Floral Embossed DVD Case Gratitude Journal

I'm doing today's project for a class at the end of the month hosted by my friend Debbie Groulik for some Big Sisters and their Little Sisters.  I've been wanting to do this project ever since we did one as a Make & Take at Leadership in January.  It's so easy to alter the DVD …

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In Colors Telescoping Card With Retiring Sets

This month's Stamp Club tried out the cool telescoping card similar to the one I featured in this post.  This time, I used the current In Colors and we did three circles instead of five.  They could decorate their sections with any stamps from the retiring Simple Friendship, Dreams Du Jour, or Fresh Cuts stamp …

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Flower Fest Colored Embossing With Burnishing

I had a great time with my Stamp Club on Friday night!  I always do!  We tried out the new Flower Fest stamp set, along with the new colored embossing powders, all featured in the Summer Mini Catalog.    I CASEd this card from the sample card on page 8 of the Summer Mini.  I …

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Introducing…The New 2011-2013 In Colors!

One of my favorite things about getting a new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog is seeing the brand new In Colors! The new selection is very bright and summer-looking and I can't wait to see how they combine with other Stampin' Up! colors. How The In Color Rotation Works Each year we get five …

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Punch Owl Grad Money Holder

It's high school graduation weekend in my neighborhood—go Homestead Spartans (my alma mater)!. Here is a great idea for giving a little financial boost to the new grad.  Money is most appreciated, I'm told!  😀 I created this one for my niece, Amanda, who graduated last month from Indiana University (also my alma mater)!  Go …

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Retiring Sense of Time – Emboss Resist Card

So, here I am again, looking at my pile of soon-to-retire stamp sets and wondering, "Why, oh why, didn't I use these babies more?!"  Seriously!  Some of these sets I simply "had" to have, and here they sit, barely mounted and never used!  That has to be some sort of stamping sin I've commited!  Are …

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