Video Tutorial: Window Sheets

Stampin’ Up Window Sheets are back and better then ever! Window sheets provide a lot of options. They are available in the Occasions Mini Catalog. My official Stampin’ Up website has a new short video tutorial featuring Shannon West. Shannon shows the new options for the window sheets and some… Read More

HOT! New Pop Up dies

Why Settle for one dimension when you can have 3? Create pop-up die cuts using your Sizzix Big shot for Stampin’ Up! These pop-up dies are the first of their kind. Create perfect wedding, birthday, and party projects with the Pop-up dies that add dimension and depth! DOWNLOAD THE FLYER… Read More

NEW MINI CATALOG! Occasions Mini

The 2009 Stampin’ Up Occasions Mini Catalog is here! Only available April 1 – June 30, 2009 Connect with family and friends when you make them beautiful cards and gifts using products from the Occasions Mini Catalog. From April 1-30, when you buy $40 in products from the Occasions Mini… Read More

Hodgepodge necklace and card

It’s the card you can wear! How stinkin’ cool is this! Make your card the gift itself. The necklace is made out of Hodgepodge Hardware. It is the front part of the card, and it comes off to wear. See below for supply list and instructions.… Read More

Dolphins, Turtles and other amazing sea life

I couldn’t resist posting a few pictures from our day here at the resort in Hawaii. We just “hung out” with the locals…the local sea turtles, the local dolphins, sting rays and even the eels (not so crazy about the eels). We snorkeling and swam in the resort’s lagoon, which… Read More

A post from paradise

We have arrived landed in Kona, Hawaii on Sunday and at first glance it felt like we were landing right on a volcano with all of the lava. Very wild stuff. We got to the Hilton Waikoloa Village and immediately felt like we were in paradise. This is one of… Read More

A little fun in the sun from Honolulu

Greetings from Waikiki Beach – Honolulu, Hawaii! We are getting ready to spend our last night on this island before we head over to the Big Island tomorrow to meet up with the Stampin’ Up party. We took this picture to the right last night at dinner from our table.… Read More

Way cool – Shower curtain project – video

Oh my gosh!! This is sooo cool!! There’s a brand new video on my “official” Stampin’ Up website from Jaron Winder, and he shows how to create the coolest shower curtain using the Flowing Flowers from Stampin’ Up’s Decor Elements wall art line. He also shows a matching candle bowl… Read More

Top Note purse card – too cute

This card was made by Dania Welch. She die cut the Top Note on the double sided paper, and folded the top over to create a purse, then added some ribbon. It’s attached with Stampin’ Up dimensionals, so it’s raised and a note card can be placed in the purse.… Read More

Aloha! Hawaii bound

Thanks to all of you, my amazing customers and demonstrator group (Team Stamp It) – I qualified for Stampin’ Up!’s annual incentive trip to Hawaii. THANK YOU!!!! Don’t miss my customer appreciation sale in honor of YOU! Normally this trip is a cruise, but this year is the first year… Read More

St. Patricks Day card – Pinch Proof

Don’t forget to wear green this St. Patrick’s Day! This is the most adorable card featured in my online store this month, using the Stampin’ Up Pinch Proof stamp set.  I love the jumping leprechaun and how he pops right off the metal edge tag.… Read More

Thank you for Stamping for a Cause

Animal Crackers card kit & Stamp for a Cause was a huge success!!!   You may remember this kit was designed by Heather Summers, a fellow Stampin’ Up Demonstrator in Canada. She created this to raise money for a fundraiser to raise money for Pediatric Cancer, and for a special little… Read More

Video Tutorial: Watercoloring Technique

My stamp club theme this month is watercoloring with aqua painters. I enjoy watercoloring, I find it very soothing and stress relieving. This gorgeous card using the Music Expressions stamp set is one of the club projects. Layering color ans shading your image when watercoloring creates depth.  You’ll notice how… Read More

New Easter Stamp sets – Just released!

Great news! Special Stampin’ Up! Easter Stamp sets have just been released. Click on the image above to view them regular size in pdf. These are the most adorable sets. ORDERING INFO > Item  Description  Retail Price  113196  An Egg-cellent Easter  $21.95  113262  Wagon Full of Fun  $34.95  113822  Eight… Read More

FREE STAMPS – Sale A Bration is here

Join the Sale-A-Bration! It’s Sale-A-Bration time again at Stampin’ Up!, and free product is what it’s all about! Every year Stampin’ Up! gives customers, hostesses, and new demonstrators the opportunity to earn fantastic, FREE, limited-edition products they’ll enjoy for years to come. Here’s how Sale-A-Bration works: CUSTOMERS  When you spend… Read More

Hit the Road Jack

Jack is my nickname for the “crazy cat” driving the jeep in this stamp set called “Hit the Road”. You can’t help but smile when you see him. I thought the thumping technique worked so perfectly with this image, putting it in motion on a “bumpy” road. I stamped the… Read More

Reversing the Tulipe Die Cut

I have been playing with the Stampin’ Up Tulipe Bigz sizzix die in my Big Shot. I love the idea of using the image punched out. The designer paper accents the image beautifully. Here I used Bella Rose and So Saffron designer papers and 1/2 pearls from the SU Pretties… Read More

Demonstrator Swap: Occasions Cardfront

2009 Occasions Mini Catalog – Cardfront Swap Details A new mini is coming in April! As demonstrators we can pre-order products from this mini beginning March 1. To kick it off, I’m hosing a cardfront swap. 10+1 Cardfronts (1 for the hostess) Mail to (or drop off) to me.… Read More

Stampin Up supports Australian bushfire victims

One more reason why I love Stampin’ Up is their compassion and outreach. The company uses it’s resources to help those in need. Here is a note from the company: “With the fires that have recently ravaged southern Australia, this nation has suffered its largest natural disaster in history. Stampin’… Read More

Wedding Card using Only Ovals

I was playing with my Only Ovals stamp set and made this gorgeous wedding card. I love that all of the stamps in that set fit in the SU Wide Oval punch, it made it really easy. I embossed this “You’ve tied the Knot” image in silver on basic black… Read More

Mans Best Friend – Flash Gordon

When I first saw the “Man’s Best Friend” stamp set in the new Stampin’ Up catalog, I thought of our dog Flash (short for Flash Gordon). Flash is a Beagle mix we rescued last April. I was trying to identify which of the dogs featured in the set resembled Flash… Read More

Be my Valentine

On Wednesday night (Feb 11) it hits me that Valentine’s Day is almost here, and I’ve completely forgotten! My boys both needed Valentine’s for the classes, which equals over 50 combined. It certainly would’ve been a moment of panic, if it hadn’t been for my dear friend The Big Shot!… Read More

A Yummy Embosslit Tutorial

Another “must have” item from the new catalog are the embosslits for the Big Shot. These are the coolest dies, they not only emboss they actually cut the shape of the die. This card show the Stampin’ Up exclusive Simple Flower embosslit. I have cut 4 flowers with the same… Read More

Gratuitous Graffiti – part 2 – Hologram Technique

This is the 2nd in my two part series on the Gratuitous Graffiti background stamp. This technique I stumbled across by accident when I was expiramenting. It came out sooo very cool. I’ve dubbed it the “hologram” technqiue because that’s what it reminds me of in person. It’s a little… Read More

Gratuitous Graffiti – part 1

I totally fell in love with the Gratuitous Graffiti background stamp when it made it’s debut in the 2008 Fall / Winter Catalog. Of course, I was thinking about the holidays, and it went untouched until after Christmas when I was ready to make my swaps for SU Leadership this… Read More