I wanted to make a quick and simple card today to demonstrate what an impact you can make on card by using just two colors…

And so sorry for such a late post…the dreaded strep throat bug has invaded the house and one of my girls has caught it…and so I am taking advantage [...]

I decided to make a simple card today and with Valentine’s Day less than a month away I decided to go with a heart theme…

And then I saw a pretty paper doiley and that gave me inspiration for the mat of my simple card…and the rest came from some fun new products featured [...]

One of the fabulous new products in the Occasions Mini Catalog are Beveled Windowpanes – these little gems highlight images beautifully and give them a glassy look…

You can find Beveled Windowpanes on pg 28 and they come in 3 different sizes in a pack of 12 – they have ribbon slides on two [...]

Some new goodies arrived last night in my Stampin’ Up! order including another Sale-a-bration stamp set that I pre-ordered which goes by the name of Punch Bunch…

I held off ordering this particular set figuring that I would get in during Sale-a-bration but…well, you know me and owls…I just couldn’t wait any longer!

And [...]

One of the stamp sets that is featured in the Sale-a-bration catalog is called Bliss and it has some beautiful images in it including a flourish, butterfly and sentiment that I have used in my card below…

During Sale-a-bration you get to pick one free item of your choice for every $50 that you [...]

In a beautiful little scrapbook album made simply from 5 Envelopes and a piece of card stock – decorate as wished, add photos and you have one cute and very affordable-to-make keepsake…

You have the front and back covers to decorate with patterned papers and embellishments PLUS there are 10 pages inside too…and you [...]

I am just loving using the brand new sentiment set You’re a Gem that you can find on pg 25 of the Occasions Mini Catalog…

It is incredibly versatile and I am finding it perfect for making quick and easy cards for almost any occasion – such as the three below that I made [...]

Today I decided to make a simple black and white card featuring brand new papers and stamps…

The paper I used is from the specialty pack First Edition that you can find on pg 25 of the Occasions Mini Catalog – for patterned papers it is bargain priced at $11.95 for 24 sheets of [...]

Today I challenged myself to make a clean and simple card without using ribbons…that is tough for me since I love to use ribbon on almost everything I make…

I am loving using the chance to use brand new sets featured in the Occasions Mini Catalog and decided to use two of these sets [...]

As a chocolate lover, when I saw the new set Eat Chocolate in the Occasions Mini Catalog I knew I had to have it…

Have you seen it?  You can find Eat Chocolate on pg 30 of that Mini Catalog and it is just perfect for creating cards and treats for those chocolate lovers [...]