Watercolor Wings and Bold Butterfly: Happy Retirement Party!

Say farewell to our beloved Watercolor Wings stamp set and the matching framelits die cuts! This beautiful set is being discontinued and will not appear in the next catalog, so snag a set quickly before it's too late! With two sizes of butterflies, layering die cuts, and sentiments included with the set, this is a …

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Delightful daffodils for spring and Easter cards

There's zero sign of daffodils yet around these parts–except in my stamp room! Last week my club ladies made these beautiful, springy East cards and got to try out one of Stampin' Up's most recent releases, You're Inspiring. It's kind of an unsung hero of the Spring 2018 Mini Catalog (page 31). Here's the images: …

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Off to slay dragons with a Myths & Magic card

Mike asked me to create "some sort of card with a knight" for two friends of ours who recently successfully "defended" their PhD dissertations. It's a pretty big deal, and worthy of making a fuss over. They don't just hand out doctorates! And did I ever have the PERFECT little knight and even a big …

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playing with my new Happy Birthday thinlets die

I finally broke down and allowed Sale-A-Bration to be my excuse to get this new die I've been admiring all over the internet! And it lived up to it's promise of being both really cool AND quick and easy. I had no trouble at all getting it out of the die, even without my usual …

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Mini Photo Tutorial: miniature shamrock punch art card

I had one of those "SQUEE" moments in the stamp room last night! I wanted to make a shamrock (actually a four-leaf clover) to go on my card for my demonstrator team's St. Patrick's day challenge. But it needed to be really tiny… tinier than any heart framelits or heart punch I had. Or so …

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