Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper is all so beautiful. I really hate to cut it up. But today, I’m doing just that… Cutting up Designer Series Paper! Besides being a great design approach, 15 different packs of Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper are on sale this month. Details follow at the bottom of this post.
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I really like the fall. And the spring. There is something so COMFORTABLE about the time between hot summer and cold winter. And I’m not really a fan of the warm fall colors (like orange and brown), but I do like to work with them! Especially when I mix them with other colors. Since I
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Handmade 3D Birthday Card While a birthday is always pleasing to look at, a handmade 3D birthday card is even prettier. Especially this one! I’m not one for over-the-top card designs. I really like each element to claim its space. Multiple patterns on a card can fight with each other for your eye’s attention. It’s
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Starting at Midnight – 24-Hour Stamp Sale Happy Holidays to us! Starting at midnight tonight, and lasting only 24 hours, Stampin’ Up! is selling a bunch of stamp sets at 15 percent off! Download the complete list by clicking here. The stamp sets are all from the Annual Catalog. If you don’t have a copy,
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More Fall Leaves Rooted in Nature Some years, I fall in love with stamped images of leaves. This is one of those years, as the variety of leaves offered in Stampin’ Up! stamps is more versatile than ever! It’s windy here in the Midwest. It seems like the falling leaves are swirling all the time!
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What type of cards do you make? Thank you? Birthday? Christmas? Thinking of You? Note card? Probably the most common card I make (for my personal use) is a Thank You card. Many people make more holiday cards than anything else. What about you? What type of cards do you make? I made this card
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How to Step Up a Simple Design We’ve all been there. We start with a simple card design. But then we feel it’s missing something… It’s just too simple… It’s boring. Okay, that last one is me. Let’s examine a recent creative journey. I needed an absolutely simple, easy card for someone who had never
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When I stamp, I always try to ensure that the card design has dimension to it – layers and depth. Today, I’m, exploring some ways to achieve that! Here is a card with dimensional flowers. How to Add Dimension to Your Design Cut out stamped shapes – Every stamped image on this card is cut
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Have a Happy 4th of July! Take the time to celebrate our country’s birthday, with friends and family!
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A CASEd design. We see the term CASE all over the place in the stamping community. What does it mean? Is it useful to CASE? What is a CASEd Design? This acronym has a few different names. The most common name is Copy And Share Everything. While a powerful process, never use it without responsibility.
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How to make cascading images with your stamps Today’s card has cascading squares, each with a stamped leaf on it. I’ve made this kind of design element often. Today I’ll explain how I do it. The Cascaded Images I start by choosing the images. On this card, each image is a different leaf. (By the
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A Sweet Card to Welcome a Baby Boy Does this card look familiar to you? If it does, then you are probably a newsletter subscriber of mine. In this week’s newsletter, I presented the corresponding baby girl card! If you’re not a subscriber, then be sure to complete the form at the top of the
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May your glass always be half full. Whether you prefer water, juice, coffee or wine, this is really a good wish to send someone. Today is the last day you can purchase the Half Full stamp set to do just that. It retires tonight! This stamp set is quite versatile. It has a funny sentiment
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Don’t forget about Christmas, even though it’s still the month of May. In all the excitement of the retiring items, I know I focus on the all-occasion products – stamps, paper, embellishments. But there are some holiday products that are retiring, too. Let’s look. This is a variation of a card I offered to my
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First Hello to Soft Spring I know that the new annual catalog sales period hasn’t started yet, but I thought you’d like to see one of the new sets in it. Today I’m showing Soft Spring, a stamp set you can purchase only with Rewards dollars. So, if you host a home party/workshop, or you
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