Category: Stampin Up

Paper Pumpkin ~ 25% off !!

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Wondering how to live a more creative life? Do these questions come to mind?:

  • I want a creative escape but I don’t have a lot of time.
  • I’m not sure I’m ready to commit to papercrafting, but I want to try it.
  • I love to create but I don’t always feel creative.
  • I need some fresh project ideas.
  • How can I craft when I don’t have all the “crafting stuff” I need?

The answer ~ Join Paper Pumpkin! First-time subscribers get June, July, and August kits at 25% off.

Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up! just celebrated its 3rd birthday and I have been a subscriber since DAY 1.  Why, you ask, would I subscribe to a monthly kit when I have stamp sets,  tools and supplies  to create my own?  ……………. read on…….
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Decorated Candle ~ Stampin’ Up!

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Oh! this was a day I promised myself during tax season ~ to simply play with some card and ribbon and have  a good ol’ footle. (an expression my dear Aunt used to do something without a particular purpose but simply to DO!)

During a visit to Lansing MI back in February I saw a fellow papercrafter had decorated a candle and I was so taken with it I wanted to have a go myself.
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Welcome to your New Home ~ Stampin’ Up!

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My niece in the UK,  is about to move house again! Her husband is in the British military and this will be their 5th move in the nearly 7 years they have been married.

Moving  is an exhausting business ~ to pack up then unpack, not only physically but emotionally.  When we moved about 3 years ago I did the ‘grieving’ part of the move while I was removing all our personal items before putting the house on the market, by that time it was not longer our home but a house, when it came time to leave I was ready.  Knowing all of this  I wanted to send her a card to let her know I was thinking of her.
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Now which adhesive should I use?

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Stampin’ Up! offer 8 different adhesives – which one should you use?  After all glue is glue is it not?

Well yes, but not all glues will work on all occasions – you need to use the right adhesive for the job you want it to do.  Some projects require a good strong adhesive such as assembling a box others require something a little more refined – like attaching a small embellishment.
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Special Reason and Stylish Stems

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Today’s post uses one of the bundles from the Occasions Catalog which will be retiring on May 31st – so there is still time to get it!

It was a really overcast and dull day and I had it was one of my rare days off from the tax office.  I needed some brightness and sparkle in my day so headed straight for the glimmer paper – you might need some sunglasses for these ones as they have a lot of sparkliness! (its a word…. honest!)

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New Babies –

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Last October we got some new neighbors, a delightful young couple who told us they had just found out they were expecting TWINS! …….. and she seemed so calm and collected about it!  They arrived in mid-April ~ a little girl and a little boy.  My grandmother used to refer to this as a ‘pigeon pair’ I had no idea why – so I just looked it up……………… Twins of opposite sex, boy and girl: so called because pigeons lay two eggs which normally hatch a pair of birds, a male and a female……. absolutely fascinating that nature will take care that there are not more ‘hims’ than ‘hers’

I needed a card of course, but I am ashamed to say I don’t have much in the way of baby themed stamps – so had to improvise a little – here is what I came up with….. Continue reading →