Category Archives: Friends

Your Kindness Makes a Difference

By | April 13, 2017

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail today from my stamping friend Nancy! This is definitely a fancy cut & fold card, and I was happy to see all of the beautiful Stampin’ Up! cardstock, Designer Series Paper, and stamp/die cut images used to make it. A couple of items that she used are… Read More »

Post-It Notes Rock – in a Box!

By | March 28, 2017

My stamping friends came over this weekend to make some of our favorite spring cards: But it wasn’t all card stamping – Nancy S. brought me a  handcrafted “thank you” gift that I just love! She made this box with Watermelon Wonder cardstock and the coordinating Affectionately Yours Designer Series Paper Pack. A couple of… Read More »

Live With Passion!

By | March 18, 2017

I got this card from my friend Ann, and there is a lot to love here!   Ann and I have been friends for many years; she and I met at a Stampin ‘Up! convention when we were both relatively new demonstrators. Like me, she is a stickler for details and exacting work. We both… Read More »

So In Love With Flowers

By | March 8, 2017

One of the new Stampin’ Up! spring Occasions catalog offerings is So in Love, shown on page 52, a set that includes an outlined flower image that looks like a marigold, or a dahlia, or maybe a carnation. This set includes several sentiments that are appropriate for weddings and anniversaries, but by combining the flower… Read More »

Mentoring New Young Stampers!

By | March 6, 2017

Kathy Degree has been inviting her young friend Sarai to come over and stamp whenever she is visiting her grandfather, Kathy’s neighbor. Sarai is about six years old, and she has been stamping with her mentor, Kathy, for a year or two. Recently, Sarai came over to stamp a birthday card for her grandfather –… Read More »

You Soar Above the Rest!

By | February 10, 2017

Happy 27th birthday to our friend, Jamai – February 10th! I wanted to make a special card for my daughter’s boyfriend, so I chose to make another hot air balloon, this time with brighter colors and a couple of rubber stamped images of smaller balloons from the Lift Me Up stamp set, featured on page… Read More »

SU! Designer Series Paper – Four Great Reasons!

By | February 6, 2017

I can think of at least four ways that Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper is great to work with on your projects: It is thick and durable; you can even make boxes out of it! It is color matched to our cardstock and inks, giving your project a coordinated look. There are two patterns on… Read More »

Put a Soldier on Cloud Nine!

By | February 1, 2017

I got a message in my Facebook feed yesterday from a friend requesting surprise birthday cards for her sweet husband who was just deployed with the US Air Force to the other side of the world for one year. Of course, I was happy to make and send card for him: This man has a… Read More »

Stamping With New Friends!

By | January 8, 2017

Some of our Stamp Group friends couldn’t make it to our first meeting of 2017, because here in Northern California it is pouring rain on our drought-stricken landscape! However, we did have a new friend join us yesterday, and we’re very happy that Idalia came to introduce herself and stamp with us using some of… Read More »

Spring Occasions & Sale-A-Bration – New Stamps to Love Now!

By | January 5, 2017

Today is the day to fall in love with a new collection of stamps for all spring occasions (and to be rewarded with free products through Sale-A-Bration!) Click here to see the entire spring Occasions catalog .pdf, and check here to see all of the free Sale-A-Bration choices for each order of $50 that you… Read More »

Happy New Year From Friends Near and Far

By | December 28, 2016

One of the best things about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that I get to teach what I love. I’m already an elementary school teacher at my other job, but when I get together with friends and family for a stamp workshop, it’s more like recess – a time for fun and play! I… Read More »

Swaps and the Year-End Closeouts!

By | December 16, 2016

I got together with a couple of my friends a few days ago to visit, stamp and trade some Christmas cards that we had created: Nancy, Kathy and I are currently Stampin’ Up! demonstrators, or have been in the past, and swapping is a favorite activity, of course! Nancy’s card was made with the retired… Read More »

Penguins and Christmas Do Mix!

By | December 10, 2016

The first Christmas card of the year arrived yesterday, hand stamped by one of my Stampin’ Up! colleagues in the 24/7 Stampers group, Karen Thomas of Pennsylvania: Maybe you can see that she sparkled up the penguin’s hat with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, always a nice touch, but I told her that what… Read More »

More Special Handmade Birthday Cards!

By | November 23, 2016

I have two more special cards to show you that were handmade for my birthday, one by Nita Eddings in my 24/7 Stampers demonstrators’ group and one by my sister-in-law Mindy: Nita used one of the new stamp sets and coordinating dies from the annual catalog, the Shooting Star set (141619) and the Sliding Stars… Read More »

Fall Flower Basket Card

By | October 13, 2016

This Fall Flower Basket Card was the result of a one-on-one stamping session I had with my sister-in-law Kathy last week. I not only got to stamp with my entire group of card-making friends and family while I was on vacation, but sitting down with a couple of them individually for paper art crafting is something… Read More »