Making a Watercolor Daffodil Notecard
What are you doing on this President's Day holiday? We started off with Ann making a Watercolor Daffodil Notecard. Are you getting out your stamps to make a card? Are you doing some clean-up and organization? Getting some well-deserved rest? On a vacay or a stay-ca?...
Purple Butterfly Birthday Card
What do you give an 8 year old for her birthday? Why, a purple butterfly birthday card sounds like just the right thing! Ann had received a nice card from one of our 24/7 Stampers, Dian, for her birthday. And although Ann didn't use the same color or paper or dies,...
Make a Man Card in Minutes
Ann was in a bit of a jam yesterday and needed to make a man card in minutes. And so she did - while she was doing the live stream with our viewers last night. We added a few birds in the air from the On the Horizon stamp set that coordinates with the paper that we...
Happy Birthday, Ann!
This day rolls around every 365 or 366 days. We know it's coming. It's right between Lincoln's birthday, Valentine's Day and Washington's birthday. And every year the President's Day holiday is right around Ann's birthday. I think that on some level she believes that...
What’s Your Favorite Song?
Do you have a favorite song? Whether you're a child of the '60's, -70's, '80's, '90's or this century, most everyone has a favorite song. What's yours? On yesterday's live stream, they talked about songs and music while Ann made a card with a record on it. You can...
2 Easy Cards, 1 Great Layout
We did more than make an easy card yesterday. We actually shared 2 easy cards with 1 great layout. We made the Valentine version on the live stream yesterday, but the night before, we did the birthday version with our local stampers. 2 Easy Cards Let Us Know So, which...
Ready for Purple Valentines?
We asked some of our Facebook fans what color they preferred for their Valentines. Purple Valentines were almost as popular and pink and red! So Ann got out her stamps, ink s and papers and made it happen! Purple Valentine And what makes this card even better is that...
Quick and Easy Colorful Card
It's the saga of how we made this quick and easy colorful card. Yes, it was quick and easy, but it was not without it's road bumps. First, we had to make 25 or more cards. Not different cards. Just one style of card. We swapped or traded with some of our favorite...
Want More Natural Skin Tones?
Have you ever wanted more options to watercolor for more natural skin tones? In the past, we had limited options for skin tones, but starting today, Stampin' Up! is offering 10 Stampin' Blends to give you options. More Natural Skin Tones Natural Skin Tone Stampin'...
Easy and Impressive Thank You Card
Ann has been looking forward to making this easy and impressive thank you card for a few weeks. And now we get to make it and share it with you! It was so easy, yet it's still impressive. At least, I think so. What do you think? Thank You Card Ann cut 3/4" off of the...
Make a Quick and Easy Sailboat Card
We really loved making our sailboat card twice on Friday. Once to send to a new friend and again to share with all our viewers on our live stream. We liked it just that much, but each time was a little different. We made the first one without a hitch and got it in the...
Do Card Layouts Help You?
First, you might want to know what card layouts are. The easiest way to explain is that it's a kind of map of what your card will look like. For many stampers, it's where they start with making their card - even if they're copying a card they've seen before. What's...
Try This Textured Whitewash Card
You may have seen whitewash before, but have you tried to make a textured whitewash card? We tried it on yesterday's live stream and I like it! In another couple months, these 5 colors will retire after two years of faithful service. And we picked three of them to...
Finally Finished Friday’s Palm Tree Card
We lost our signal during last Friday's live stream, so yesterday we waited and finished Friday's Palm Tree card on yesterday's show. It was fun! We shared a brand new unreleased stamp set and gave some tips on how to watercolor using the Stampin' Blends. We showed...
Check Out Our Greenhouse Card
I really love getting together in Ann's head while she's making cards with our live stream viewers. Making this greenhouse card was one of those times when we love the card they all made together. Greenhouse Card Now, you could get a more realistic look putting a...