Category Archives: 2024 Jan-April Mini

Perennial Postage: Love and Best Wishes

Here is one of my cards from the Stamp Review Crew blog hop the other day featuring Perennial Postage. I’m sure you got a lot of great ideas from the other bloggers; it was fun for me to hop around … Continue reading

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Stamp Review Crew: Perennial Postage

Welcome again to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop on this first Monday of the month. Can a stamper have too many sentiment sets? Not this stamper, not yet! And so I’m happy we are working with Perennial Postage, a … Continue reading

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Softly Stippled: Filled with Joy

For inspiration, especially when I seem to make the same card over and over, I look to the sketch challenges other stampers post. That was the case with this card from the recent Stamp Review Crew blog hop featuring items … Continue reading

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Hooray for Surprises: Sending Lots of Love

The sample on page 70 of the Stampin’ Up! January-April 2024 Mini Catalog was the inspiration for this January camp card. The white embossed background perplexed several campers: “Where do the little dots come from?” It’s not often that we … Continue reading

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Bee My Valentine: Bee Mine

I hope CASEing someone is the sincerest form of flattery! I saw a card by Melissa Davies and knew I wanted to include it in my January camps. I especially loved that flagged leafy Old Olive strip; you could easily … Continue reading

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Perennial Postage: Loved Beyond Measure

I couldn’t resist pairing this wonderful sentiment from Perennial Postage with the “ruler” pattern from Trusty Toolbox. It’s one of the Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper sets, free with a qualifying order through the end of February (but only while supplies … Continue reading

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Bee My Valentine: Bee Mine

This is what I call a very bzzzy card! There’s way more going on here than you usually see from me, but using the Bee Mine suite, it was inevitable! This is my second card from the Stamp Review Crew … Continue reading

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Bee My Valentine: Love You

Because we have been homebound during our extreme weather, I have taken advantage of my free time to get some projects crossed off the list. Monday’s job was to shorten three pairs of curtains, but a territorial dispute arose at … Continue reading

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Stamp Review Crew: Bee My Valentine

Hello from wintery north central Illinois! We had around 10″ of snow Friday and Saturday, then woke up yesterday to a temp of -15°F, with a wind chill of -31. I am happy to be in a warm and safe … Continue reading

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Filled with Happiness: Happy Birthday

So much holiday fun, so much weather, so much kitchen activity — but now it’s time to get back downstairs! Actually, I was preparing for January camps (which I have been able to hold despite the alarming forecasts), and before … Continue reading

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