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OnStage Orlando Day 1 Recap & my Two General Swap Cards

OnStage Orlando Day 1 Recap & my Two General Swap Cards

Last week I spent Wednesday till Sunday in Orlando attending Stampin’ Up!’s convention OnStage.  There were about 6000 demonstrators from all over in attendance.   During OnStage a lot of demonstrators swap cards with each other, plus we attend stamping presentations, get prizes, and have a wonderfully fun time.  This was my first big event; I have attended Local events in Atlanta (twice) and in…

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Daisy Delight for #PCC286

Daisy Delight for #PCC286

Kindness cards are one of the things that we need to create more of:  And, with the Daisy Delight Suite of products from Stampin’ Up! ® creating kindness cards has been so much easier.  This suite of products makes creating my card for the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge #286 a blast and very fast.  I love how all the products go together and I don’t have to put a lot of thought effort or time…

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Pushing the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to the Limit

Pushing the Pattern Party Decorative Masks to the Limit

Last week I shared with you a card that I created using the Pattern Party Decorative masks.  What i did was a little ink blending with the stencil in a tone on tone method.  You can see my original post by clicking here.  I mentioned in the post that I would share with you cards that I made using the same technique but using each of the stencils.   So today I am going to share with you the rest…

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Celebrate with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks Video Tutorial

Celebrate with the Pattern Party Decorative Masks Video Tutorial

Today, I am going to share with you the card that i made on Saturday; during my Coffee & Card Facebook Live Technique Workshop.  I created this card live during the event, with just the idea of what I was going to use but not knowing how it would turn out.  I pulled out some of the supplies that I very rarely use.  Like the Pattern Party Decorative masks from the 2017 Annual Catalog, along with a…

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This years Rocket City Retreat was a Blast! Did you miss out or Join in on the fun?

This years Rocket City Retreat was a Blast! Did you miss out or Join in on the fun?

Over the weekend myself and four other demonstrators in the area (Thelma Collins, Kathi Jenkins, Charity Wright and Jane Stull) held our Rocket City Stampers Spring Retreat. The retreat is open to all levels of Stampin’ Up!Demonstrators. We had a Friday night Meet & Greet at a local restaurant with a WOW swap. And, the big event was Saturday; and lasted all day. Were we made projects, laughed,…

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Harlequin Pattern Card for #PCC279 featuring Timeless Texture & the Tailored Tag Punch from Stampin' Up!

Harlequin Pattern Card for #PCC279 featuring Timeless Texture & the Tailored Tag Punch from Stampin’ Up!

This week with the Paper Craft Crew we are celebrating Mardi, and it’s the theme for this week’s challenge.  Each Design Team member has came up with a project all themed around Mardi gras.  I sat down to figure out what I could come up with to do this challenge, I don’t have a mask stamp set, or anything with beads, or anything that you would typically think of for Mardi Gras.  So I had to be…

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How to Create a Tutti-Frutti Monogram Home Décor Piece Video Tutorial

Today I am going to share with you how to make one of the pillow gifts that the attendees of my Winter Tutti-Frutti Retreat in a Box received.  Each person got five pillow gifts all themed around the Tutti-Frutti suite in the Occasions catalog.  I wanted them to have some inspiration on other ideas they could do with the suite besides the cards and sampler that we made.  With the Monogram Home…

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Heartfelt Love Notes Alternative Valentine's day Card

Heartfelt Love Notes Alternative Valentine’s day Card

Good morning, I hope that your weekend has kicked off with a nice calm morning.  Today, I am going to share with you another alternative project that I came up with using the January Paper Pumpkin Kit Heartfelt Love Notes.  You can see the original post here, and the my other alternative card here.  This month’s kit has been so much fun to work with both as alternative projects and the actual…

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