Retirees Spotlight: Awash With Flowers & Stampin’ Pastels

Today we're doing a little two-steppin' with the delightful, soon-to-retire Awash With Flowers stamp set!      It's the perfect style of stamp set for the chalkboard technique using the soon-to-retire Stampin' Pastels! We'll be creating these Two Cool cards at my May Stamp Club on Friday night!  I had forgotten how much fun this technique …

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Sunday Showcase: Mocha Morning Petite Purses Collection

I think you're gonna LOVE today's Sunday Showcase!  I do!  It features the brand new Petite Purse Die available for only two more days during the Summer Smooches New Catalog Sneak Peek, now thru April 30. Now it's easy to create mini purses in a snap!  They are the perfect size for favors for all …

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Sunday Showcase—Packed For Everything

What can you do with those stamps?!  That seems to be the concensus among my stamping friends when they first see the Packed For Everything Bundle on p39 of the Occasions Mini Catalog.  And, I have to admit, I didn't have the very good answers for them.  I wasn't quite sure how to best use …

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Michelle’s Baby Blossoms Blessed Mother Card

Still painting away, so here's a short and sweet post from me today!  Michelle Hoover created this pretty card for one of her recent events…isn't it lovely?!    She adhered the Springtime Vingage Designer Series Paper to the card base before running the whole piece through the Big Shot with the new Framed Tulips Impressions …

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Leadership Highlights—Project Ideas!

At every Stampin' Up! event, you come away with LOTS and LOTS of ideas and inspiration!  I wanted to showcase some of my favorite projects that I saw at Leadership…and oh, it was so tough to narrow down my pictures for this blog!  This doesn't even begin to cover all the awesome card samples that …

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More Stamp Club Project Showcase

More fun projects from my Stamp Club members…    Kathy Kolb created this gorgeous watercolored card with the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set. This was for our Single Layer Challenge—create a card using only one layer on your card front.  Try it!  It's a lot more difficult than it sounds.  Great job, Kathy!    Kathy …

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