Stamp Club August Challenges

Every month at my Stamp Club I offer challenges for the members to try and I wanted to share a few of the awesome cards that were shared at our event!   Challenge #1: Create a pop-up card    Here's Peggy Tassler's take on the pop-up card.  She used the retired Polka Dot Punches set with …

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A Little Wiser Bookmark Card

My nephew, Marcus, turned 10 yesterday and he loves to read.  So, along with a few cool books, I thought a card with a bookmark attached would be the perfect complement to his gift!     Whoooo wouldn't love to receive this cute card?  It's a tri-fold style and the bookmark flap is perforated, so it …

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Just Believe with Elegant Lines Folder

The Just Believe stamp set is hands-down one of my favorite sets from the new catalog.  The silhouettes are so pretty to use in so many ways!  I used it to make an elegant card for my niece Sammi's 12th birthday!       I got my idea from a card created by Beth Alexander, which …

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Sweet Scoops With Embedded Shapes Embossing

I've had an awesomely fun and busy week, so I apologize that I haven't been able to blog very much!  Last Wednesday, I traveled down to Bloomington with my niece, Amanda, to take a load of her stuff down to IU for her senior year.  I graduated from IU, and hadn't been on the campus …

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Match Box Book For Back-To-School

You know when you see a really cute project and you just HAVE to make it RIGHT NOW?  That was me immediately following a visit to Mike Funke's Stampin' Style blog on Tuesday.  Check out his awesome little Back-To-School treat box in the shape of a mini book…    It's the sweetest little thing, and …

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More Fun With Fabric

Along with all the cool fabric ideas that Shelli and Sara showed us, many additional fabric projects were on display at the Gathering Place at Convention.  During our lunch break, we would head there to pick up our boxed lunch, then we'd spend most of the break looking at all of the showcased projects.  I'll …

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