I am really sad this sweet Arrange A Wreath Bundle is retiring as of May 3, 2021. I feel like I hardly had a chance to play with it before it will no longer be available to purchase. The wreath is a beautiful feature on a front door, greeting your visitors and inviting them in during the Christmas Season, but are now a feature nearly year around…

If you have been paper crafting for any amount of time, you will accumulate scraps that you just KNOW you will find a use for… and after a time, you will realize that there is hording going on in your paper supplies… hit a nerve? I know I am GUILTY!! I am have so many ideas that I never seem to have time to implement, but decided to teach my customers about cakes & gift boxes that can be made of scraps!

Oh Dandy Garden Suite… how do I love thee!! There is so much to this amazing suite that I can only begin to utilize all the adorable elements! This post is primarily about the Garden Wishes Bundle, as I feel it has not received nearly enough attention! While dandelions can be a gardener’s worst nemesis, it can also be a charming element to wildflower fields, pollen sources for bees, a wonder for small children as they pick and gift bouquets to their adoring moms or blow the dandelion seeds to kingdom come!!

I don’t know about you, but I love picnics with checked blankets, a hamper full of lovely goodies like ripe berries or little berry tarts… my tongue is watering just imagining. Well, that is what comes to mind when I saw the Sale-a-bration FREE Berry Delightful DSP and Berry Blessings stamp set that coordinates perfectly with the Sweet Strawberry Bundle!

Yeah for Sale-a-bration time!! Free DSP (Designer Series Paper) and stamp sets are the BOMB!! The FREE Paper Blooms DSP coordinates perfectly with the In Bloom Bundle featured in the NEW Mini Catalog!! How fun!! The sweet little blooms and soft colors make for fabulous cards and scrapbook pages.

This stunning Love You Always Suite is absolutely delightful to dig into. It is perfect for Valentines, Anniversary, Weddings or general greetings…

Who loves free goodies?!! Well, get ready for January 5th because Sale-a-bration starts!! For every $50 of purchased Stampin’ Up! merchandise, you get to pick from a catalog of goodies! I’ve used Corner Bouquet & Heal Your Heart for these cards, and are both from the Sale-a-bration catalog & free!!

I love making treasure boxes with old cigar boxes, and have been making them for years. When I saw the stunning Fine Art Floral Suite coming in the Mini Catalog (January - June 2021), I knew that would be my first project with the gorgeous papers. Each petal on these papers has been hand painted and photographed for stunning effects!

Each month I scour the internet for gift boxes. I love to make goodie boxes for my customers at my monthly stamp camps. This paper is so cute and and made a perfect Ferrero Rocher box. The box is so pretty, it could hang from a Christmas tree as an ornament. I used the Curvey Celebrations Variety Bundle, along with Gold Foil CS, and tassels from a dear friend.

Why spend so much on a gift bag when you can make your own. It is especially lovely when you have a gift bag and card that coordinate together. The wonderful Poinsettia Place Suite by Stampin’ Up! has gorgeous DSP, stamps and dies that make every project a stunning success!

I am in love again…

As a demonstrator, I was able to pre-order the suite this last week, and just love the dandelions, dragonflies, bees and ladybugs! As an avid gardener and lover of anything floral, I find this suite so much fun! It brings to mind my childhood, laying in the grass watching ladybugs, blowing on dandelions, or putting yellow dandelion flowers under my siblings chin to see if they liked butter (silly I know).

One of the best perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator (other than the discount) is getting access to new merchandise before it comes out in the catalogs! I was so excited to see the new Curvy Celebrations from the up and coming Spring Mini Catalog 2021…

Making Christmas gifts is a fun way to spend a day! Stampin' Up! makes gift making so easy with their coordinated colors of ink, cardstock and embellishments. Snowflake Splendor Suite has stunning colors in the DSP that begged to be used for this project. What’s better than a cute gift box and shaker ornament that comes together so easily with just a few steps.

I was not certain what I wanted to do for World Cardmaking Day, as I had never heard of it before 2020 (there are a LOT of holidays I have never heard of until social media took over our news… lol). Somehow I saw a post about Operation Gratitude…

We all love gorgeous Designer Series Paper, and during this incredible sale, you can enjoy a 15% discount on select papers from our current catalogs! Now is a great time to stock up and save on some of our most popular paper designs! Reach out to me and I can send you the list of DSP that is included in this sale!! Don’t miss out!

Here in sunny/warm SoCal, fall doesn’t feel like fall at all, so I turn on the AC and get into my fun fall stamp sets. One of the cute sets in the August 2020 to December 2020 Fall Mini is the Autumn Greetings Bundle (as a reminder, anytime you see the word “Bundle” or “Suite” that means a 10% discount when you buy the items together). I wanted a set I could color or stamp and this darling set of stamps and dies fit the bill perfectly.

I have been anticipating the September 2020 Hello Pumpkin, Paper Pumpkin delivery, for what seems like forever! It is so so so cute, with so many pieces and so much potential for every day use! Some of the ideas I CASE’d (Copy And Share Everything), but some are my own variations.

I just love any kind of foliage or flowers, especially when Stampin’ Up! does such a stunning job creating stamps and dies that have so much versatility. Rooted in Nature stamps and Natures Roots dies are just one of those sets.

Stampin’ Up! has an amazing treat for us! The Little Treats Bundle in the August-December 2020 Mini Catalog, including the Little Treats Cling Stamp Set and the Little Treat Box Dies are so stinkin’ FUN!! I am preparing for my monthly stamp camp, and decided to show my customers how versatile this sweet bundle can be! Below you will find Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays (masculine & feminine), and a bridal or wedding theme of not just treat boxes, but of cards as well! Wow!

I love that I have the ability to create gifts right at my fingertips. They only take a few hours and the results are always appreciated. One of my favorites is making card gift sets. Stampin’ Up! makes it so easy to make fabulous gift boxes and cards.