Tag Archives: Card Stock

Another Family Birthday!

By | October 2, 2016

Yesterday my sister-in-law Mindy had a birthday; today our nephew Joe of Colchester, VT is celebrating his. October in Vermont is well-known for Leaf Peeping, so I decided to go with a foliage season theme on his card: You may remember seeing this maple leaf out of Cajun Craze cardstock with the Boho Chic embossed… Read More »

‘Tis a Gift to be Simple

By | September 22, 2016

This is the last of the nine cards that Ann, Susan and I made to swap with each other last month to prepare samples for the Holiday catalog, and it’s one of my favorite! As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of Susan’s favorite materials is designer series paper, and a card can be… Read More »

New Catalog Means New Card Designs!

By | June 1, 2016

I’m excited that the new 2016-2017 Stampin’ Up! catalog goes live today! This week I have been working on a card design with some new 2016-2018 In Color card stock and inks and the new Swirly Scribbles Thinlits Dies for a demonstrator’s swap that I will be participating in this weekend: The pink sponged centers… Read More »

Retiring Stamp Idea #4 – Swallowtail in Plum

By | May 13, 2016

The large Swallowtail background stamp is retiring, and it is truly a beautiful piece of art. It is considered a background stamp because of the size, but it is usually used as the centerpiece of a card design as I did here. Although it’s a little hard to distinguish in these photos, I used the… Read More »

Going, Going, Gone!

By | April 20, 2016

Every year at this time Stampin’ Up! releases the “Retirement List,” those stamps, tools and accessories from the Spring Occasions and regular Catalogs that will not be returning in the new 2016-2017 Annual Catalog, coming June 1st. The good news is you still have until May 31st to get many  of the items you’d like… Read More »

Sweet Spring Treats

By | April 5, 2016

Before the Easter season has completely passed I wanted to show these beautiful treasures that my friend Kathy Sawyer shared with our friends in the Hostess Stamping group. She made these with the  Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies and the Decorative Label Punch (she used some paper that she had found in San Francisco’s Japantown.)… Read More »

Happy Easter – Hello Spring!

By | March 27, 2016

We got a beautiful watercolored hand-stamped Easter card in the mail yesterday from Sherry made with the Happy Home set from the Spring Occasions Catalog. Here are the colors that Sherry used on her Hello Spring! card. Click on any color swatch to see other coordinating products:   Pool Party Pear Pizzazz Melon Mambo Cucumber… Read More »

CASEing Saves the Day

By | March 4, 2016

February was a rough month, folks, with a 5-week teaching assignment, a lingering case of bronchitis and an injury at work that left me with a sprained ligament in my knee. As I hobbled around with my cane, I knew that somehow I would need to get my act together for my Hostess Stamping Group… Read More »

A Horse of a Different Color…

By | February 21, 2016

…or a card of a different shape – either way something unique is worth a second look! Reggie gave me a tri-folded Valentine card this year, so I decide to re-create that shape for an appreciation card with a seaside motif: I constructed this card from a 12 x 12 piece of Pool Party card… Read More »

Valentine’s Day Treats

By | February 3, 2016

Our Stamping Hostess Group met again on Saturday and Valentine’s Day was in the air! We made this card and treat holder: The red heart card was made with the new Bloomin’ Love stamp set and coordinating Bloomin’ Heart thinlits dies. We made this project with the Fry Box Bigz L die and the new… Read More »

Golden State #30 Birthday Card

By | January 28, 2016

My son John is an “authentic fan” of the Golden State Warriors NBA team, and since he is celebrating his 30th birthday today, I decided to have a little fun making his card: Not only does this basketball jersey card reflect my son’s new age and decade, it’s also the number of Steph Curry, one… Read More »

Color Equation: B & W + Red = Gr8!

By | January 19, 2016

When our sister-in-law Mindy’s thank you card arrived a few days ago, I thought immediately of how much I adore black, white and red together on a card. This is a simple layout, but with the glittery embossing and tiny red heart there’s a lot to love here. This inspired me to to use the… Read More »

The Stampers’ Sampler (Part 2)

By | January 6, 2016

As I mentioned in my Dec. 22nd post, Sherry Pakulski and I were happy to have our Heart Locket template cards published in the Winter 2016 issue of The Stampers’ Sampler! (To see our first three cards, click here.) Here are the other two cards that appeared in this magazine: In “Key to Mother’s Heart”… Read More »

Peaceful Blues and Greens

By | December 31, 2015

Blue snowflake, green Christmas trees – here are three more handcrafted cards that our family received this year to celebrate the season of peace: First, here is Sherry Pakulski’s card – the one that she sent in addition to the one she made for her dad to send! I love this color combination – my… Read More »

Happy 26th Birthday, Anne!

By | December 4, 2015

My daughter Anne is celebrating a birthday today, three weeks before Christmas, so often her cards and gifts have a holiday look: I used Rich Razzleberry card stock and ink, Gold Glimmer paper and the new Gold Metallic thread on her card. The Pearl Basic Jewels look perfect with the Very Vanilla background. Here’s a… Read More »