As we count down to Mother's Day (five more days!), I have another project you can make for the mom that tells you "you don't have to get me anything". In the Occasions Catalog, there is a 3D box using the Apron dies. I really liked the idea of using the apron to make a box. This is a great idea to fill with a sweet treat for mom. It's big enough for a few candies or a gift card or both. Here is the Apron Box.The dimensions of the box are 2" wide … [Read more...] about Send Mom Some Love
Apron Of Love
The smell of vanilla mixed with brown sugar and butter will always remind me of baking with my mom when I was little. My favorite was chocolate chip cookies. One of my jobs was opening the package of chips and adding them to the mix. Then mixing in the chips and scooping it out onto trays. Then came the tough decision... Do I make just a few big cookies or lots of little cookies? Mother's Day is next weekend and the Apron of Love bundle … [Read more...] about Apron Of Love
Tomorrow is…
National Scrapbook Day and Cinco de Mayo! I sure had some tough choices for today. Do I share scrapbooking or tacos? This time I'm going with the scrapbooking. You'll have to get your own tacos. Years ago, I stopped scrapbooking almost entirely. I continued to scrapbook our vacation albums here and there but I pretty much gave up on the everyday family pictures because I felt like I would never ever be caught up. The … [Read more...] about Tomorrow is…
Share What You Love
Every now and then, Stampin Up surprises us with a special early release of a product and it's usually a pretty good special. Starting May 1st, we have the opportunity to purchase the Share What You Love bundle, which is a pretty amazing Suite of products. There are three different bundles that you can purchase... the "Just Getting Started", the "A Little More, Please", and the "Gotta Have It All". Each bundle comes with at least one free … [Read more...] about Share What You Love
March Paper Pumpkin
The March Paper Pumpkin Kit was our special 5th Anniversary kit. It's hard to believe that Paper Pumpkin has been around for five years now. The kits have come along way since the first few. I love that they vary so much in style and content from month to month. March was a really pretty kit with tons of floral images. This kit makes four of each of the two cards and four of each of the two envelopes. One of the special things about the March … [Read more...] about March Paper Pumpkin
Five Minute Friday – April Paper Pumpkin
I am back today with another Five Minute Friday. These are cards that you can create in five minutes or less. Today I am featuring April’s Paper Pumpkin kit. I love all things nautical, which is totally crazy because I get seasick. Really, really seasick. For me, being on a boat is totally miserable. Even just watching a boat bob up and down in the water will make me nauseous. In fact, just thinking about a boat bobbing up and down and up and … [Read more...] about Five Minute Friday – April Paper Pumpkin
What happens in Vegas…
Stays in Vegas! Actually, not this time. I've been dying to share the Recap from Onstage a couple weeks ago, but we usually have a "no spoilers policy" in place for a couple days after the event. And then I'm usually playing catch-up after being gone for a few days. This time, OnStage came right on the heels of a work conference so I was gone for five days, which means quite a bit more catch-up around the house. The OnStage location that we … [Read more...] about What happens in Vegas…
Color Coach
I'm sure you think that all of us Stampin Up Demonstrators are whizzes when it comes to matching colors. But, just like everyone else, we get stuck on what colors we should pair together when we want to try something new. One of the amazing templates that Stampin Up provides to us is a Color Coach. If you need it, it's there online and you just print it out. Since we are getting a Color Revamp with the start of the new Catalog in June, Stampin … [Read more...] about Color Coach