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Watercolor Flowers

Greetings my crafty friends!  Today I am excited t share some floral cards I created by first  and ink and water to watercolor paper and then stamping and die cutting my images. water coloring.  This is a fun and simple way to create unique watercolor stamped images without to much work! For the card above, I simply wet my watercolor paper and then using my acrylic blocks stamped ink onto my paper.   I did use a stamping platform to stamp my images.   For the cards  below I stamped the image first and uses a water painter  to add drops of ink onto the image.     

Layers of Beauty in Bubble Bath Pink!

  Today I am sharing this Layered Florals Card I created in Baby Pink! Featuring Bubble Bath and Blackberry Bliss. Isn't the result just beautiful!?!?!

Love Notes with Layered Stamped Squares

  Today I am sharing my final card (for this week ) created with the Love Notes 6x6 Designer Series papers! Looking for the perfect paper for Valentine’s Day cards and tags? Love Notes 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper is a mix of full-sheet patterns and cut-apart designs, making it easy to create beautiful cards in no time. Simply trim and adhere to a card front or cut and layer for sweet accents. Todays card features 3 die cut squares; and stamped cardstock using the Valentine Kisses stamp set and the Pet Love stamp set!

Love Notes - Hanging Tag Card

  Today I am sharing my third card created with the Love Notes 6x6 Designer Series papers! Looking for the perfect paper for Valentine’s Day cards and tags? Love Notes 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper is a mix of full-sheet patterns and cut-apart designs, making it easy to create beautiful cards in no time. Simply trim and adhere to a card front or cut and layer for sweet accents. Todays card features a die cut tags the dangles between two layers of cardstock.

Love Notes Banner Card

  Today I am sharing my second card created with the Love Nots 6x6 Designer Series papers! Looking for the perfect paper for Valentine’s Day cards and tags? Love Notes 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper is a mix of full-sheet patterns and cut-apart designs, making it easy to create beautiful cards in no time. Simply trim and adhere to a card front or cut and layer for sweet accents. Today I die cut one of the papers with the Party Banner dies and punched the sentiment with the Modern Oval Punch.

Love Notes- You're EX-STRAW Special Card

  Today and for the next few days I will be sharing some card created with the Love Nots 6x6 Designer Series papers! Looking for the perfect paper for Valentine’s Day cards and tags? Love Notes 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) Designer Series Paper is a mix of full-sheet patterns and cut-apart designs, making it easy to create beautiful cards in no time. Simply trim and adhere to a card front or cut and layer for sweet accents. I did add a few stamped images from the Valentine's Kisses Bundle!

Layers of Beauty Floral Card

  Today I am sharing this Layer of Beauty Floral Card I created. It is no secret that this is one of my favorite bundles! Today I was inspired by a YouTube video that stenciled their stamped images onto colored cardstock then then matted their images on a darker cardstock! The results are stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Wait until later this week when I share a baby girl pink version!)

Cute as A Bug Children Card

  Today I am sharing this adorable card I created for my grand daughters upcoming birthday! This Cute as a Bug Suite is so much fun and super CUTE! even for little girls!

Stamping and Coloring on Vellum

  Greetings my crafty friends! Today I am sharing this card featured a Butterfly Stamped on Vellum and then colored on the reverse side with Stampin' Up Blends! Such a fun and easy technique! Simply stamp your image on Vellum with StazOn ink and then turn your design over and color on the back side. Simple!!!! The StazOn ink dries on the vellum, and by coloring on the reverse side of the vellum you avoid your blends smearing the ink!

Bunch Of ThanksCard Kit Alternate Card Ideas

Greetings! Today I am sharing some alternative card ideas using the Bunch Of Thanks Card Kit. This kit is on LOW INVENTORY so you might want to snag one. Hope you enjoy these cards.  

Gliding Garden Swing Garden Card

  Today I am sharing this card featuring the Online Exclusive Gliding Garden Swing Bundle. And I thought the Perennial Lavender designer papers provided the perfect backdrop for the bundle! I can't wait to create more with this bundle!

ICS Blog Hop- January 2026 Product of the Month Showcase

  WE at ICS are kicking off the new year showcasing the Product of the month! We could use either the December  or the January product of the month products. Have you snagged the product of the month yet?   Spend $75 and you have the opportunity to purchase the product of the month for $5.  I chose to create with the December Product of the Month!  The colors are absolutely stunning!  Here is another card I created with the Wooly Friends Stamp and Punch Bundle!  Be sure to hop along with the team!  Blog Hop Index

Batik Technique Card duo

  Today I am sharing this card duo I created using the Batik technique inspired by TX Stampin' Sharon! I just love the colors of this background. You simply mask your leaves and layer different ink colors onto your background.

Stunning Wedding Card with Lovely & Beautiful Suite

  Greetings my friends! Today I am excited to share this beautiful wedding card created with the Lovely & beautiful suite. This designer paper is absolutely beautiful in person! and that flower stamp is stunning!

Twisted Ribbon Inspired Card

  Today's card features some retired cardstock and the Petals of Beauty Stamp and Die Bundle and the Twisted Ribbon Technique inspired by Terri Gaines. ( https://createwithterrigaines.com/true-blue-florals-designer-series-paper-twisted-ribbon-card-video-tutorial/ ) I am loving the Berry Burst and Blackberry Bliss colors together!

Lovely & Beautiful Peach Pie8e Greeting Card

Greetings my friends! Today I am excited to share this beautiful tri-fold card created with the Lovely & beautiful suite. Today I paired the suite with the Words of Beauty Bundle. The designer papers paired wonderfully with the Peach Pie cardstock. And just look at those corner dies from the Beautifully Celebrated dies.  

Simply Beautiful Floral card

  Greetings my friends! Here is another card featuring the Lovely and Beautiful Suite! This beauty features the Simply Beautiful floral dies! aren't they beautiful??!!!

Fresh Freesia Card Featuring Lovely & Beautiful Suite

  Greetings my crafty friends! For the next several days I will be sharing projects created with new catalog and Online Exclusive goodies! today's card featured the Lovely & Beautiful Suite featured on page 23-25 of the catalog! This suite has gorgeous spring colors and stunning flowers! and its a super/mega suite as it features 2 stamp & die bundles! This card is beautiful in Fresh Freesia!

Paper Pumpkin Possibilities - December 2025 - Watercolor in Bloom

Greetings my Crafty Friends!     Welcome to our Paper Pumpkin Possibilities blog hop!  I am so excited to be a part of this team of hoppers sharing alternative designs for each month's Paper Pumpkin kit.  This month's kit is all about the December 2025 – Watercolor in  Bloom.   I was able to make three alternative cards so far! and I have several bother works in progress!  Be sure to hop along with the rest of the team to see all of there alternatives!    Blog Hop Index

New Catalog! New Online Exclusives and New Product of the Month ... Oh my!

 Today is the Day!   New Catalog is live!!!!  New Online Exclusives are available and a New Product of the Month.  Everything is live today in my Stampin' Up! Store! And did I mention Bonus days !!Every $50 you spend earns a $5 coupon to be used in February!  How it Works... Product of the Month   If you love exclusive products, you’re going to love Product of the Month, a promotion centered around a special product release every month. The Product of the Month items are specially designed to be some of the best items Stampin’ Up! has to offer that aren’t available in any of our catalogs or our Online Exclusives. Every month we’ll release a new item that is only available for purchase once per account. These items will be limited quantity and are likely to sell out quickly—once they’re sold out, they’re gone for good! Qualifying Amounts.  You  can purchase the Product of the Month item for only $5 USD | $5 CAD when you spend $75 USD...

Updated older stamped images with new dies and stamps

  Today I am sharing a card created with an old favorite stamp set Pretty Petals. I choose to update the stamped image with the new Banner Sayings Stamp and punch set and the new Nature Symphony stamp set and the new Beautifully Celebrated dies, both of which will be available tomorrow!

Last Minute Christmas Card Set

 Hello my stamping friends!    Just sharing a beautiful card set I created featuring the A Child is Born stamp set (which is currently on Last Chance List and discounted!) and the Branching Out Stamps (sold out)

Turtle-y Awesome Birthday Card

 Greetings my crafting friends!  Today I am excited to share this TURTLE-Y cute birthday card I created for my grandson!   I can't believe he is one already!   the TURTLE-Y Cute suite is so perfect for kids cards!   What do you think?