Author: Brian

It’s time for another Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop – if you aren’t starting the hop here, then you probably just arrived from Australia where you visited with my amazingly talented friend, Louise Sharp at louisesharp.com. How awesome is she?!  That project blows me away.  The Be Inspired Design Team is a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from all over the world who are excited to share our projects with you.  I’m honored to…

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Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for March 2017!  This month’s “Spring Has Sprung” hop features a wonderful variety of Spring-related projects.  You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup at the base of this post will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects. Happy…

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Over the weekend, my local team members and I got together to stamp and share fun tips and techniques with each other.  I love the opportunity to hang out with them and to share with them – but they also share so much with me.  If you missed my write-up of the event (I shared it on Sunday), you can read it all here. The event included an optional card swap – and we walked…

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This week’s Global Design Project Color Challenge offers us three colors, and we get to add an extra one.  What fun!  The “assigned colors” are Peekaboo Peach, Bermuda Bay and Early Espresso.  To this variety of colors (all are found in the Cupcakes & Carousels Suite of products), I added Delightful Dijon.  Why did I choose Delightful Dijon?  The soft orange, vibrant blue and regal brown needed a yellow or green, so I went with…

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I love every opportunity I have to get together with my team members, customers or other Stampin’ Up! demonstrators.  Yesterday, I enjoyed an amazing day of stamping with my local team members (and a few who drove several hours to get here) at an event planned by Pam Morris, my Stampin’ Up! upline.  Pam’s parents own a Subway sandwich shop in Atlanta – and we took over for the morning.  What fun! I’m excited to…

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What’s the best thing about a big Blog Candy Giveaway?  Announcing the winner, of course! On Wednesday, I kicked off a HUGE Blog Candy Giveaway.  You all really showed up for this big giveaway, and I couldn’t be happier.  You shared the 2015-2017 In Colors you’ll miss most – and I was thrilled to see that every color received a little love from you.  🙂  Who knew that so many people would show up to…

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I’ve been at-a-loss about how to creatively present the big-and-beautiful “thank you” in So Very Much, a stamp set that you can choose for free with every $50 you spend during Sale-a-Bration.  It’s a keeper!  I decided to dress it up with a bundle of soft flowers at every major loop in the design of the set.  So easy!  Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders So Very Much – a Sale-a-Bration Freebie.  While So…

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I needed a quick-and-easy retirement card this week.  When I ran downstairs to make it, I realized it would fit perfectly with the FabFriday challenge that launches today.  Yay!  I, somehow, turned that quick-and-easy idea into a fun cardmaking session.  I reached to four new products from Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Occasions Catalog – Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper, Happy Celebrations, Milestone Moments and Urban Underground Embellishments.  What fun!  Here’s my card: Here’s the banner…

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Who doesn’t love a quick-and-simple Thank You card?  Sometimes we want to thank a friend for a special gift.  Sometimes we want to thank a someone for being there when we need a special friend.  Sometimes we have so many reasons to say “thank you” that was need to say, “Thank you for everything.”    That’s where All Things Thanks comes in handy.  🙂  Here’s a sweet-and-simple card I made with this stamp set: Tips,…

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Today is March 1 – can you believe that January and February are already a thing of the past?!  I’ve not hosted a BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY in a while so I thought I’d host one day.  Yay!  Is there any better way to kick off a new month than with a bunch of free stuff?  I’m so happy I have the opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas with you each day – I’m thrilled…

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