It’s Throwback Thursday and I’ve been sharing valentine cards with you this week so of course today I had to share an old valentine with you!

Who remembers this stamp set? It’s from way back in 2013! Wow! That’s a long time ago! The stamp set was called Oh, Whale! It was one of my favorites at the time. The coordinating die was the Happy Whale Clearlit. I can’t even remember what a Clearlit was! Ha!

If you want to take a look at one of my blog posts from way back then you can find the post for this card here. Don’t get too excited…it was very uninformative!

It’s fun to look back at old projects and old blog posts to see how far things have progressed. Although, by looking at this card I can see that I still like lots of layers on a card and that I still use this layout…alot! Ha!

How has your stamping journey progressed? Do you still like some of the same things or has your style changed drastically? I’d love to hear…even better share a few before/after pictures with me! You can either email me at cindy@stampbystampcreations.com or leave a comment below.

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Today’s card is another one of the cards that we’re making in classes this week. Not only is this card cute and easy, but it’s versatile! You can make it a birthday card, get well card, a valentine, or almost anything. All you need to do is change the inside sentiment of the card!

If you’ve looked through your Annual Catalog and your 2020 Mini Catalog for this stamp set you probably didn’t find it. This stamp set is exclusive to Stampin’ Up!’s Beginner Brochure. This is a brochure designed specifically for those new to stamping. But just because it’s designed for new stampers doesn’t mean that those of us with a little more experience can’t enjoy the items in it too. Check it out. There are some cute items in it like this Celebrate With Cake stamp set.

My card is a little more advanced only because I used a die-cutting machine to emboss the background and I fussy cut the mail box after stamping it in two different colors. Oh…and don’t forget the millions of layers I used on the card…a beginner stamper may want to use just a single layer…at least to start with! 😀

Here are the dimensions for this card: Thick Whisper White cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Real Red: 5″ x 3 3/4″, 2 1/4″ x 2 3/4″ Soft Suede: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ Whisper White: 2″ x 2 1/2″ Ribbon: 5 3/4″, 4″

You can see all of the products that I used on this card below this post. I hope you have a fabulous day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

The From My Heart Suite is SO fun to play with! This card that I’m sharing with you today is one we’re making in class. I was able to use the stamp set, the heart punches, the ribbon and the designer paper on the card.

I love how you can punch out the hearts from the designer paper with the two punches from the Heart Punch Pack (scallop edge and straight edge). The two hearts make the perfect focal point for your card.

My card is kind of two cards in one. Check out the photos below and you can see that my punched heart focal point could actually be a small card on it’s own! How fun is that?!

Here are the dimensions for my card: Thick Whisper White cardstock: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ (scored at 4 1/4″ Real Red cardstock: 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ Whisper White cardstock: 5″ x 2 1/2″ (scored at 2 1/2″) Designer Paper: 5″ x 3 3/4″ Ribbon: 4 1/2″, 4″

If you haven’t purchased the From My Heart Suite or at least some of the fun products found in it, get that order in! Valentines Day is only a month away! Yikes!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Wow! Valentines Day is a little over a month away and it’s time we start talking valentines. The new From My Heart Suite in the 2020 Mini Catalog is perfect for all of your Valentines Day needs.

Look at all of the fun products in this suite! Stamp set, 2 punches, gorgeous specialty designer series paper, ribbon, doilies, faceted gems, and heart foil tins! Wow! Did you know that you can order ALL of these products at one time with only one item number?! Yes! Stampin’ Up! makes it easy! Of course you can order them separately too. Just check out the links at the end of this post.

Here’s a quick video for you from Stampin’ Up! describing all of these fun products and how they coordinate together.

Isn’t this suite of products great? This week I will be sharing all sorts of projects with you made with them. I hope you’ll LOVE them! Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Once I saw this stamp set in the new Mini Catalog I knew it was the first stamp set I had to buy. I LOVE it! Music is in my soul. I’ve sung in the church choir forever and I’m on my second year of playing in the bell choir. I’ve taken piano lessons and played the flute, oboe and tenor saxophone in junior high and high school. Yes, music is in my soul.

This stamp set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Dawn Olchefske and you can find it on page 57 of the new Mini Catalog.

I CASED this idea straight from Dawn. She had made simple note cards with her stamp set and this birthday idea was one of them. I just made it into a full-sized card!

Thick Whisper White Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Basic Black Cardstock: 5″x 3 3/4″ Whisper White Cardstock: 4 3/4″ x 3 1/2″

I stamped the music staff first, then the treble clef sign. If you can read music you’ll know that the notes that are stamped on the card are the tune to “Happy Birthday”! Thanks Dawn for figuring that out for me! 😀

I just love this card. So easy! I’m going to make a bunch for our choir director. Thank you Dawn for one of my favorite stamp sets ever!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Today not only marks the first day that you can make a purchase from the 2020 Mini Catalog it’s also the first day of Sale-a-bration 2020! Woo Hoo!

Sale-a-bration is a stamper’s favorite time of year. Make a $50 purchase from one of Stampin’ Up!’s current publications and you can choose an item from the Sale-a-bration brochure for FREE! Make a $100 purchase and you can choose 2 free Sale-a-bration items. Woo Hoo! Free stuff!

Click here to see all of the fun items you can choose during Sale-a-bration. There are so many fun products to choose from!

Making a purchase is only one the great Sale-a-bration deals. Do you want to know what the best Sale-a-bration deal is? Well, let me tell you!

The best Sale-a-bration deal is becoming a demonstrator on my team! Yep! Become one of my Sassy Stampers and you’re getting the best deal of Sale-a-bration. Whenever you purchase the Demonstrator Starter Kit for only $99 you will always get to choose $125 of Stampin’ Up! products but during Sale-a-bration you will get to choose an extra stamp set AND you will receive the fun little Designer Series Paper Sampler along with a Mini Paper Cutter! Woo Hoo! The papers are all from either the new 2020 Mini Catalog or the Sale-a-bration Brochure. Check out the picture below to see some of the papers and the cute Mini Paper Cutter. The paper samples are all 6″ x 6″.

Don’t pass up this great deal! Join my team! Get that 20% discount on all Stampin’ Up! purchases and meet a fun new group of friends! Just click here to sign up TODAY!

Please contact me if you have any questions on this great opportunity! I’d love to have you on my team!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s almost here! Tomorrow is the day that you can order from the 2020 Mini Catalog! Woo Hoo! Have you seen it yet? Do you have your order ready?

This catalog is another amazing one! There are tons of gorgeous products in it. If you haven’t seen it yet you can check it out right here! If you’d like a hard copy of it just let me know and I would be happy to get a copy to you.

Isn’t the cover gorgeous? It shows the Peaceful Poppies Suite that I’m pretty sure you’re going to LOVE! Wait until you see some of the amazing samples made using the products! I got carried away the other day playing with only the stamp set and the coordinating designer paper! I can’t wait to get out the amazing dies and other coordinating products.

Take a peek at this catalog and get that wish list or order started! I know that there will be at least a few products that you want!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Happy 2020!

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s Eve last night! We celebrated in MN. Both of our families are here so after our kids leave after Christmas, hubby and I head for the great northern Homeland. Unfortunately, we had to delay our trip by a day due to weather which caused me to miss a few gatherings I had scheduled. Oh, well.

Hubby’s family traditionally get’s together, kid’s and all, on New Year’s Eve. It’s a wild and crazy evening since there are 22 grandkids ranging in age from 6 to 32, although only 15 of them were here last night. Then you need to add in the 13 older adults! It’s a house full, that’s for sure!

We ate food, drank beverages, played games and chatted a lot! It’s quite the evening, that’s for sure! Needless to say, I’m a bit tired today.

What do you have planned for 2020? Have you made any resolutions or goals for the new year? There are a lot of things I would like to accomplish in this new year so I just need to buckle down and get to work!

I wish you all love, joy and peace in the coming year! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t you just love this little turkey from the Birds of a Feather stamp set? These birds are absolutely ADORABLE! There’s a turkey for Thanksgiving, a chick with a Santa hat for Christmas, a duck in a pirate costume for Halloween and a chicken with a heart for Valentines Day. Birds of a Feather is the perfect stamp set for all of your holiday needs! 😀

I stamped the turkey with Memento Tuxedo Black ink ad then colored him in with my Stampin’ Blends Markers. Easy and fun! The designer paper is from the Come to Gather Designer Paper pack in the Holiday Catalog.

Sorry that I didn’t post this early so that you could make this adorable card to send for this Thanksgiving this year, but there’s always next year, right? Ha!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Stampin’ Up!’s annual Online Extravaganza is almost here! This is always a great time to stock up on Stampin’ Up! products. This year you will find select ink pads, cardstock and bundles on sale. You can view all of the items that will be on sale right here.

Get that wish list started and be ready to shop on November 20th – 22nd! Don’t miss out on some great deals! You can place your order by heading directly to my online store or contacting me.

Have fun shopping!

Tool Time Tuesday! The new Stampin’ Up! Trimmer is here and you’re going to LOVE it!

My favorite things about it are the longer cutting blade and the improved ruler on it so that you don’t lose the measurements between 6″ and 7″! 🙂

This new trimmer is a little easier to store and transport since it is rectangular and lighter than the old one. The cutting guide snaps down to hold it in place so there is no separate lock.

This new and improved trimmer is lighter and the rectangular shape will make it easier to transport and store.

Head on over to my online store to find out the complete details on the fabulous new trimmer. At $25 the price is right! Order yours today or maybe order one for a holiday gift!

Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!

Have you checked out the Tags Tags Tags stamp set and coordinating dies on page 56 of Stampin’ Up!’s Holiday Catalog?

This stamp set and the coordinating dies are quite interesting. In the stamp set you can see that there are 3 Halloween tags, 3 Valentine tags and 3 Christmas tags. Each holiday has one of each different shape die. Now look at the die itself. The dies are connected. The stamps are also connected. The three Halloween images are all on one stamp! (As are the Valentine and Christmas stamps). This makes it easy to stamp and cut the multiple images.

The card above is one I designed for my Fall & Halloween Card Buffet. As you can see, I only used one of the Halloween tags on my card. Since it was the tag on one of the ends of the stamp I was able to only ink it up so as not to waste paper…although I probably could have come up with a use for other images.

For this card I needed to only stamp the word “Halloween” from the tag on a strip of Terracotta Tile cardstock. I tried using the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker but it didn’t cover very well on the photopolymer stamp and I also had a hard time getting just the word I wanted inked up. Sticky Notes to the rescue! I used four sticky notes, one on each side of the word, to cover up the areas of the stamp I didn’t want to ink up. I then inked up the stamp, sticky notes and all, in my Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The next step was to remove the sticky notes from the stamp, huff on the stamp (your breath will re-wet the ink), and then I stamped the image on my strip of Terracotta Tile cardstock. The important thing is to remember to remove the sticky notes or you’ll have a big mess when you stamp. Ha!

I backed the tag with a 1 1/2″ circle of Basic Black cardstock before adhering the tag to the front of my card.

The hardest part of this card was making the little strip of Terracotta Tile cardstpck and stamping on it. This is a pretty simple card since the only stamping on it is the little tag. Easy Peasy with the cute images in the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper!

You’ve still got time to make those Halloween cards! Head on over to my online store today!