Hello Friends! Here I am, snuggled under a brand-new warm and colorful quilt I was given by a good friend who has a gift for quilting. For those of you familiar with Stampin’ Up!, you might recognize the fabric. A few years ago, SU! Sold the fabric, and creative crafters made wonderful items from the fabric that coordinates with all of our ink, paper, and embellishment colors. When the fabric retired a couple of years ago, I sent a few boxes to a friend who I knew would appreciate it. (I can create handmade greeting cards, but I definitely cannot sew nor quilt.) But there’s way more to this story than the colorful blocks that reflect what I...

Hello Stampers! I had no idea how much fun and how easy it is to make these berry baskets from the Stampin' Up! Berry Bigz Die. They are perfect for Easter, Mother's Day, May Day and lots of other gift-giving opportunities. Imagine these cute baskets filled with candy or popcorn or even 3 x 3 gift cards. Imagine the baskets made with all different colors of card stock, including Designer Series Paper, Kraft paper, coaster board and more. You could include a handle, or not. You could embellish them with butterflies like above. Or you could use ribbon. Or you could include a sentiment. There are so many possibilities! This video from Stampin'...

Hello Stampers! Happy Valentine's Day! I'm celebrating with a little bit of bling ... and of, course some chocolate. The main feature of this card is the envelope on the left created with Stampin' Up!'s Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies, found in the new spring Occasions catalog. I cut the bag from the Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper and accented it with red glimmer paper. Love it! The little card on the right slips nicely into the treat bag/envelope and the whole package can be placed in an A2 envelope and be mailed. How cool is that? To purchase any of the supplies to make this card and envelope, click on any of the images below. If...

Hello Stampers! Today's card combines a lot of really fun elements, including Stampin' Up!'s new Washi sheets. You may have heard of Washi tape -- rolls of fun, colorful adhesive tapes that add cool accents to projects. This Washi comes in 6 x 12 sheets. You receive eights sheets -- two each of four designs that include the coordinating colors of Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral and Crushed Curry. I used circle punches of varying sizes to create the background for this birthday card. I punched the sheet, peeled off the backing, and adhered it to the Whisper White card stock. So fun, so easy and so cute! The featured stamp is from the...