Too Hot Stamping: From My Heart & Paper Piercing

Please note: Too Cool Stamping has temporarily changed it's name to Too Hot Stamping! It's 108° in Fort Wayne, Indiana today!  That is a record high on this day, and all I can say is WOW!  It truly feels like I'm baking when I let my dog out.  I have never loved my A/C more …

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“Last Thursdays” Class—Delightful Betsy’s Blossoms

It's good to be back posting after a very busy week with my Clearance Extravaganza!  Whew!  I sold lots of stuff, but I still have way too much left over!  I will be adding my list of remaining Clearance stamp sets and merchandise to my blog very soon, so stay tuned! "Last Thursdays" Monthly Card …

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Blooming With Kindness Fancy Floral Cards

Blooming With Kindness is quickly becoming one of my favorite new stamp sets!  Not only is the flower versatile enough to use with lots of stamping techniques, but the sentiments are SO PRETTY! I used Blooming With Kindness on today's Two Cool cards and I love how easily this design came together in only a …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 3

I didn't mean to, but I found myself playing with the Natural Composition Specialty Paper again today!  This time I was trying a direct-to-paper technique.  I basically just wanted to experiment with how different colors of ink would look on this paper, so I cut a bunch of 3/4" strips of the "ugliest" pattern (the …

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Transforming Natural Composition Designer Paper – Part 1

I have so many ideas for using the new catalog stuff it's hard to know where to begin!!!  Fun, fun, fun!  I decided to start with the new Natural Composition Specialty Paper, because I thought it would be fun to add ink for some resist techniques.    Natural Composition sheets are heavier than most designer …

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Daydream Medallions & Floral Frames Framelits

Coordination!  That is one of my absolute favorite things about Stampin' Up!  I love that the inks match the card stock, which matches the ribbon, which matches the brads, and so on.  And, I love that the shapes of certain stamps work perfectly with Punches and now Framelit Dies.  TIP: Did you know that any …

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