Love & Care Parlor Prints Cards

Two more Cool cards using the soon-to-retire Love & Care Hostess set from the Summer Mini.     Yesterday's cards used one of the larger flowers from this set.  Today, I'm using the small sprig of flowers for the focal point.  I've colored the image with Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral, and Lucky Limeade markers, then layered …

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Simple & Sweet Love & Care Cards

Can you believe it's almost September?!  Wow!  Next week is a big stamping week…the new Holiday Mini is available on September 1st!  But, don't forget about your last chance to purchase the limited-time-only items from the Summer Mini.  Only a few more days—August 31st is your last day!  Don't wait!  Order your favorites today from …

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Ellie’s Patterned Party Birthday Card

Our family has lots of August (and April) birthdays.  Today is my niece Ellie's special day—8 years old!  Plus, it's the first day back to school, so it's a doubly special day for her!  (Wow—summer sure goes by fast!) Here's the glittery card that I created for her using the new In Colors and a …

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Spice Cake Sneak Peek & Last Day For $99 Starter Kit

How about some Holiday Mini sneak peeks today?!!  These Spice Cake Suite projects were presented at Convention by Pam Morgan, one of the Stampin' Up! training crew.  The quality of the photos is not the best because they were taken from the Jumbotron (thanks Darla Eigenschink for taking photos!).  I think you'll still be able …

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Favorites From Convention Demo Presenters—Part 1

Learning new tips and techniques is another fun part of Convention. Stampin' Up! selects several demonstrators to present their own projects, and show us some Too Cool tricks!  I love watching these presentations! Of course, I'm saving some of the ideas I saw to create my own examples for later posts, but here are a …

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2011 Convention Highlights—Make & Take Card Keeper

OK, stampers!  Are you ready for a little sneak peek from the Holiday Mini? One of our Convention Make & Takes was a Stampin' Card Keeper!  I know that many of you were disappointed last year when Stampin' Up! retired the plastic, snap-together Craft Keeper.  In September, they'll be introducing a new style of card …

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