Swaps from the First Ever SC swap, part 2

Mikki Madden made this cute, bright card with two stamp sets that you can get for free during Sale A Bration–Happy Moments and Whimsical Words. It's hard to tell in the photo, but Mikki embossed a circle with Iridescent Ice around the cake and it really pops! Kathy Zamer used the same two stamp sets …

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I love you better than chocolate

Inspired by a cute card by demo Karen Duke, I made this valentine for my husband with the cute set "Things I Love." It makes me laugh when I see that set (page 54 of the main catalog), because there are several images you can use–chocolate, new shoes, shopping– but you'll notice there is no …

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Cards from the First Ever Stampin’ Connections swap, Part 1

All this week I will be posting some of my very favorites from the 80-person demonstrator swap I just hosted over on our brand new demo-only forum, Stampin' Connections. This gorgeously-detailed beauty, made with the Medallion and En Francais backgrounds, is by Laura Fernsler. This one gets points from me for the most unusual colors …

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No more Pink and Red for a bit!!

I don't know about you, but I'm a little pink-and-redded out right now. Let's look at something totally different for a little bit! Here's a funky card I made with the Flower Folds XL die for the Big Shot. I wanted to see how it would look when it wasn't all layered up and 3-D. …

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4×4 Stamp Camp to feature Magic Reinker Spread technique

Join us for a "4×4" stamp camp from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 20th! We will be making four cards was of four different designs–16 cards altogether–with cheerful springy colors and some new embellishments and techniques to chase away the winter blues!  One of the designs will include the incredibly gorgeous Magic Reinker …

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Vintage Vogue Sympathy

Unfortunately finding myself in need of sympathy cards lately so made several up. For this one, I used the new Scallop Trim Corner punch in my favorite way to use it–just on selected corners. It tones down the overly girly, lacy effect of having the border go all the way around the rectangle. I don't …

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