I love the adorable little picnic baskets that came in the July Paper Pumpkin kit. But I don't really have a lot of room to store 3D projects like that in my studio. Seriously, I would be overrun if I kept one of everything. Still, I really wanted to enjoy the look of the picnic basket and knew a Sampler would be perfect to display something like this. I took most of the various pieces from the July kit to make my 12x12 Sampler. I used the … [Read more...] about July Paper Pumpkin Sampler
Simply The Best
Before I share today's card, I want to remind you about July's incredible specials which end tomorrow: our FREE Ink Pads promotion and our Buy Three Get One Free Pattern Paper special. The FREE Ink Pads promo is an amazing offer for brand new Demonstrators. Sign up to join my Team in July and you will get your choice of ten free ink pads in addition to your Starter Kit. For the ink pads, you can select either the two In-Color Assortments … [Read more...] about Simply The Best
Five Minute Friday – June Paper Pumpkin
Summers are made of late nights, fire flies, and warm summer evenings. There is nothing better than fresh juicy fruits and a lovely picnic on a warm sunny afternoon. Our June Paper Pumpkin kit is the perfect representation of those lazy afternoons relaxing on a picnic blanket. June's kit makes 12 cards and four picnic baskets. These 3 x 3" cards are so cute. I can't decide which is my favorite: the blueberry, the strawberry, or the apple. … [Read more...] about Five Minute Friday – June Paper Pumpkin
Dreamcatcher
Today, I'm back with the Follow Your Dreams stamp set and coordinating dies. It's kind of funny how you see something and think, that's not my style. But when you start creating with it, you really end up liking it quite a bit. I picked this set because I knew my daughter would like it. In fact, she has a dreamcatcher that she made hanging in her room. She loves that hippie retro vibe. Today's card is all about the layers and more … [Read more...] about Dreamcatcher
Follow Your Dreams
The Catalog is a great place to get ideas for projects, but sometimes you don't have the right supplies or you just don't want to make something quite that large. Don't be afraid to take an idea out of the Catalog and put your own twist on it. A few weeks ago I shared a canvas that I made using the new Pop of Petals stamp set and tons of flowers. You can see it here. A project like this can take a fair amount of time and work to make. I … [Read more...] about Follow Your Dreams
Five Minute Friday – Follow Your Dreams
Today’s post is going to be a quick one… just like today’s card, which uses the Follow Your Dreams stamp set and coordinating die set Chase Your Dreams. The Follow Your Dreams stamp set is probably not one I would usually purchase, but I kept seeing ideas that really appealed to me. Today’s card is a quick and easy one... simple stamping and die cutting. The hardest part of this was making sure the background image was centered. Following … [Read more...] about Five Minute Friday – Follow Your Dreams
Something Different
I know it's rare for me to post non-Stampin up products, but that doesn't mean that I don't occasionally use them in my personal crafting. And when my crafty friends design an amazing project, I am definitely game to make it. My friend Annette, the owner of AJ's Craft Cottage, makes these amazing seasonal frames. The cool factor with the frame is that you continue to reuse it and the individual panels pop in and out since they are held in with … [Read more...] about Something Different
Little Elephant
Do you ever have an idea that you think is going to be simple and then it turns out not to be? Well, that is today's project. I found an idea for a cute little pocket card that looked so easy, but it involved math. Yikes! This card uses the adorable new Little Elephant stamp set in the Annual Catalog. I was sold on this set when I saw the coordinating elephant punch. O-M-G it is so cute. The set and punch both have a mama elephant and a … [Read more...] about Little Elephant