Baby Card & Baby Shower
Hello Stamping Friends, Baby Emma is one month old today! This is the first picture we received on September 24 when she was born: And here’s mommy: This is my favorite of little Emma: She is so adorable! Grandma and Grandpa were very excited and couldn’t wait to drive up. We threw a baby shower […]
Ribbon of Courage Card for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Hello Stamping Friends, My congratulations to all the survivors of breast cancer and my prayers for all of you who are still in the battle. May you be strengthened with faith and hope! This card is a case of Bryan King with a few changes. I stamped the ribbon directly on the paper though there […]
Stamparatus Training Videos
SAL, Stamp A Lot with the Stamparatus Karen
Standard Layers
Hello Stamping Friends, Happy Fall! My thoughts and prayers go out for all of you and your loved ones affected by hurricane Florence. I need to repost the Standard Layers document that I use almost daily to keep from making errors in calculations of card layers. I found it embedded in other posts and hard […]
Blended Seasons with Stitched Seasons Framelits
Hello Stamping Friends, Introducing ‘Blended Seasons’ with ‘Stitched Seasons’ framelits that have lovely stitching on both the inside and outside of the cut! Amazingly beautiful! Let’s check out some cards made for spring and summer (notice the stitching on the outside of the cut!): And here are two cards made for fall and Christmas (I […]
Lilypad Lake, Waterfront and Holiday Home
Hello Stamping Friends, So what have I been making? I have two cards that just beg to have a video to showcase them but I found out I needed a lapel mike, a C boom arm and a couple more lights. I will keep working at it. I wish I had a picture of our […]
Graceful Glass Vellum Bookmarks & Delightfully Detailed Suite
Hello Stamping Friends, A new catalog year has started and Stampin’ Up! is celebrating their 30th birthday! It is great to be part of a company that keeps on keeping on (and keeping up with modern trends)! Thank you for supporting the catalog launch on Friday and Saturday and the craft sale. All the left […]
Tranquil Tulips
Hello Stamping Friends, Spring has been gorgeous in Castle Rock this year! Usually our lilac buds get frozen with a spring cold front and we miss out on the beautiful blossoms. Not this year! They are fabulous and I didn’t even have to run out and cover the bushes with a sheet. We have several […]
Awesomely Artistic Eclipse Card
Hello Stamping Friends, I chose two of my favorite sets to make an Eclipse card – the stamp set “Awesomely Artistic”, and the color Island Indigo. In my usual monochromatic style I did cards for Mother’s Day, thank you cards and friend cards. Her are various fronts and insides of the cards -the inside could […]
Magic Shutter Easter Card & Mother’s Day Card
Hello Stamping Friends, My Easter card this year was the Magic Shutter Card. There are many videos on pinterest by that name, though I found if I prop my smart phone up on a stand, I can scroll through the dimensions on a written post like this one as I construct the card. Then there […]