Happy Monday! Today I'm sharing a quick Christmas card that you can easily replicate. This card uses so many cute things from the Holiday Mini Catalog, like the Seasonal Chums stamp set and the beautiful black and white striped ribbon. The black and white ribbon is going to be retired at the end of the Holiday Mini Catalog. If you've seen the Holiday Clearance Sale, you might have noticed the ribbon is not discounted and likely will not be … [Read more...] about Seasonal Chums Snowman
Christmas & Holiday Cards
You Are Missing Out
Last night was our monthly Downline Meeting for my group. And if you weren't there, you are missed out on seeing all the brand new goodies they gave us at OnStage (our Stampin Up Convention) last week. I wait to do my recap post here until after I've shared the new goodies with my Downline first. Don't worry though, I'll post the recap of OnStage sometime next week. Today's project is my swap from our meeting last night and our theme was … [Read more...] about You Are Missing Out
Tag Your It
If the teens in your life are anything like the ones I know, then the preferred gifts are gift cards or cash at the Holidays. I struggle with just giving them a gift card or cash because it seems so impersonal. But ultimately, it is what they really want. My daughter says a gift card to her favorite store is really like getting two gifts. The first gift is receiving the gift card and the second is being able to go to the store and pick out … [Read more...] about Tag Your It
It Will Be Here Before You Know It
It is the last day of July and I just wanted to take a moment to remind you about Stampin Up’s July Specials: Bonus Days and Christmas in July. Both are awesome deals. Don’t miss out on these specials. You can read the details at the bottom of this post. Did you know that Christmas is now less than five months away? It is not too early to start on those handmade gifts and cards for the Holidays. If you start now, you will have plenty of … [Read more...] about It Will Be Here Before You Know It
Thanks To You
One year ago, I decided to make the serious commitment to Blog on a regular, consistent basis. I knew I wanted a place to share my creations and hopefully inspire you to make something. When I started, I didn't know what I was doing most of the time and it took me so much longer to do everything. I continued to plug away, figuring out things as I went along. I won't kid you and say this is easy because it isn't. It really takes planning … [Read more...] about Thanks To You
Five Minute Friday – Gift Card Holders
Seriously, my studio is in need of a major cleaning. I'm knee deep in gift card holders the last couple days. I'm making a ton for the upcoming Holiday Boutique that my Downline and I will be at. Just check out this stack. I've got to get these assembled asap so I can move on to more projects. These gift cards turned out so cute! I did use our retired stamp set Perfect Blend. This is one stamp set that I will never part with. I can't tell … [Read more...] about Five Minute Friday – Gift Card Holders
Merry Pup-mas
My assistant, Frannie, loves to help me out in the office. She's really good on the computer and does most of my proofreading. Here she is making sure I have all my Wordpress updates installed. But if I don't keep her busy, she'll sneak off for a nap. After reviewing my last post, she asked me why there weren't any pups in the Holiday Catalog. I explained to her that I was sure it was an oversight and we could figure something out … [Read more...] about Merry Pup-mas
Holly Berry Happiness
This year, for the first time ever, my Downline Group has organized a booth at a Holiday Boutique. It's something that I have thought about doing for years, but hadn't taken the leap yet. Boutiques can be intimidating. There is a ton of organization and prep work that goes into them. We have been so lucky that Lyndi was willing to take on all the paperwork and getting us all organized. Our Boutique is still a couple weeks away (thank … [Read more...] about Holly Berry Happiness