by Brenda | Dec 14, 2024 | Blog, Birthday, Card Ideas, Fun Fold, Holidays, Seasonal
Oh, the joy of a new blog hop theme, and this month’s “Anything Goes” is right up my alley! One of the best perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is getting early access to all the fabulous goodies. With the January–April 2025 Mini Catalog on the horizon,...
by Brenda | Dec 4, 2024 | Card Ideas, Holidays, Winter
I need to start making my Chanukah cards, although I do have a little more time this year as the holiday doesn’t begin until Christmas night! There’s a whole long reason for why it’s at a different time each year, all having to do with a lunar...
by Brenda | Nov 29, 2024 | Blog, Fall, Scrapbook, Seasonal, Thanksgiving
I’ve had the Autumn to Remember scrapbook kit on my desk for several weeks. My latest Quick Class was happening the day before Thanksgiving and I was knee deep in preparing to host a bunch of family. As host, I rarely take photos anymore as I’m just too...
by Brenda | Nov 20, 2024 | Card Ideas, Christmas, Fun Fold, Holidays, Seasonal, Technique, Winter
I began a class last week which featured a pop-up card like this, and right away I saw myself using the Merriest Trees dies to recreate it! Plus, the design was simple and so impressive. I knew it would be perfect for my next Quick Class. Some of the great features of...
by Brenda | Nov 14, 2024 | Blog, Card Ideas, Fall, Seasonal, Technique, Thank you, Thanksgiving
Thanks for hopping by for the Stampers Dozen Blog Hop where our theme this month is gratitude. With Thanksgiving coming up, now is a great time to focus on being thankful. I know I make a LOT of thank you cards all year long, but I really do try to focus on gratitude...
by Brenda | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog, Card Ideas, Christmas, Holidays, Seasonal
So after creating cards using the templates from the annual catalog, I decided to continue on with the theme by turning to the templates on page 16 of the September-December (SD) 2024 catalog. However, there are 20 templates on the page but only about 12 weeks left of...