Fun Fold Sale-A-Bration Cards
Sale-A-Bration is Stampin' Up!'s most exciting sale of the year! With minimum purchases of $50 and $100 (before tax and shipping), choose exclusive free stamps and Designer Series Paper. But hurry! Sale-A-Bration ends Sunday, February 28. Today's post features card samples using the free products. And, I've created them all using the same fun fold. Be sure to view the video at the end of the post for directions. Click here to view the catalog filled with free items. Fun Fold Sale-A-Bration Cards--Basic Directions Start with a piece of coordinating card stock measuring 4 ¼ inches by 11 inches Score at 5 ½ inches in your paper trimmer....
True Love Thank You Card
If you're like me, you always need a bunch of thank you cards. I like to thank people who support my small business. And, I believe it's important to communicate my gratitude with a hand-written note. I love that Stampin' Up!'s offers such a wide variety of rubber stamps, ink, paper, and other products to create beautiful handmade greeting cards. In this post, I offer a free tutorial on creating a hand-stamped greeting card using Stampin' Up!'s True Love Designer Series Paper, the Blending Brushes, Daisy Lane stamp set, Medium Daisy Punch, Here's a Card stamp set, and the heat embossing technique. I've also included a video showing a...
February 2021 Maui Achievers Blog Hop
Welcome to the February 2021 Maui Achievers Blog Hop! We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who have achieved the Stampin’ Up! bonus of the Maui incentive trip. We celebrate this achievement by organizing a monthly hop which helps us continue to inspire you creatively. You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there’s a list at the end of this post to help you move around to all the different blogs and gather many amazing ideas. We have all listed our country – so if you’re looking for a demonstrator, these are top demonstrators in their country and would love to help you with...
Friendly Flamingo Mirror Technique
Be sure to watch the video below to learn about the Friendly Flamingo Mirror Technique. Stampin' Up!'s Stamparatus, a unique stamp positioning tool, is a must-have for any craft room. Its uses are many and varied. It: helps you get the image straight every time; allows you to re-stamp an image if it's not dark enough or not all of it appeared; makes it easy to create multiples quickly and easily; is gentle on arthritic hands; and lends itself to a variety of fun techniques such a hinge-step stamping, two-step stamping, the mirror/reflection technique and more. Today's card features the Friendly Flamingo stamp set and the Stamparatus. It's a...
Clean and Simple Happy Thoughts
Stampin' Up!'s January-June 2021 Mini Catalog has been live for one month already. It's filled with an awesome variety of new stamp sets, die cuts, punches, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, and more. I hope you've had a chance to play with some of the products. As you may know, my list of faves include the Flowering Cactus Medley and the Friendly Flamingo Bundle. (I've created and posted quite a few samples using these products.) Every so often, I need a bunch of cards -- in a hurry. I really like the font showcased in the Happy Thoughts stamp set. The sentiments lend themselves well to all of the occasions I use the most: They include: Happy...
