Color & Contour

I wanted to share the Gold Gilding and thought this was a perfect stamp set to do it with. The flower stamp is a two-step stamp, meaning you stamp the stem and outline of the flowers and then stamp again to add the purple color for the flowers. For this project we stamped a third …

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July-December 2021 and August-September Sale-a-Bration Catalogs are Live!

  Yes, that’s right! It’s time for new fresh products! It’s time to plan Fall table decorations, thank you gifts, and Christmas cards. And best of all, Stampin’ Up! is offering a second Sale-a-Bration this year. Yay! In case you’re wondering, yes, it’s now August and I’m announcing the July-December Mini Catalog is out. Stampin’ …

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Party Puffins Fun Fold

I enjoyed making the Butterfly Brilliance Card and decided to use the same fun fold card design. It’s one of those layouts that looks fancy, but it’s really not difficult to do. I decided to simplify the design a bit more for this card. First, I eliminated the extra opening. It was like a second …

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Biggest Wish Birthday

This card is so simple to make! I used a tiny strip of Designer Series Paper from the Neutrals Collection. That paper pack has two sheets each of two double-sided designs in each of the 10 colors. You can make a bunch of cards from one sheet. We have stamp pads in each of the …

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Elegantly Said

I’m not usually one for elegance, but this suite is really beautiful! I used this design for a card for my sister’s 50th anniversary and it was perfect! The easel card layout is such a simple thing to do. In fact, I it practically qualifies as “#simplestamping. Sure, it’s got a couple of layers and …

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Artistically Inked

This was the suite in the 2021-2022 annual catalog that I fell in love with first. I love the watercolor designs in the stamp set and the Designer Series Paper and I love the detailed die cuts. I did not use the Designer Series Paper for this card though. I used the stamp for the …

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