by Brenda | Aug 14, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, Summer
What better than an underwater Friendly Fins summer scene for a summery blog hop? This adorable stamp/die bundle makes it amazingly easy to create! First, the watery feel of the background was created with the So Swirly embossing folder. This giant folder allows you...
by Brenda | Jul 31, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, General Cards, Template
I’m up to Template 9 on page 22 in the Stampin’ Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog! Today I featured this template in my Quick Class Live on YouTube and Facebook. You can watch it below: In addition to using the template with paper strips, I also created the...
by Brenda | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, Floral, General Cards, Technique
Did you know that there are 22 card templates on page 22 of the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog? I’ve been working my way through them during my weekly Quick Class Lives and I thought I’d share them with you here. I have linked to them below. I’ve gotten...
by Brenda | Jun 24, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, Floral
The Flowers of Beauty bundle has so many options for fabulous floral accents and focal points, and this card makes excellent use of one of them. This particular template or sketch is making the rounds on social media, mostly because of it’s great use of Designer...
by Brenda | Jun 16, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, General Cards, Summer
When I saw the Friendly Fins Bundle in the catalog, I knew it had to be part of my collection! I love anything revolving around water and I knew these adorable stamps and dies would create many aquatic scenes. And while I tend to avoid “scene” cards, the...
by Brenda | Jun 14, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, Floral
The 2024-2026 In Colors from Stampin’ Up! are bright and beautiful, and they work together beautifully! This isn’t always the case, but it makes me so happy when they do. Given that the theme to our blog hop is In Colors, this card allowed me to use all of...