As I mentioned the other day in my video tutorial on the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box, I'm absolutely adoring this Come to Gather Suite from the Holiday Catalog. I love it so much that I've featured it in my LovenStamps Online Crafting Class for September!
A free class, you ask? Yes! 10 project ideas complete with video tips and a printable
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NEW for September: 10 Tips Online Crafting Class
Are you in LOVE with the Holiday Catalog? So am I!! So many new products that I can hardly decide where to start creating. The Come To Gather Suite won though - this gorgeous set of coordinating stamps, dies and Designer Series Paper has inspired my fall stamping. In fact, I love it SO much that I've created 10 new projects!!
How can you
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Sailing Home: Sweet Summer Stamping in a Breeze
I absolutely adore the sentiments in this Sailing Home stamp set - beautiful words and beautiful images to match. And nary a flower in sight, these cards are perfect for anyone, male or female, who needs a special note of encouragement. This card features the Come Sail Away Suite from the new Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.
My Online
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Sponge Dauber Video Tutorial: Make Your Own Sunset Effects
You probably noticed that I'm in love with the Sailing Home stamp set and Smooth Sailing Dies - lots of beautiful ideas for summer to be created with these supplies. Since I was on a roll, I wanted to add another idea, but felt like the sailboats needed a sunset to sail off into - right?
In the video tutorial I'll show you the cutting
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New Online Crafting Class: Sailing Home for Summer
Today is the first day to place your online order and qualify for my free July Online Crafting Class! What's an Online Crafting Class, you ask? It's a chance to order the supplies YOU want, then get a free collection of amazing card ideas. And if your order includes the supplies featured in the OCC, then you'll have everything you need
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Best Stamp Set for Guy Cards: 3 Simple Steps for Geared Up Garage
Gotta love a guy card, right? This muscle car is the perfect classic - and this card layout is a sweet and simple way to put the pieces together. Here are the steps to creating a masterpiece:
Stamp
Layer
Embellish
Easy as 1, 2, 3! Okay, maybe there's a little more detail to the card...
Stamp: Using Geared Up Garage, I
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Happy Tails to You: Simple Stamping
Do you have a furry family member? We have a few, and the saying included with this Happy Tails stamp set is so true, "A Best Friend Leaves a Paw Print on Your Heart." I love the #simplestamping opportunities for this set - so easy to design with the coordinating images and the matching Dog Builder Punch.
Here's Pepper, our 5 year old
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Home to Roost: Stampin Blends & the New Crackle Paint Background
This little rooster from the Home To Roost stamp set is too much fun to color! You'll want to add a few Stampin' Blends Markers to your supply list, but pretty much any color combination is a good match for him.
Pro Stamper Tip:
Instead of mounting the Crackle Paint background stamp on a block, just leave it attached inside the stamp
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Meg’s Make It My Way – Stamping as Easy as 1, 2, 3
"Who wore it better?" "This or that?"
You've probably seen some of these questions on social media - asking whether you prefer choice 1 or choice 2, then chiming in with your own opinion. When it comes to stamping and card design, let's try adding a new trend to the mix - Make It My Way with Meg! #makeitmyway
This is a new feature
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3 Proven Design Tips for Tag Front Card Success
Have you made a Tag Front Card yet? I am in love with this layout. A Tag Front Card opens sideway or up and down to reveal your message, but the decorations placed on the front of the card are still visible when the card is opened. So instead of having to design BOTH the card front and the card inside, Tag Front Cards use a single design
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See How Easily You Can Emboss Using Big Shot Dies
Have you had a chance yet to try the new Big Shot Embossing Mats? This must-have set of add-on mats for your Big Shot will turn your entire library of cutting dies into embossing dies. So for just a few dollars, you'll be extending the possibilities endlessly for the products you already have.
I know! You're wondering why you don't
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Simple Circles for an Epic Celebration of Converse Sneakers
Teens...always a trick to figure out what to get them for birthdays, what to do for Christmas gifts... and of course, what to put on the cards you make for them! The Epic Celebrations stamp set (free with a $50 order during Sale-A-Bration) is perfect for those teens.
But no matter what you put on their cards - I know the 'card stock hug'
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