I have a little something special (and free) for y'all!

I signed up for emails from Free Pretty Things for You and these darling tags/ banners were the freebee today!

You can find them here. Print them out as they are or do a printscreen/copy/paste to word and resize them to suit your project. Fussy cut the banner or use the whole tag. Stamp the sentiment of your choice. There are quite a few ways I can think of to use these! 

I'm so very excited I have something to share with y'all! 

I got a call from Heartfelt Creations and they gave me a coupon code that I can share with all my friends. So my friends... here's the deal... it's a $5.00 one time use coupon that must be used by March 31st just in time for their new collection (Cherry Blossom Retreat) or anything else you may want! Use the code 16147 at check out!

Enjoy!

I've started thinking about....

Easter cards! I've combined the He is Risen stamp set from Stampin' Up! with Heartfelt Creations Flowering Dogwood Branches stamp & die sets to make this card! There's some dimension going on but it is still an easily mailable card! A little coloring with a blender pen & Stampin' Up!'s dye based ink pads help complete this card! If you have those blender pens & some ink pads you really don't need to invest in a whole buncha colored markers AND you can be assured you will always be color coordinated! 

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I'm back with a beautiful butterfly card that is very easy to make!

This is one of those cards that are great to have on hand for quick card giving occasions or you could even make a set in different color blends to give as a gift! I made it a birthday card but there are so many other possibilities with a simple change of sentiment! It will even go thru the mail with no problem!

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Happy Wednesday everyone!

Are you ready for spring yet? I'm in south Florida so we don't have spring. We have "tourist season" and "oh my gosh it's hot"!!! I really do miss the spring flowers since I've moved here but since there's no snow I guess it's a fair enough trade off. I thought I'd give ya'll some pretty tulips to make today. I kept this card all occasion with no sentiments so you can add your own for what ever occasion you'd like to use it for!

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My Stampin' Up! stuff got mixed up with Heartfelt Creations stuff again lol! HC is killing me... they came out with diamond shaped lacy dies (I love, love, love lacy dies) and the newest collection is centered around PANSIES! I love pansies too! So, of course, I had to order both and the pansy collection is on it's way. 

Today I'm using the Floral Fashionista stamp & die set and Stampin' Up!'s Tea Time stamp set and my FREE die set to go along with it. The coordinating dies are part of the Sale-a-bration and you can get them for FREE with a $100 order. Did you notice I capitalized FREE? I get so excited to get FREE things!!! 

Here's todays card and it's loaded with lace and flowers!

To see the video click here!

This weeks card.....

was inspired by this gorgeous paper pack I found. I'm always on the look out for papers that have purple as an element since that's my favorite (and only!) daughter-in-law's favorite color. Most of the ones I come across are either juvenile or just not terribly pretty but this pack is just so elegant! I found it here on amazon. It's always a bit of a gamble ordering papers online but I lucked out on this one! I did a special fold card on this one to showcase the papers!

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This is a public service annoucement....
If you haven't had your flu shot yet it's not too late. I'm sure glad I had mine and it was just the beginning of the month that I got it. There must have been a germy person at Trader Joe's last week when I went because next day I wasn't feeling well. Not out right, I just can't get out of bed sick, but sick enough to know it the flu. So I made stuff. 😃 Not cards... I made homemade ramen noodles, homemade spaghetti, baked bread. It was a carb explosion! Must have been what I needed, those carbs. 

I did manage a card to share too! Lots a lace & flowers! I did some stenciling (or masking if you prefer) which I haven't done for a while and I finally used my new lace embossing folder SU came out with and boy is it pretty! I sprinkled it with some tiny hearts in Lovely Lipstick and a few dainty vellum roses later it was done!

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We've all been there...

Everyone starts out as a beginner! I've geared this card making video to all of those people just starting out. I've tried not to miss anything. I hope I didn't. After a time of repeatedly doing something it's just too easy to go on "auto drive" and forget that what's natural to me might be a totally new revelation to someone just beginning. 

BUT just because this video was made for beginners that doesn't mean that there may not be ideas that even a seasoned card maker might find use for! I also give a lot of opinions about various products, why I like them, why some have been discarded. In any case, I think this card will be one that both beginners or experts would be proud to give!

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I'm losing control!

LOL I've been trying to keep the Valentine's Day cards on the simple side and easy to send thru the mail but I couldn't control the urge to break out the lace and flowers! It sooo sentimental with two lacy hearts entwined on the front! There's a great tip in this video too! How to make a banner! Mine is a tiny little strip but it can be adjusted to fit any size sentiment. 

See the video here!

Happy Wednesday my crafty friends!

It is just BEAUTIFUL here in south Florida! We had a "cold" front come in. By cold, I mean cool lol. It tickles me to hear the weather people describe what we get as a cold front! According to Alexa (yes, I have one!) it's 69 degrees out right now. I've been enjoying my Christmas cactus for the last week now, it's just gorgeous! Tons of blossoms on it! And here I thought I had killed it over the summer. I got a little carried away with the watering 😒 but it came back around!

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! I have a card to share with you too! I tried to keep it fairly simple for those people that don't want lots and lots of lace and flowers but it's still romantic enough with some hearts and simple rose cut outs. 

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It's Sale-a-bration time!

Today Sale-a-bration and 2019 Occasions goes live! Here are the pdf's for them so you can see what's new in the Stampin' Up! world!

Sale-a-bration


2019 Occasions 

Hi there all my crafty friends!

I'm back from my bit of time off with some Valentine's Day cards. I hope your holidays were as nice as mine. Christmas was a lot of fun since my grandson is now older and has *sorta* figured out the whole Christmas thing and he also had his 2nd birthday so there was more gift giving and a party! 

Somewhere in that time I managed to make some cards to share too! I got some of the newest sets from Stampin' Up! during the demonstrator preorder from the Sale-a-bration and 2019 Occasions catalogs. They start officially tomorrow, Jan. 3. I'll post the catalog pdf's as soon as they go live! They came out with some lovely stamp and dies sets and getting a little something extra with Sale-a-bration is always good!

Here's the first of 2019 Valentine's Day cards!

This would be a great any occasion card just by switching out the sentiments and I think I may use this as my anniversary card for my husband (shhhh, don't tell him) next month! To see the Youtube video click here!