How to Plan a Card
When you’re making a special card for someone extra special, where do you start? The FIRST thing to think about is the type of card that you’re sending, right? Is it an anniversary card? A birthday card? A get well card? And from there, you can start with
Easy to Make Easter Card
This Easter card is easier than it looks and soon I'm going to prove it! Have you started on your Easter cards yet? It's late this year. Just 17 more days. Easter cards make Ann nostalgic. Besides it being Ann's favorite holiday, her mom used to always send Easter...
We’re Thinking of You Card
Yes, we're thinking of you! We're thinking of you so much that we're sending you this card! Wouldn't you just love that? And maybe you know someone who'd like to get a card from you! We give our monthly cards so that you can keep them or re-gift them. But the only...
Best of Sale-A-Bration
Farewell free Stampin’ Up! stamps and accessories! Goodbye, Sale-A-Bration! We’ve looked through the Stampin’ Up! catalogs, made our lists and memorized all good stuff we want. Today is the last day you can get free items in this catalog.
Which were your favorite projects that we made? Was it this one we made with the free..
Free Markers Offer Ends Tomorrow!
Is your life so busy that you haven't had time to stamp lately? Need a few cute cards to send, but the clock isn't in your favor? Want to give a gift that keeps on giving? Well, look what we made in just minutes yesterday! It's the March installment of Paper...
Are You a Procrastinator?
Have you struggled with being a procrastinator? Do you wait until you absolutely have to have something done to get motivated? I feel your pain! Not because I AM one, but because I LIVE with one! (And she will remain nameless.) She thinks about cards and you and...
Watercolor Easter Card
Wouldn't it be nice to sit down and just color like a kid? Ann is finding that water coloring her cards is very relaxing - almost as much as having me on her lap after dinner. And the best thing to learn is that you don't have to stay inside the lines! Or so she...
Another Optical Illusion Gift Card Holder
Do you make greeting cards in bulk? Do you make them all the same? If you've been around me at all, you know that Ann and I like to give Target gift cards. It's not just that my favorite huMAN works there, or that we like shopping there, but they have the best...
How To Create an Optical Illusion
Do you think it’s an optical illusion when we make the straight stripes on a Designer Series Paper go at an angle? Did you wonder how we did it?
And what do you think about the mats on this focal point? It’s enough to make you make a masculine card with a heart on it!
And yes, I’m barking to you how to do it all today so you can say that a dog told you! And if you like it, be sure you’re on our mailing list because we’ve got a special project we’re offering to our readers using this same paper that you can get free with a $50 order this week. (Ends 3/31/14)
It’s Double Whammy Monday!
I can't remember the last time that I posted two projects in one day, but I've got my mojo working this Monday so here it is! We're made this card as a reminder that you might want to stock up on the 2012-2014 IN Colors NOW while you can get free Sale-A-Bration...
Quickest Thank You Card
So what’s the quickest thank you card you’ve ever made? And how come you had to make it so fast?
For us, there was a long overdue thank you card we needed to make for someone who was visiting our neighbor. What to do?
Run to the stamp room.
Get out the Watercolor Wonder Designer Note Cards & Envelopes.
Stamp a greeting from the Just Sayin’ stamp set onto some scrap Very Vanilla. (It matches better in real life.)
Cut out with the Word Bubbles Framelits
Attach to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
In just a few minutes, here’s your card to run out and put on their windshield!
Stampin’ Up! Video: Peek-A-Boo Butterfly
So many of you pinned our Peek-A-Boo Butterfly card that I got Ann to get on the ball and get the video finished. I've even got an appearance in this one! Just make sure that you watch it all the way to the end. Before we get to the video, you'll...
Baby Gift Card Holder
What do you like to give a new mom? Diapers? Baby clothes? Booties? Diaper bag? Gift Cards?
And gift cards given with a matching handmade gift card holder like only a paper crafter can do. You card makers really have the edge on being unique!
Welcome Spring with a New Stamp Set
There’s a new stamp set in town. Two coordinating stamp sets were released last week and we’re revealing them today. Sweetie Pie & Sweetie Pie Frames. They’re just not usually done in a Vintage style so we’ve…
Early Start to Spring
Spring starts tomorrow, but how about if we get an early start? How about if we start Spring today with some punch art and a Peek-a-Boo Spring card?
We got out the punches so this little butterfly could fly in the sunshine. With all the snow that many of you have been having, you deserve to celebrate Spring early!