I get that question all the time - from both new stampers and experienced stampers. But no matter who is asking, my answer is always the same. I start with the Stampin' Up! Catalog & Idea Book (it IS an "idea book" after all) and create from there. Sometimes the cards I design have very little resemblance to the original
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Lots of Layers – Acorn Builder Punch Tips
Have you checked out the September Stamps in the Mail Club projects that I've been sharing? They all feature the Acorny Thank You stamp set (perfect for fall cards). This has got to be one of my most popular months of Stamps in the Mail Club - ever. In almost 10 years of offering this club, that's quite the statement.I'm so glad
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Video Tutorial: Make Your Own Acorn Treat Box
What's cuter than an acorn stamp set? How about an acorn BOX to match the set? Yup, I've created a Stamps in the Mail Club exclusive for my stampers this month. Haven't got your kit yet? No problem - just drop me a note or fill out the web form to request your September Stamps in the Mail Club kit and get this template and project -
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Fancy Fingers: Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
I am so grateful for all the blessings and joy that have been brought to my family over the past 11 years of being part of Stampin' Up! with you. It's hard to believe that nearly 12 years have flown past on this paper crafting adventure.
Needless to say, we all have inky fingers at my holiday
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Library Volunteer Appreciation: Notebook & Pen Gift Set
Our local library director recently contacted me for help with making some Volunteer Appreciation gifts for the event they hosted this month. I created this notebook & pen gift set for their volunteers, using the Thankful Tablescape Kit from the Holiday catalog.
The kit includes nearly everything for the notebook decor -- it's a
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Autumn Accents Die – Featured for Big Shot
This week's feature? It's the Autumn Accents Big Shot Die. Really. You need this die! Here are some projects from my past blog posts. (click on the images for the original posts)
And one more that's a terrific school project or a Thanksgiving craft for kids -- Paper Bag Books. This project used an old retired die, but the
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Thankful Journal Project: Video Tutorial
Here is the last of my Thankful Tablescape Kit projects from my September Stamps in the Mail Club kit. This project was presented on stage at the Stampin' Up! Convention this past summer and I loved it!
The idea is to make a pocket page for the special things in your life -- family, friends, memories... The chalkboard die cuts from the
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Fall Pop N Cuts Birthday Card – Thankful Tablescape Kit
Here's another Thankful Tablescape Kit project from my September Stamps in the Mail Club kit. I love the Pop N Cuts Card Base Die (130099) for the Big Shot -- it has a fabulous shape for a card base (the outer shape) and with the Label Pop N Cuts (130160) it creates a fun pop-up in the center.
Isn't that fun?? I added a couple of
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Cards for Guys – Magnificent Maple
I'm not quite finished with my Founder's Circle posts, but let me interrupt to bring you a new video tutorial for one of my September Stamps in the Mail Club projects.
This card features the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit (113463) for nearly all of the materials. The only things I added were a piece of Baked Brown Sugar card
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Back to School Notebook Sales – Don’t Miss ’em!
Do you walk past the stacks and stacks of spiral notebooks in the big box stores at this time of year and think, "Wish I had a project for those $0.17 notebooks!" Guess what? Here's the project! It's your license to stock up!
This is a super-simple DIY craft project that takes hardly any time at all. This was a sample notebook that I
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Have you seen them move? NEW Label Card Thinlits Die
Too much fun! These flip-flop cards used to be a trick to create...lots of scoring, cutting, tossing out card stock that was scored wrong, starting over again... but now Stampin' Up! has brought out a new product -- Thinlits Card Dies!
Want to see a Thinlits Die card in action?
Here's a 30 second "show & tell" of the card we made
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Holiday Catalog: Expressions Thinlits & How-To
I'm in love! Yup, with the new Expressions Thinlits Dies (see the thinlits online - 132171) in the Holiday Catalog! This simple card was created with the Magnificent Maple stamp (see it online - 131868) and the Orange Stampin' Glitter (132206) with Heat & Stick Powder.See the little speckles in the card background? I used my
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