MoreRegistration is open. Don’t miss this fun event!
Read MoreThat’s right, it’s spring . . . well at least on the calendar!! This is the time of year where we do get some lovely sunshine and warmer days, letting us know we are past most of the winter, and warmer days are coming. Where I live we will still get some more snow, but I do love those warmer days we are treated to. My card today has a real spring feel to it with butterflies and flowers.
Read MoreJoin me to make a stack of greeting cards so you won’t miss any upcoming occasions!
Read MoreIt’s almost Spring, and soon (we hope) the weather will be warm enough for the motorcycles to come out of winter storage. I don’t ride, but MSH (my sweet husband) does, and I know he has a buddy at work that wants the snow to go away and the nice weather to start so they can ride together. It is those thoughts that inspired today’s card.
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