Hello Friends,

WhooHoo!  I have good news!   Look what's back in stock!  Detailed Bees Dies (Honey Bee Bundle), Poppy Moments Dies (Peaceful Moments Bundle), Painted Labels Dies (Painted Poppies Bundle), Garden Gateway Dies (Grace's Garden Bundle), Bonanza Dies (Bonanza Buddies Bundle) and the Label Me Fancy Punch are all back in stock.  Today's cards feature the Honey Bee Bundle with the Pressed Petals Speciality Paper.  

Stamping my images such as my beehive and my honey bee directly onto my designer paper adds interest and the look of texture.

The label on this card was cut with the wildly popular Stitched So Sweetly Dies which are also back in stock.  My complimentary colors are Blueberry Bushel, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzazz. 

During Sale-a-bration the Golden Honey Designer Paper was all you saw with the fabulous bundle. The Golden Honey Paper is long gone, but there are so many other amazing possibilities for the Honey Bee Bundle.

If you have been waiting longingly for any of these Stampin' Up! products, you may want to snatch them up before they are gone for good.  The Stampin' Up! Retirement Lists will be announced next week and who knows what will be on the list.

Product Alert

Stampin' Up! ran out of this item, which is retiring with the 2019–2020 Annual Catalog:

• Basket Weave 3D Embossing Folder (item 151797)

They will be unable to get more inventory to North America before the end of the catalog sales period, so this item has been turned off and will no longer be orderable.

The Stitched So Sweetly Dies should be available once again the week of April 27!

Stay Encouraged and Have a Fabulous Day!

Hello Friends,

Today's Pocket Card is cuteness of overload!  Once again I am mixing and matching my Craft Room Supplies to design something new and fun.  Today it's a Pocket Card made with the Stitched Be Mine Dies, the Under My Umbrella Stamp Set and the Umbrella Builder Punch.  And...the pocket fits a packet of seeds perfectly!  Watch the video below.  I am sure that you will want to make this card too.

Pocket Card Made with the Under My Umbrella stamp set by Stampin' Up!.

The fun-loving design spills over onto the inside with more designer umbrellas and hearts.  Tie it all together with the "Rain or Shine You're Always on My Mine" sentiment.

This would be such a fun card to find in a mailbox.  Make this card and send some happy mail today.  All the supplies for today's card are available below  Happy Stamping!

Have a fabulous day,

Hello Friends,

Last week I received several handmade cards in my mailbox.  I was delighted!  It makes you feel warm inside to know that someone cared enough to craft a hand stamped just for you.  This week I plan to pay it forward.  I'm making over a hundred "Thinking of You with all my Heart" cards to mail.  Today's Blog Post includes 6 Tips for uncomplicating Making a Stack of Handmade Cards.

Tip Number 1

Cut all your pieces at once.  Hint: I was surprised to discover that I was able to cut 3 pieces at once with my Stitched So Sweetly dies!  It is important to note that I was cutting designer paper.  Card Stock is much thicker.  And that brings me to another point, now is a fantastic time to share all that "special" paper that you have been stashing away.  One other added bonus of cutting stacks of shapes at once is that it produces fun confetti to be used for a future project.  Do you see it in the background?

Tip Number 2

Use your Stamparatus stamp positioning tool to stamp all your stamped images at once.  It such a relief to be able to go back and restamp if the image isn't dark enough or complete enough with the first stamping.  Plus, everything is set up for quick even stamping.

Tip Number 3

Do all you dry embossing at once.  I was quite pleased that I was able to place 3 pieces of card stock in my embossing folder at once.  I was done in a third of the time!

Tips Number 4 and 5

Color all your images at once.  I colored his ears, nose, and feet pads with my Dark Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blend.  I colored his cheeks with my Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blend.  Then, I colored a few light shadows with my Light Pool Party Stampin' Blend.

Tip number 5, notice that I skipped coloring the left side of my bunny.  It disappears behind my sentiment anyway.

Tip Number 6

Only trim around the parts of the bunny that will show.  Why spend extra time fussy cutting things that aren't going to show?

Notice that the From My Heart Designer Paper looks perfectly dandy paired with the little bunny from the Welcome Easter Stamp set proving once again that the From My Heart paper stretches well beyond Valentine's Day.

The Basket Weave Embossing Folder makes an interesting textured background for the bunny.  I embossed 3 colors of card stock with my embossing folder to match my designer paper.  The colors were Whisper White, Real Red, and Flirty Flamingo.

Do you have a craft room full of crafting supplies?  With all the Stay at Home Orders, now is an excellent time to bless someone with a handmade card.

Have a fabulous day,