Category Archives: Birthday

Fresh as a Daisy

I’ve told stampers at camp this week that the Cheerful Daisies bundle was not on my first (or even second) wish list for the 2023-2024 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. I’ll admit I’ve gotten more cautious about those go-ahead-just-add-it-it’s-only-money impulse buys. … Continue reading

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Sweet Citrus: A Big Squeeze

This is the last card from April’s All-Occasions Stamp-a-Stack. This set wasn’t originally on my January-April 2023 Mini Catalog wish list, but when I saw it would be in the new annual catalog, I put it on an order. Am … Continue reading

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On the Farm: A Good Day

With its cheerful pastoral scene, this card is perfect for a kiddo or a lover of all things country! This sheep having a snack on a hill of green grass makes me smile. There is a sentiment stamped inside this … Continue reading

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Color & Contour: For You

This easy card is a lighthearted way to say hello, happy birthday, or hope you feel better! When I say “stamp more than one,” this is exactly the kind of card I’m talking about. For texture, the Pale Payapa panel … Continue reading

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Eden’s Garden: Let’s Celebrate You

As you may have noticed, I use this big image pretty often for all-over, random stamping. And this particular stamp from Celebrate Sunflowers is another favorite. But is it time to move on? Are there substitutes in the new catalog … Continue reading

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Party Puffins: Birthday cake

Color me happy that Fresh Freesia is a permanent color in the Stampin’ Up! palette! There’s something very pleasing to me about this color, and I have used it in paper and ink quite a bit in the past two … Continue reading

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Artistic Mix Decorative Masks: Happy Birthday

It’s been a busy few weeks here: tax prep, all the Stampin’ Up! news, two tornado warnings that sent us to the basement (without coffee!), the painting of two-thirds of the bathrooms in this house, a brief trip away (OK, … Continue reading

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Polished Pink, I hardly knew ye

I’m pretty picky about pinks, but I love Polished Pink. And yet, did I show it any of that love I profess? In Stampin’ Blends, yes, but not really in ink or paper. My bad. (I didn’t know people were … Continue reading

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Artistic Mix Decorative Masks: Plaid birthday wishes

We had a lot of inky fun during the Heartfelt Inkspiration team meeting last week as we played with the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks. Some samples were designed for card fronts, like this one that I posted earlier this month … Continue reading

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Artistic Mix Decorative Masks: Biggest Wish

In my Marvelous Masks class last year, we created a card using a pretty simple technique: daubing VersaMark ink through a mask and embossing the panel with clear powder. Here’s what that card looked like, using a retired Decorative Masks … Continue reading

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