Category Archives: Stampin’ Blends

All Together

Loving hands and heartfelt words are the best way to show you care.  With hand designs that illustrate coming together in friendship and solidarity, the All Together Collection will help you create cardmaking and paper crafting projects that reflect the … Continue reading

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Mischievous Mice: A quick note

If you’ve been stampin’ as long as I have, you’ll remember when the only Stampin’ Rewards you earned were products exclusive to hosts. How much nicer to have product credits to “spend” on whatever you want! That’s right, free stuff! … Continue reading

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Seasons of Fun: Pumpkin girl

I don’t normally send any Halloween cards, and so we make next to none of them in camp. This was an exception, as I couldn’t resist this little girl! This little blondie made me think of my younger sister, if … Continue reading

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Seasons of Fun: Battle of the Books

For the third year, I am serving as coach for the Battle of the Books team at Peter’s school. Schools in our district can choose to form teams of 3rd-5th graders who will compete “to demonstrate their abilities and to … Continue reading

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Party Puffins: HB

I love flowers, but it’s good to have a set that I can use for kids and maybe even guys. Party Puffins is that set! The key to getting a good, deep black, solid image is using the Stamparatus. Here’s … Continue reading

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Dragonfly Garden: Good things

Call me happy that Dragonfly Garden is in the new Stampin’ Up! 2021-2022 Annual Catalog! It is a beautiful set with elements suitable for a variety of occasions and recipients. Also making me happy is that the stamp set and … Continue reading

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True Love floral bouquet

The only March stamp camp project that did not involve butterflies was this one. I designed it while experimenting with coloring the floral patterns in the True Love Designer Series Paper. (You can see other examples here and here.) I … Continue reading

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True Love: A little note

What’s not to love about black and white patterned paper? Years ago, when there were only a handful of home design shows, I heard an interior decorator say that the secret to a beautiful room is a bit of black. … Continue reading

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Kangaroo & Company: Love you much

Are you working on your Valentine’s Day cards yet? My valentines go to a different group of people than Christmas cards — but there are a lot of people on the VDay list! This card (one of a kind) will … Continue reading

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Gnome for the Holidays: A little Christmas wish

Although I still have some autumn birthdays this month, I am moving ahead with Christmas! I won’t admit to you when I started playing Christmas music, but I have a defense: my October and November Holiday Stamp-a-Stack to Go kits … Continue reading

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