Now we are in June my thoughts are turning to cards to celebrate July 4th ~ Independance Day here in the US. I have taken a slightly different approach for today’s card using some slightly muted Red, White and Blue and using the Elegant Border Dies to create the ‘stripes’. I think this would make a great graduation card ~ simply swap out the red and blue for the school colors!
Continue readingAs I explain in my video, I made this card for my aunt in Australia, who I was able to spend Easter with in April. It was the first time we had been together since 2001.
Continue readingI do love techniques, today I am sharing the Floating Strip Technique. This is one of the techniques I shared with my monthly class at the end of March, although most the products I used have now retired 😦 – the technique will work for any papers, stamps and dies that you have in your stash!
Continue readingI like to introduce new colors to you and to pair them with colors you might already have in your stash. Today our new color is Pecan Pie, part of the refreshed Neutrals family and I have paired it with Petal Pink and a little dash of Old Olive for the leaves.
You all know that I love flowers and am always drawn to new stamp sets that feature them, especially if they have greetings as well! The Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set fits that bill perfectly and it particularly speaks to me as one of our Yorkie’s was called Daisy and we were especially close.
Continue readingI have been introducing you to the new colors from Stampin’ UP!. Today my card features Moody Mauve which is one of the new incolors and Bubble Bath which is a new core color.
The Timeless Arrangements Stamp set with coordinating dies is already a favorite and I have just used it once! The video gives you some hints and tips on using the dies to create a very feminine card.
Continue readingToday’s card features the Elegant Borders Die Set paired with the Sentimental Park Stamp set and (now retired) Regency Park Decorative Paper.
My video shows my thought processes in creating the card along with hints and tips on using the Elegant Borders Dies
Continue readingHip, Hip Hooray ~ Misty Moonlight has returned to the Stampin UP family as a core color!!! This is such a lovely, sophisticated blue and works brilliantly with Smoky Slate. The Nature’s Prints Stamp Set carried over into the new catalog, so I have mixed a new product in with one already in my stash. I think this color combo would work for a male or female card!
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Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Karen’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month our theme is to use products from the recently launched 2023 – 2024 Annual Catalog
Continue readingI don’t usually make big cards, partly because of the extra postage we have to pay here in the US. So I have always stuck to making them with 1/2 sheet of 11 x 8 1/2 card with the finished card size of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. Then I received a card from a friend – it was bigger than 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 but still had the regular first class stamp. So I did a little research and found that I could send a max size of 7 x 5 for the same first class stamp – so today’s card is just that size!!
Continue readingLater today I shall be receiving my order from the new 2023 – 2024 Annual Catalog – normally I would have gotten my hands on the new products weeks ago but as I was away on an extended holiday I was not able to place my order until I was back in McKinney!
In my order is the Fresh as A Daisy Suite which I am itching to get my hands on, I love daisies – (we called one of our Yorkie’s Daisy) rather than wait any longer I am going to share the Stampin’ UP! video and samples with you today – watch this space for ideas I come up with in the coming days and weeks!!!
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