To foster a “last minute push” toward my milestone sales goal in January, I offered an event I called Brian’s Big Bundle Bonanza to anyone who purchased a bundle from me during the last week. I hosted the Zoom call this weekend with incredible friends who supported my last-minute push – and we all had SO MUCH FUN! Before the call, I mailed out little envelopes of “card guts” (random pieces of Designer Series Papers,…
In almost four weeks I celebrate my 13-year anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and what a ride it has been! When I signed up under Pam Morris all those years ago, I had no idea what a wonderful friend I’d made or where this stamping journey would take me. This past week, Pam and her family treated Jeremiah and me to an incredible Italian restaurant north of the city to celebrate reaching my recent…
We make cards to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and big life events. We make cards to express gratitude and love to the people who bring happiness into our lives. We also make cards to express sympathy and encouragement during difficult times. There’s a lot of fear and pain in the world, and sometimes we have to remind our loved ones (or ourselves) that sunny days will soon return. Here’s a card I made to share this…
It’s been several years since I’ve played along with an online challenge. Two weeks ago, I popped over to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and played along with the fun challenge they were hosting. I was so surprised to be selected as a runner up by the design team. I committed to play along with last week’s challenge as a “thank you” to the team – lo and behold I was selected as last week’s…
The moment I am introduced to a new catalog or product offering, I immediately flip to the Designer Series Papers. They are the heart of nearly every project I make and inspire me in so many ways. I love to peruse the patterns and carefully study the color combinations. I first fell in love with stamps and ink, but my heart belongs to patterned papers. Today is February 20, which means we only have 9…
The card I’m sharing today hasn’t yet made its way to the intended birthday girl yet, but that won’t stop me from sharing the very special birthday card for my friend Windy Ellard. At first glance, you might guess that Windy loves purple – and you would be right! Every time I reach for any of the purple colors in our lineup, I immediately think of Windy. Here’s the card I made to celebrate Windy’s…
While I always host products shares with the release of every catalog, Stampin’ Up!’s scheduled releases of Online Exclusives gives me an opportunity to share new products with you when Online Exclusives are launched. Today I’m rolling out my Product Shares and Designer Series Paper Swatch Books for Stampin’ Up!’s March 2025 Online Exclusives (which is open for business on Tuesday, March 4). There are so many wonderful, new products in this upcoming offering –…
There are so many great ways to say “thank you” in a card – flowers, hearts, and rays of sunshine to name a few. Oh, also lobsters. Who doesn’t love those cuddly sea creatures?! The gorgeous, bright patterns and images in the Friends of the Ocean Designer Series Paper and Ocean Friends Bundle inspired this thank you card: While I could build the lobsters with stamped images from the Ocean Friends stamp set, I cropped…
Today is Sunday – and that means it’s time to take a look back at the past week in my Week in Review post. Are we really 3/4 of the way through Sale-a-Bration?! How has the time gone by so fast?! I want to share a quick rundown of the week (for those who don’t follow me every day) with a little extra background (for those who already tune in daily). Mom has been visiting…
Before I share today’s project, I want to give a big “thank you!” to the Freshly Made Sketches team (and especially Linda) for recognizing my project for last week’s challenge as a runner up in the challenge. I don’t play the challenges with an expectation of being recognized (I appreciate the inspiration), but it’s always nice to be selected. If you missed that post, you can see it here. I’ve leaned on the Freshly Made…
