Choose a stamp set for free

Host a $350 workshop and choose one stamp set from the Fall-Winter Sampler for free!


111564 Flight of the Butterfly $31.95
112911 Vuelo de la mariposa (Spanish Flight of the Butterfly) $31.95
111676 Puns from the Past $27.95
111660 Just Jawing $25.95
111624 Dreams du Jour $18.95
111700 Thank You Kindly $13.95
111714 Wow Flowers $12.95
112955 Flores llamativas (Spanish Wow Flowers) $12.95
111600 Bella's Bloom $12.95





Offer good through November 30. Contact me to place your order or follow this link to order through my Stampin' Up! web site.

Have fun stampin' and creatin'!

Sketch Challenge Week 8

This is week 8 of the UDI sketch challenges. I was unable to participate last week but I’m back this week and ready for another challenge! Here is the sketch:

Here is the card I made:

Stamp set: Simply Said, Polka Dot background
Paper: Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette card stock, Bella Rose DSP
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette classic ink
Accessories: Horizontal slot punch, 5/8” Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, 2-way glue pen, SNAIL adhesive, sticky strip, Stamp-a-ma-jig, scissors, paper cutter.

I created this for a friend’s teenage daughter who is going through some health issues. This is a very simple sketch so I added the ribbon to fancy it up a bit. The Chocolate Chip ribbon reflected the flash of my camera so that’s why the color and texture of it looks a bit odd. I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the heart for added interest.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword divasc6. Click here for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Creative Living Holiday Collection Promotion

Invite the warmth and coziness of the holidays into your home with Stampin’ Up!’s® Country Living Holiday Collection Stampin’ Kit. This kit has everything you need to create beautiful handcrafted ornaments.


The Holiday Collection Stampin' Kit includes the following:



Holiday Collection stamp set (six stamps)
Four 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut chipboard
Eight 12" x 12" sheets of die-cut Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 4 double-sided designs)
Four 12" x 12" sheets of Designer Series paper (2 ea. of 2 double-sided designs)

Two 12" x 12" sheets of Whisper White card stock

25 yds. Silver Metallic cord

10 yds. 3/8" Whisper White taffeta ribbon

Pretties Kit brads (20)

Stampin' Dimensionals

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter (1/2 oz.)

Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive

Riding Hood Red Classic Stampin' Spot

Old Olive Craft Stampin' Spot

Uninked Stampin' Spot

Whisper White Craft Ink refill

Cost of kit is $49.95.

Subscribe to Country Living magazine at a 75% discount and get a bonus mini-stamp kit here.

This kit is available now until December 31st (or while supplies last). Contact me to place your order or follow this link to order through my Stampin' Up! web site.

Have fun stampin' and creatin'!

Featured stamper of the week

I am pleased to introduce my third guest stamper, Evelyn H, who just happens to be my mother-in-law :) Evelyn has created a variety of crafts through the years but recently her main crafting focus has been paper crafting, primarily card making. Evelyn isn’t afraid to try new techniques no matter how tedious or difficult they might be. I love seeing each new project she creates as they are always a work of art. I will be featuring only a small sampling of those projects but hopefully they will be enough to prove my point ;)

Shadow box card with reflection technique

Explosion card- closed

Explosion card- open

Waterfall card

Origami box and matching squash book

Box closed

Book closed

Book open- first page

Book open- second page

Accordion card- front cover

Open view

Bookmark pictures in view

Hidden picture 1

Hidden picture 2

I wish I could show you all of Evelyn’s fabulous projects but time is limited. Since she’s always making something new and even more beautiful each time, I’m sure you’ll see her creations on my blog again sometime :)

Evelyn, thanks so much for sharing your creative talents with us!

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Rub-On Some Cheer Promotion

Get 20% off all Rub-Ons when you spend $20 on Stampin' Up! products.

For only $8.76 per package (regularly $10.95), you can get any of Stampin’ Up!’s fun and unique Rub-Ons that can be used on cards, scrapbook pages, crafting projects, and more! This promotion includes all Rub-Ons featured in the Fall-Winter 2008 Idea Book & Catalog, the Holiday 2008 Mini Catalog and Celebrando Creatividad catalog.

111416 178 Chateau Bella
111417 178 Word Flurries
111414 178 Hidden Garden
111277 178 A Perfect Day
110283 179 Take Note
111806 179 Chills & Thrills
111804 179 Chit Chat
111415 179 Greatest Moments
111805 179 School Days
110282 179 Anchored
112844 11* Old Saint Nick
112843 17* Season of Cheer
112735 39** Hidden Garden Blossoms
*From Holiday 2008 mini catalog
**From Celebrando Creatividad catalog.

Offer good through November 30. Contact me to place your order or follow this link to order through my Stampin' Up! web site.

Have fun stampin' and creatin'!

Scarecrow Stew

This is a project we made in our stamp class last month. To give as a gift, simply add cellophane wrap a tie with raffia. Or, instead of using the mug, put everything in a cellophane bag and add a stamped topper to the bag.

Designed by Michelle Hoffman
Stamp sets: Happy Blessings
Paper: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White card stock
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy classic ink, Black StazOn
Accessories: Small cello bag, circle punches: 1/16”, 1 ¼” , 1 3/8”, scallop circle punch, blender pen, SNAIL adhesive, dimensionals, scissors, paper cutter, raffia, pouch of apple cider, ½ cinnamon stick, candy corn, shredded and corrugated paper, mug, printed poem.

The scarecrow is stamped to just below the buttons on the bib of his overalls. Below the scarecrow is the scarecrow stew poem.

It reads:

Scarecrow Stew

Scarecrows watch over
as fall fills the air.
They love the smells
that are everywhere...

So they put them together
into this special stew.
Just add water and stir with
the stick they added too.

Now when chilly winds come
Sip your scarecrow stew,
and savor the taste of fall
as it warms you through!

I found the poem on CraftSayings.com by Shirley Thomas. Click here to bring you directly to the page with the Scarecrow Stew poem.

Stamped on the tag is” happy thanksgiving, happy fall, happy blessings to one and all.” It is the sentiment in the stamp set “Happy Blessings” found on page 8 of the Holiday Mini catalog.

I think I’m going to warm up some apple cider now :) Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!

Scallop edge punch projects

I am so happy that Stampin' Up! now carries the scallop edge punch. No more painstaking punching with a corner rounder punch! :)

Here are two projects I created about a month ago using the scallop edge punch. The second project, a chocolate bar holder, uses the same colors as the thank you card. I had to scan the chocolate bar holder because I didn't have my camera, so the colors are brighter and not as true as the picture of the thank you card. I immediately mailed the chocolate bar holder to someone, so I was unable to take a good picture of it. Sorry!

Designed by Michelle Hoffman
Stamp set: Upsy Daisy
Paper: Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White card stock, Urban Garden DSP
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze Classic ink, Versamark
Accessories: 1/8” circle punch, scallop edge punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, heat & stick powder, SNAIL adhesive, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, scissors, paper cutter.

Created by Michelle Hoffman
Stamp set: Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White card stock, Urban Garden DSP
Ink: Kiwi Kiss Classic Ink
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, “Love & Happiness” Rub-Ons (SAB 2008), Sticky Strip, SNAIL adhesive, paper cutter, Hershey’s chocolate bar.

I hope these projects inspired you. Have fun stampin' and creatin'!

Sketch Challenge Week 6

Sketch Challenge Week 6

Welcome to another Friday sketch challenge. The sketch we are to use is this one:

As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to make a suspension card. A friend’s birthday is coming up this month, so I decided to create a birthday card-suspension card with the sketch. Sorry the following picture is dark. I was taking it at night and can’t seem to get the right light settings.

Created by Michelle Hoffman
Suspension card tutorial by Beate Johns
Stamp set: Party Hearty
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White card stock, Sweet Always DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise classic ink, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun Stampin’ write makers
Accessories: 1 ¾”, 1 3/8”, 1 ¼ ” circle punch, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, white string, 2-way glue pen, Stampin’ dimensional, SNAIL adhesive, sticky strip, scissors, paper cutter.

I added glitter to the pink icing on the cupcake, and glitter to the flames on the candles on the flip side of the suspension image. Glitter doesn’t photograph well, at least not with my camera.

If you would like to participate in the sketch challenge, post a comment and link to your blog, or upload to your Splitcoast gallery using the keyword divasc6. Click here for more information about the challenge and to view the other Divas’ work.

Have fun stampin’ and creatin’!