Perennial Lavender: A Study in Monochromatic Designs Monochromatic color schemes use a color (hue), tints and shades. Stampin' Up! has created color families that are perfect for monochromatic designs. The Perennial Lavender Suite has so many wonderful elements. This card only shows off a couple of them. The stamps, ...
Rustic Harvest Suite
Stamp It Group Valentines Day Theme Blog Hop
Love is in the Everyday Details Love is in the Everyday Details. Love is what Valentines Day is all about. I have not had a Valentine in many years, but I have many special people in my life that I want to recognize on a day that celebrates love. The Everday Details Bundle and Flight & Airy DSP are a ...
Stamp It Group New Years Eve Theme Blog Hop
blog Joy to You: Sending Good Tidings in this Season of Cheer After our Holiday Open House I found this lovely bottle of Champagne on the counter and I have no idea who brought it to the party. I love this idea of creating a bottle tag to let your host know that you were thinking of them and brought them ...
Stamp It Group Christmas Holiday Blog Hop
blog Saint Nicholas Sends Colorful Christmas Wishes Saint Nicholas is the perfect bundle to send a colorful holiday wish. I have had several challenges this fall that have kept me from my craft room. However, I could not pass up the chance to sit with my inks to create a watercolor image with this set. After my ...
Stamp It Group Thanksgiving Theme Blog Hop
Thanksgiving is a Time to Count Your Blessings I challenged myself to take a set that was not part of my autumn collections and create a card that shared my thoughts about the many blessings I have in my life. I started out wanting to use the Rustic Crate Stamp set and the Oxidized Specialty DSP. But I ...
Stamp It Group Fall Theme Blog Hop
Fall Means Apple Harvests to Me Fall means Apple Harvest to me. This is one of my all time favorite stamp sets. I live in apple country. Every fall I spend my weekends at Shelburne Farms, one of the 5 orchards in my town. I worked there as a teenager, my kids worked there as teenagers, and now I am ...
Stamp It Group Christmas in July Blog Hop
Christmas Pinecones Sparkle in the Season Christmas Pinecone Dies Sparkle and that is a great way to start the Holiday Season! This was the perfect project to start playing with the Holographic Trio Specialty Paper. In the Very Best Occaisions Stamp Set, I found the perfect sentiment to start off the ...
Stamp It Group Summer Fun Blog Hop
Calm & Quiet a Picture of Summer Calm & Quiet is what I am looking for this summer. I love the Host Stamp Set, I couldn't wait to use a watercolor technique on this beautiful image! This is a reward stamp set that you can earn when you have a workshop order of $150 or more. Old, New, and used ...
Stamp It Group Mother’s Day Blog Hop
A Waterfall of Cheerful Daisies for Mom The Fresh as a Daisy Suite has so many wonderful elements that I couldn't wait to play with it. The waterfall card design was the perfect playground. The Fresh as a Daisy DSP has amazing painterly illustrations of the sweet and simple daisy. I love this format. It ...
Stamp It Group Easter Blog Hop
Nested Friends, My Mom's Favorite: Bluebirds Every Easter my mom was on the lookout for her favorite bluebirds. I love this stamp set. What's more I love using the our Classic Stampin' Pads to create a beautiful watercolored image. The Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper absorbs the inks beautifully and the ...
Stamp It Group Spring Fling Blog Hop
A Scenic Garden of Spring Flowers Sending Healing Thoughts The weatherman is predicting the first big snow of the winter this coming week and the official start of Spring is only 24 days away. Flowers are such a breath of fresh air standing tall at the gates of Spring. I had so much fun using the ...
Stamp It Group Valentines Day Blog Hop
A Friendly Little Valentine From the Country Floral Lane One of the reasons I love Stampin' Up! so much is their amazing Designer Series Paper (DSP for short). This cute card was made from the Country Floral Lane Suite Collection. I saw these adorable bicycles with baskets of flowers and I was hooked! ...