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!

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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. 

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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!

Stampin' Up! Christmas 2018 Snowflake Card Making Session!

My last video of the year is a series of snowflake cards that I do "on the fly"! I had all of these wonderful little snowflake bits and pieces just hanging around! And it gives a little insight to my card designing processes that may be helpful to you!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and I'll see ya in January!

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Stampin' Up! Christmas 2018 Shabby Chic Angels on Earth Card

Before you know it Christmas will be here! It always seems to me that time speeds up this time of year, Christmas sneaks up on me every year! 

Shabby chic is the card style for this card. I've used the Angels on Earth stamp set from Stampin' Up! which has a very vintage look to it. I added a little gilding too using the Nuvo Gold Gilding flakes. There are two main things to remember when gilding with those flakes. One is to make sure the Tombow glue is completely dry, the other is to have NO air movement or you'll have flakes everywhere!

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Stampin' Up! meets Heartfelt Creations Christmas 2018 Darling Deer card

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! My tree is up and decorated! And then redecorated after my cats were finished adding their "decorating" technique! Everything in my house is considered a cat toy, including me! lol 

If you should need a few extra ornaments on your tree, just get out your Star of Light dies, some foil paper and cut your own! I added some that I made using my new favorite crafting supply, Mirri Card Reflective Paper from marcopaper.com!

They really look lovely! And all I did was cut them out and hang them! Easy Peasy!

This weeks card features the cutest little deer pulling a sleigh full of gifts! He came from Heartfelt Creations Merry & Bright Collection Papers. There are 2 sheets in the paper pack with the deer & sleigh plus the branches and the die set cuts them perfectly so it's a big time saving "cheat" to be able to just die cut them! If you prefer to spend the time coloring in your deer & branches there is also a stamp set that coordinates with the dies. And, yes, that is the lacy border I passed over when I made the poinsettia card!

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