What I made with my Suite Sampler: Peaceful Garden

I had SUCH a great time making the inspiration projects for the final Suite Sampler shipment that it almost made me change my mind about discontinuing the program! For years and years I’ve been taking one suite a month and making about 20 projects with it to show how much can be done from a …

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What I made with my Suite Sampler: Floral Charm

You guys, I’m telling ya, you gotta get this Floral Charm suite!! At LEAST get the paper pack I don’t care if you buy it from me, but go get it RIGHT NOW! Some papers are just so well-designed that it is impossible to make an ugly card with them. This is one of those!! …

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Vellum base floating card

Super pretty, hey? I’m adoring the sunny cheerfulness of the Floral Delight suit collection from Stampin’ Up, new in the spring 2025 mini catalog. I just LOVE yellow (as you’ll see if you ever get to visit me at Embellish in downtown Watertown, Wisconsin!) so these papers and the coordinating vellum pack are right up …

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Nested Double Gatefold card instructions

Well here’s a fun card! It’s super layered, thick and FANCY! And it’s really not that complicated to make. Basically you’re just making two double gatefold cards (cards with “doors” that fold inwards, then back on themselves) and nesting one inside the other. If you like lots of chances to show off coordinating paper packs, …

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What I made with my Regal Winter Suite Sampler

Last month’s Suite Sampler featured Regal Winter, a gorgeous new wintery-holidays inspired 12×12 paper pack from Stampin’ Up, with all the elegant trimmings! I so enjoyed the richly colored floral patterns, so unlike anything else out there. If you like the Regals color family, this is the pack for YOU! Here’s a sampling of what …

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What I made with my Suite Sampler: Wildly Flowering

I loved the beautiful bohemian tones of the August Suite Sampler and was able to come up with sooo many cards and pages using it! It’s not often you get supplies that work so beautifully together. And I wasn’t sure some of the bigger floral prints in the paper pack would work for me. But …

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