11:57 am - Mon, Mar 4, 2013
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I just made a new blog header using My Digital Studio 2! This one is “generic” spring so I can leave it up through the whole season. I actually really like how this one turned out - and it only took me one try! Usually I have to restart and come up with different ideas because I’m just not satisfied. What I really like about this one is that I was able to create a butterfly using a flower and window punch as opposed to the simple butterfly punch. I also like how the products are from two different kits - Lemonade Stand and Sycamore Street - but they still coordinate so well! Head over to my blog here for more information about Stampin’ Up!
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I just made a new blog header using My Digital Studio 2! This one is “generic” spring so I can leave it up through the whole season.

I actually really like how this one turned out - and it only took me one try! Usually I have to restart and come up with different ideas because I’m just not satisfied. What I really like about this one is that I was able to create a butterfly using a flower and window punch as opposed to the simple butterfly punch. I also like how the products are from two different kits - Lemonade Stand and Sycamore Street - but they still coordinate so well!

Head over to my blog here for more information about Stampin’ Up!

9:01 am - Mon, Feb 25, 2013
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It’s so difficult to come up with a completely original idea because chances are someone somewhere has done something similar or identical to your idea. That’s the case with this card. I found a picture of a card that I thought had a really interesting layout and I wanted to “copy” it. The card had the same tag idea with the button/ribbon and pennant and banner hanging off. To change it up and make it my own, I added the strip of ribbon and the chevron embossed piece in the back. The three button brads I moved from the bottom of the tag to the side. I also rotated the card to be a short and wide card as opposed to a tall and narrow card. Of course, I also changed the colors, papers, and stamp sets from the original card. Supplies used: Whisper White cardstock Summer Starfruit cardstock Sycamore Street Designer Series* Tangerine Tango ink pad Sahara Sand ink pad Itty Bitty Banners stamp set* Stacks of Wishes stamp set** Island Indigo 1/4” ribbon* Pool Party baker’s twine Pool Party 5/8” wide button* Vintage Trinkets Chevron embossing folder Bitty Banners framelits Sponge Daubers Other tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips scissors, paper trimmer, glue stick, and Glue Dots * A free item you can choose when you spend $50+ in regular catalog merchandise ** When you host a party, a free stamp set you can choose when your party sales reach $150+
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It’s so difficult to come up with a completely original idea because chances are someone somewhere has done something similar or identical to your idea. That’s the case with this card. I found a picture of a card that I thought had a really interesting layout and I wanted to “copy” it.

The card had the same tag idea with the button/ribbon and pennant and banner hanging off. To change it up and make it my own, I added the strip of ribbon and the chevron embossed piece in the back. The three button brads I moved from the bottom of the tag to the side. I also rotated the card to be a short and wide card as opposed to a tall and narrow card. Of course, I also changed the colors, papers, and stamp sets from the original card.


Supplies used:

  • Whisper White cardstock
  • Summer Starfruit cardstock
  • Sycamore Street Designer Series*
  • Tangerine Tango ink pad
  • Sahara Sand ink pad
  • Itty Bitty Banners stamp set*
  • Stacks of Wishes stamp set**
  • Island Indigo 1/4” ribbon*
  • Pool Party baker’s twine
  • Pool Party 5/8” wide button*
  • Vintage Trinkets
  • Chevron embossing folder
  • Bitty Banners framelits
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Other tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips scissors, paper trimmer, glue stick, and Glue Dots


* A free item you can choose when you spend $50+ in regular catalog merchandise

** When you host a party, a free stamp set you can choose when your party sales reach $150+

9:57 am - Mon, Feb 18, 2013
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Interchangeable Felt Piece Phone Case

If you remember, for Christmas I made a bunch of felt phone cases for my friends. Well, my mom was a bit jealous so I made one for her birthday. This one is special because it has Velcro pieces that allow her to change up what her case looks like. The ruffle side is the “back” - I didn’t want it to be completely blank because that’s boring and my mom loves girly, ruffly things. (The grey part showing through is the soft, stretchy felt on the inside - I thought it was safer for the phone screen if it was scratchy felt.)

All interchangeable pieces (excluding the shamrock stem) and ruffles were made using the Big Shot and Stampin’ Up! die cuts and framelits. The flower button in the middle of the flower piece is also Stampin’ Up!.

7:54 am - Sun, Feb 17, 2013
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My mom’s birthday is on Valentine’s Day, so I wanted to make a card that could be used for both (provided you change the saying). I’m still not sure how I feel about how this card turned out, but she said it’s beautiful so I’ll take that (she’s my mom, though, she has to say that). It was too plain without the “distressing” with the sponge and Crumb Cake ink pad so I added some of that around the edges first and then decided to add a bit on the card face itself. Then, everything else was just a bit too clean-cut so I attempted to fray the edges of the ribbon (it was a bit difficult since it was pretty secure with the tape strip).
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My mom’s birthday is on Valentine’s Day, so I wanted to make a card that could be used for both (provided you change the saying). I’m still not sure how I feel about how this card turned out, but she said it’s beautiful so I’ll take that (she’s my mom, though, she has to say that).

It was too plain without the “distressing” with the sponge and Crumb Cake ink pad so I added some of that around the edges first and then decided to add a bit on the card face itself. Then, everything else was just a bit too clean-cut so I attempted to fray the edges of the ribbon (it was a bit difficult since it was pretty secure with the tape strip).

11:27 am - Sun, Feb 10, 2013
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Crossword Birthday We have our group meeting today where every demonstrator in our stamp group gets together, discusses what’s new in the Stampin’ Up! world and shares new ideas. This meeting we’re also doing something a little different - instead of just making one new sample based on a certain technique, product, etc., we’re each making one card and bringing all the supplies with so that every member can make each others’ cards. For this one I used the Cross My Heart stamp set and used a black/grey/white color palette to mimic a newspaper. I also tried not to make it frilly (it was so difficult not to add ribbon or sparkle!) so that it could be used as a masculine card.

Crossword Birthday


We have our group meeting today where every demonstrator in our stamp group gets together, discusses what’s new in the Stampin’ Up! world and shares new ideas. This meeting we’re also doing something a little different - instead of just making one new sample based on a certain technique, product, etc., we’re each making one card and bringing all the supplies with so that every member can make each others’ cards.

For this one I used the Cross My Heart stamp set and used a black/grey/white color palette to mimic a newspaper. I also tried not to make it frilly (it was so difficult not to add ribbon or sparkle!) so that it could be used as a masculine card.

12:20 pm - Sat, Feb 9, 2013
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Hearts and Arrows For Valentine’s Day this year I’m going to give these to my students at the dance studio. I love giving them something a little more personal than just a piece of candy, and I think making something by hand is a good way to do that. These were actually pretty quick and easy to make (except those silly licorice wrappers - they kept getting bunched up and stuck in the slits in the paper). There was only one stamp and that was easily punched out. Both the largest and smallest hearts are punches so those took all of 2 seconds to do. The chevron arrows were the hardest (and by that I mean took 4 seconds instead of 2). I used the flag from the Hearts a Flutter framelit set and cut small pieces off the one edge. Then all I had to do was glue/glue dot everything together.
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Hearts and Arrows


For Valentine’s Day this year I’m going to give these to my students at the dance studio. I love giving them something a little more personal than just a piece of candy, and I think making something by hand is a good way to do that.

These were actually pretty quick and easy to make (except those silly licorice wrappers - they kept getting bunched up and stuck in the slits in the paper). There was only one stamp and that was easily punched out. Both the largest and smallest hearts are punches so those took all of 2 seconds to do. The chevron arrows were the hardest (and by that I mean took 4 seconds instead of 2). I used the flag from the Hearts a Flutter framelit set and cut small pieces off the one edge. Then all I had to do was glue/glue dot everything together.

11:31 pm - Sat, Feb 2, 2013
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XOXO Banner I’ve been playing with the idea of making a banner for awhile, but just couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. After I impulsively bought some chipboard I thought it would work really well for a banner and since Valentine’s Day is the next holiday, I figured I’d make one for that. It didn’t take long to figure out the “word” since “Valentine” is too long and “love” is just…eck. However, decorating it proved to be challenge to my creativity. Overall, I like how it turned out and I hope you do, too!! As for the supplies, well, what didn’t I use? The list includes: Chipboard More Amore Designer Series Paper Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack Red Glimmer Paper Real Red Cardstock Core’dinations Crumb Cake cardstock Very Vanilla cardstock Oh, Hello stamp set Crumb Cake ink pad Primrose Petals ink pad Summer Starfruit 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon Real Red 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon Pool Party Baker’s Twine Champagne 3/8” Glimmer Brads Basic Pearl Jewels Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Artisan Embellishments Kit (“LOVE” ticket stub, 18” large oval lace, Primrose Petals Seam Binding Ribbon, paper flowers, button, round paper doily) Stampin’ Sanding System Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack Boho Blossoms punch Adorning Accents embossing folder Honeycomb embossing folder Perfect Pennants die cut Typeset Alphabet die cut And, of course, the Big Shot, scissors, glue, and tape
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XOXO Banner


I’ve been playing with the idea of making a banner for awhile, but just couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. After I impulsively bought some chipboard I thought it would work really well for a banner and since Valentine’s Day is the next holiday, I figured I’d make one for that. It didn’t take long to figure out the “word” since “Valentine” is too long and “love” is just…eck. However, decorating it proved to be challenge to my creativity. Overall, I like how it turned out and I hope you do, too!!

As for the supplies, well, what didn’t I use?

The list includes:

  • Chipboard
  • More Amore Designer Series Paper
  • Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack
  • Red Glimmer Paper
  • Real Red Cardstock Core’dinations
  • Crumb Cake cardstock
  • Very Vanilla cardstock
  • Oh, Hello stamp set
  • Crumb Cake ink pad
  • Primrose Petals ink pad
  • Summer Starfruit 3/8” Stitched Satin Ribbon
  • Real Red 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon
  • Pool Party Baker’s Twine
  • Champagne 3/8” Glimmer Brads
  • Basic Pearl Jewels
  • Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
  • Artisan Embellishments Kit (“LOVE” ticket stub, 18” large oval lace, Primrose Petals Seam Binding Ribbon, paper flowers, button, round paper doily)
  • Stampin’ Sanding System
  • Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
  • Boho Blossoms punch
  • Adorning Accents embossing folder
  • Honeycomb embossing folder
  • Perfect Pennants die cut
  • Typeset Alphabet die cut
  • And, of course, the Big Shot, scissors, glue, and tape
11:15 am - Fri, Feb 1, 2013
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Here’s my new blog header for February! It took me awhile because I just couldn’t get any inspiration, but finally I just started playing around and this is what I came up with. And, of course, I used Stampin’ Up!’s  My Digital Studio 2. Check out my blog, here.
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Here’s my new blog header for February! It took me awhile because I just couldn’t get any inspiration, but finally I just started playing around and this is what I came up with. And, of course, I used Stampin’ Up!’s  My Digital Studio 2.

Check out my blog, here.

10:26 am - Thu, Jan 17, 2013
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Paper Pumpkin


Starting in March, Stampin’ Up! is offering a series of kits called Paper Pumpkin. Basically, you sign up and each month you receive a kit. These kits come with everything you need to create that month’s project, be it stamps, ribbon, paper, stickers, etc (and, of course, instructions!). If you just want to try it out instead of quickly committing to it monthly, there is a trial you can purchase where you will just receive one month’s project. 

The pictures above are one sample of these kits. The first card pictured is the standard layout for the kit. I decided to play around the pieces and create different layouts to show the versatility of the kit - you don’t have to follow the instructions exactly if you won’t want to! This particular kit comes with four pieces of pre-cut cardstock for the card base, four pieces of circle patterned paper, a sheet of stickers (scallops, striped banners, sun-shapes), two clear stamps, and buttons.

If you have any questions about the Paper Pumpkin, you can find more information here, check out my Facebook Page, or ask me right here on Tumblr.

6:14 pm - Tue, Jan 8, 2013
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Thanks So Much These are my thank you cards for this year/Christmas. They required a bit more work than I originally planned for 30 cards, but I really like how they turned out. I tend to enjoy putting more work into my cards than doing quick and simple cards - it’s just so much for fun to keep adding layers and embellishments…and more layers and embellishments! Materials used: Whisper White cardstock Crumb Cake cardstock Baja Breeze cardstock Festival of Prints paper stack Oh, Hello stamp set Oval framelits Apothecary Accents framelits Honeycomb embossing folder Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon 3-Dimensionals
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Thanks So Much


These are my thank you cards for this year/Christmas. They required a bit more work than I originally planned for 30 cards, but I really like how they turned out. I tend to enjoy putting more work into my cards than doing quick and simple cards - it’s just so much for fun to keep adding layers and embellishments…and more layers and embellishments!

Materials used:

  • Whisper White cardstock
  • Crumb Cake cardstock
  • Baja Breeze cardstock
  • Festival of Prints paper stack
  • Oh, Hello stamp set
  • Oval framelits
  • Apothecary Accents framelits
  • Honeycomb embossing folder
  • Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon
  • 3-Dimensionals
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