Tag Archives: Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in Fairfield CA

The Horse of the Weathervane

By | August 24, 2018

Now for something completely different! We have had a series of pink and flowery cards, but today I started working with a new Stampin’ Up! set, Country Roads, one that would be especially nice for masculine cards. Maybe this set is supposed to reflect the Old West, and it does, but when I look at… Read More »

Flower Garden Squared

By | August 20, 2018

I had been working on some cards using the Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, and had a few 1.5 inch squares left over. As I was picking them up, I noticed that the front and back patterns on this paper coordinated very well, so I decided to pair them up for an… Read More »

Use Your Stamps in a Different Way

By | August 19, 2018

When I last used the botanical bouquet image from the Just for Hosts Very Vintage stamp set* (see page 227 of the Annual catalog) I stamped the image in black and then colored each leaf and flower with Stampin’ Blends markers. Sometimes you don’t have time for that level of detail, or you just want… Read More »

Color a Vintage Summer Bouquet!

By | August 17, 2018

The profusion of flowers in a late summer garden are the inspiration for this card made with the Very Vintage Hostess stamp set.* This bouquet, reminiscent of a botanical drawing in an antique book, is perfect for coloring with Stampin’ Blends markers in Petal Pink, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight and Old Olive. Here are the… Read More »

Dear Friend (i love you)

By | August 15, 2018

I have definitely been in a pink mood lately, creating cards in various shades of pale pinks to deeper magentas. So when I decided to work with the P. S. You’re the Best set again, it’s no surprise that I picked up a sheet of Blushing Bride pink cardstock to start with. And then I remembered –… Read More »

P.S. You’re the Best!

By | August 14, 2018

Ah, nostalgia! You know how you can experience a scent, a fragment of music or an image, and you are transported back to an earlier, happy memory? When I started working with this stamp set, P.S. You’re the Best, I immediately remembered the typewriter that my parents gave me as a college graduation gift in 1977!… Read More »

Strawberry Baskets Forever

By | May 10, 2018

This darling stamp set, Basket of Wishes, has been fun to work with for the past couple of years!  Now that it will be retiring at the end of May, I wanted to make at least one more card to give it a proper send off: The Basket of Wishes set and the Fresh Florals… Read More »

Make a Designer Series Paper Frame!

By | May 8, 2018

Designer Series Paper is always on the retired list at this time of the year to make way for new patterns coming in the Annual Catalog on June 1st. Today I am using a couple of coordinating patterns in Lemon Lime Twist from the retiring Fresh Florals DSP Stack to make a frame for my… Read More »

Stamping California Poppies

By | May 4, 2018

The Golden State is covered with California Poppies at this time of the year; in gardens, on hillsides, beside the highways and even growing up through the sidewalks! When I saw the floral image from the new Love What You Do stamp set, I decided to recreate a bouquet of California Poppies using a couple… Read More »

“Share What You Love” Bundles – Now!

By | May 1, 2018

I’ve already shown a couple of card examples made with the newly released bundles from the Share What You Love Suite. The three bundles (including free products with each!) are available starting today, through May 31st. , Here is the latest card that I designed with some of these great new products: One of the… Read More »

A Juicy New In Color!

By | April 28, 2018

Every year Stampin’ Up! introduces five new “In Colors” that are available for a 2-year period, keeping our color collection fresh and on trend. One of the colors in this year’s new 2018-2020 group, which will be available when our new Annual Catalog is introduced on June 1st, is Grapefruit Grove, reminiscent of a juicy… Read More »

September Sunflowers

By | September 1, 2017

Happy first day of September (rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, Mindy!) My cousin Renee is also celebrating her birthday today, and if I counted correctly, it’s the big  6-0 for her! Sunflowers are such a common flower, seen from east to west planted in fields, volunteering by the roadsides and in many gardens. They could be called… Read More »

Garden Gazing through the Window

By | June 27, 2017

The Jar of Love photopolymer stamp set has an amazing 37 stamps to mix and match! When it came out in last year’s catalog I remarked that this set could keep you creating for a long time with all of those images to pick from. So, now that we have some new In Colors to… Read More »

Easy Layout for June Celebrations

By | June 21, 2017

I posted the card that I made for my dad for Father’s Day last time; today I want to show you the simple layout that I used for Reggie’s Father’s Day card: Guy Greetings and Suite Sentiments (retired) stamp sets, Ruffled Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder. The thing my husband loves best is baseball – “America’s… Read More »

Happy Father’s Day!

By | June 19, 2017

My sister and I are very lucky that we ended up with such a nice dad, and that he is still here with us so we can wish him a “Happy Father’s Day!” My dad, Vernon Krause, my Sister Karla, and her new puppy Riley. The card that I made for him this year was… Read More »