I grew up in Hawaii so as much as I try to resist I always end up purchasing stamp sets that remind me of the islands. This is what happened to me with the Tropical Chic stamp set and the Tropical thinlits. When it came time to place my first order from the new catalog…
Welcome to another Stamper's Dozen Blog Hop! The theme this month is Anything Goes! I decided to us one of my favorite sets, Accented Blooms. The flowers were colored using Stampin' Blends. I decided to try something different so I fussy cut around some of the flowers and then used one of the Layering Circle…
This week the Create with Connie and Mary Challenge is using the sample on page 5 of the 2018-19 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog for inspiration. You can use the sketch, the color combination, and/or the stamp set as the inspiration for your card. I chose to use the layout for my card. I just received…
This post should be called, how many new Stampin' Up! products can I use on one card. The answer is I used 5. This was not intentional. If it were I would have used even more! The struggle is real. So many beautiful new products that it is hard to figure out what to focus…
I seem to be posting later and later everyday! I hope to get back on schedule soon. Today's card is maybe one of my very favorites. If you follow me at all, you know I love black and white cards with a pop of color, usually red. When I saw that the former In Color,…
Still playing around with the new colors. Let me introduce you to Lovely Lipstick, a 2018-20 In Color. Here I paired Lovely Lipstick with Night of Navy & Early Espresso (Neutrals Collection). Isn't it just a beautiful color and perfectly named. In fact this color would indeed make a lovely lipstick. I also used another…
The new catalog is filled with so many beautiful things that it can be hard to decide what to play with first. I know, this is a GREAT problem to have! I decided that I wanted to get acquainted with the new colors. Yesterday's post I played with some new In Colors and today's post…
I just want you to know that no matter what is going on, no matter how you are feeling, YOU are Fabulous.
This month on the Create with Connie & Mary Thursday Challenge the challenge is a little different. Every week there will be a sample from the 2018 Stampin' Up! Catalog that will be used as inspiration. You can use the stamp set in the sample, the layout, the colors, or whatever you like from the…
Have you seen the adorable Animal Outing stamp set on page 27 of the new catalog? We were lucky to receive this set at the OnStage event in April. I made this card in April and wished I had the super cute Animal Expedition DSP but luckily I had the Wood Textures DSP which also…