Home to Roost with Grapefruit Grove Foil ~ Free from Stampin’ UP!

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019Leave a comment

Today I am pairing 2 of the Sale-a-bation items onto one card. The Home to Roost stamp set has proven to be a very popular choice, due mainly I think to that very handsome rooster stamp. If you really look at the set though it has 4 very useful greetings as well as a ‘bunch of grasses’ which are so very peaceful looking.

I think we all love to get something for FREE and from January 3rd thru March 31st Stampin’ UP! are offering some really beautiful products that you can get for FREE with each $50 you spend on Stampin’ UP! product….. read on for more information 🙂

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Hello Cupcake Stamp Set ~ Free from Stampin’ UP!

February 16, 2019February 15, 2019Leave a comment

One of the FREE sale-a-bration stamp sets available is Hello Cupcake, it has the cutest cupcake image with three greetings and I shared a card using it a few weeks ago. You might not want to use the cupcake everytime – so I have made an alternative card using the same set which could be a birthday card although I might just use it as an any occasion card ‘cos you can send sweet wishes to just about anyone ~ just because you can 🙂

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Lovely Floral Embossed Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheet ~ Free from Stampin’ UP!

February 12, 2019February 10, 2019Leave a comment

On Sunday I shared a card with a tiny little sample of one of the foil sheets that are one of the FREE Sale-a-bration goodies currently available. Today my card features the other color available in the pack ~ Lovely Lipstick, which has given me a chance to show you how this foil can be embossed with an embossing folder along with your Big Shot.

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Home to Roost meets Crackle Paint ~ Free from Stampin’ UP!

February 8, 2019February 4, 2019Leave a comment

OH OH this is such a fun stamp set, I just love that rooster, this would make a great card for the fellas in our lives!

I made the card using another of the items we can get for FREE – it is the Home To Roost Stamp set, and I have paired it with the Crackled Paint Background Stamp from the 2019 Occasions Catalog.

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Itty Bitty Happy Birthday ~ Video

February 6, 2019February 4, 2019Leave a comment

The Itty Bitty Birthday Stamp Set has just about as many different ways to wish ‘Happy Birthday’ as there can be. Rather than choose one of the stamps I used about 4 – 5 of them on today’s card.

Although I have chosen to use different shade of blue this would work in pinks, yellows, greens et al, and still make a great card for both adults and children.

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Soft Sayings Card Kit

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019Leave a comment

I usually share cards that I have created from scratch, but there are times I need a card quickly and no time to work thru a design, choose my colors and embellishments – so that is where an all inclusive card kit comes in so very handy.

The Soft Sayings Kit contains the supplies for 20 cards ~ 2 each of 10 designs, an exclusive stamp set, clear block for those stamps and an ink spot for stamping your cards. I have made one of each size to share with you but will leave making up the others until I need them and choose the greeting to meet the need at the time.

This kit would also make a great gift for a friend or family member who would like some handmade cards to send but may not have the room to be able to create from scratch, and the kit come ready gift packaged in its own decorated box!

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Rooted in Nature Waterfall Card & Video Tutorial

November 12, 2018November 6, 2018Leave a comment

At the end of October I shared a Halloween card we made in my monthly card class using the Waterfall Fold and promised to share a video – today I make good on that promise.

Plus I am doubling up and making it a guy card as well! I figure the fellas in my life would get a kick out of the mechanism that makes the waterfall work!

Once again I have fallen back on the Rooted in Nature Stamp Set – it is just so perfect for the fellas but I need to think of a way to make a more feminine card with it ~ well that has set me a challenge hasn’t it?

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Pop of Petals with Vellum and Wink of Stella Technique

September 20, 2018September 19, 2018Leave a comment

I have been using Vellum Card quite a bit in my projects recently and I wanted to show how it can be stamped on and used as an embellishment as well as a layer. As so often happens when I am creating I ‘lost’ something on my workbench (of course it was right under my nose!) but I spent a few minutes searching for it and came across my ‘Wink of Stella‘ ~ now that is something that I have not used for some time.

Along with the Pop of Petals Stamp set, I used both of these beauties to create today’s card. If you scroll down a little way you will also see the video showing how I used the Wink of Stella on the Vellum.

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Hello ~ Accented Blooms

July 17, 2018July 16, 2018Leave a comment

Summer is well and truly with us here in North Texas – we are forecast for 100F+ for the next 10 days. My garden is looking a little parched despite the fact I am out watering at 7am every day!

One thing that will not fade away in the heat is the lovely flowers that are part of the Accented Blooms Stamp Set. I have used So Saffron, Pool Party, Powder Pink and Pear Pizzazz to watercolor my flowers and they are still as vibrant as the day I painted them.

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Pop of Petals – making the stamp set and punch work together video.

July 7, 2018July 7, 20182 Comments

Oh………… I have a new color combination that I have fallen in love with…………. Soft Sea Foam and Gray Granite, both are new members of the SU color family and they go together so very well.

I have a number of wedding anniversaries on the horizon and wanted to make some cards ready to send, I also wanted to use one of the new bundles that was on the first order I placed after the new catalog went live on June 1st – Pop of Petals – a stamp set of the same name and the Four Petal Flower Punch.

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