French Foliage Shimmering Poinsettias

This morning, I learned that it was Poinsettia Day!  Didn't know there was such a thing, but… Happy Poinsettia Day, Everyone! To celebrate, I decided it was high time that I CASEd a beautiful card that I saw on Gretchen' Barron's Inspiration In Action blog: Amazing Poinsettia. You can see her card shown as a …

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Another “Lovely” Snowy Winter Pine

    You already know how much I adore the Lovely As A Tree set from my Iridescent Wintery Scene blog post the other day, but I thought I would show you another way to use this set in the winter.  I saw a very pretty card created by Kathy Baffone (thumbnail shown above), and …

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Lovely As A Tree Iridescent Winter

One of the most versatile sets that Stampin' Up! offers is the Lovely As A Tree stamp set!  I love that it can create equally beautiful cards in both Fall and Winter themes.  It's simplicity also makes it wonderful for sympathy, thinking of you, birthday, and especially masculine cards (and you know difficult finding masculine …

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More Too Cool Demo Christmas Card Ideas

My downline has a wealth of creative ideas, and I love seeing what they have made each month.  Between the sharing of our projects, doing some fun make & takes, and trying out some new techniques, our Demo Meetings are packed with fun!  Best of all, we all leave with LOTS of creative inspiration!  Last …

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Some Too Cool CASEing Fun!

You know I'm all about CASEing (Copy And Share Everything) and it's highly encouraged in the stamping community!  Here are some of the fantastic ideas that I thought would be great to CASE for holiday cards… My downline, Michelle Hoover, created this sparkly card with the Dryer Sheet Technique.  Have you ever tried this one?  …

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So Thankful & Carmen’s Cocoa Holder

I'm SO thankful today!  • Thankful that my dad's surgery went very well last week, and that he seems to be recovering quickly without any major complications!  This is a big one!  Every since his initial surgery for colon cancer back in 2006, he has had non-stop problems and complications.  My dad is a rare …

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