Paper Flowers

This is a card my friend Mary made to show us how to make paper flowers. She made one flower for us and then showed us how to make the others. The directions can be found here. I loved making these flowers! Thanks Mary!

Spring Fifth Avenue Floral

This lovely card uses the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set – on sale for 20% off this month only! I copied the card from Carrie. I love how she used the embossing folder that coordinates with the stamp set. I love this color combination of certainly celery, lavender lace and barely banana. I’m going to…

Color Renovation

The news is out! Stampin’ Up! is getting ready for a Color Renovation beginning with the release on July 1 of the 2010-2011 Stampin’ Up! Idea Book and Catalog! I’m so excited about these new color collections and bringing back some of my favorite in colors too! Click here to download the Color Renovation flier…

Fold Flat Box

I learned how to make this fun box at the Reno Regional that I went to last month. This box’s secret is that it can fold flat for easy transport. I started with 4-7/8″ x 4-7/8″ piece of barely banana scored at 15/16″ on each side to create the flat box. I scored the corners…

Spring is here!

I’m excited for Spring to come! I’m looking forward to warmer weather, planting a vegetable garden and more flowers, and enjoying more time outside! My friend Donna gave me the Season of Friendship stamp set and I finally found some time to make a card with it. This is a fun versatile stamp set that…

Easter Bunny Basket

I saw this cute Easter Bunny Basket by Dacia here and had to make one! I love all the little details she included. I started with four scallop envelope dies and cut off one side flap to put the four together to create the box. Then I stamped 4 – 2″x3″ pieces of whisper white…

Two-Step Into Spring Promotion

TWO-STEP INTO SPRING PROMOTION STARTS TODAY: Promotion Period: April 1 – April 30, 2010Two-Step into spring with a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog!Be the first to add the Awash with Flowers stamp set to your collection. Item Description Price 117062 Awash with Flowers (wood-mount) $39.95 120549 Awash with Flowers (clear-mount) $27.95…

Easter Egg Basket Card

I popped by my friend’s house this morning and she and another friend were making the cutest Easter egg cards that inspired me to make this card. They had punched out cute little eggs with the wide oval punch out of the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. For my card, I wanted to make a basket for…

Bunny Box

We made these cute Bunny Boxes at our last demonstrator meeting. Donna showed us how to use punches to create it! You could add a handle and make it a cute basket for Easter treats! Supplies: Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink Dies: Top Note Die, Leaves from Build a Flower Set #2 Punches: Wide…