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I am an Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for Stampin’ Up!, a premiere percrafting company that has more than 30 years experience providing quality rubber stamping and scrapbooking paper products, inks, stamps and tools!  I love Stampin’ Up! and will be sharing ideas that you can duplicate in your own papercrafting space.

On April 30th, 2023, I will be celebrating 15 years with Stampin’ Up!  I teach papercrafting classes in my home in Lynnfield Massachusetts, and I try to do weekly facebook lives (uploaded to YouTube!) that feature different products that Stampin’ Up! carries. These FB lives are meant to inspire and teach.  I love what I do and I love to share my inspiration with you! I can also help with scrapbooking or gift packaging idea

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From the Blog

“In the meadow we can build a snowman …” and Junior!

I had so much fun creating this fun little gift card! Have you seen Snowman Season in the Holiday Catalog?!  Have you played with the matching Snowman Builder Punch?! So cute!This little gift card features a small strip of the Brightly Gleaming DSP, topped with...

A fun embossing technique!

I've been trying to show you all that embossing makes your handmade cards that much more special! Now I'm going to show you two cards - one with embossing, that embosses ... with a special twist!My first card is beautiful (in my humble opinion) but still rather plain....

More embossabilities!

It's time for me show off another embossed card!  I made this card specifically to show off the difference that a little embossing can make. Check out this card.  So simple to make -- I'm going to call it a #simplestamping card because it really took me just...

Embossabilities!

On my Facebook Live today, I shared some cards I "stepped up" with just a bit of embossing.  The cards were simple and beautiful to begin with, but with just an extra step, it goes from great to WOW!Here's the first card, before embossing:This card base is the...

Royal Peacock dresses in Joseph’s Coat this time!

I've shared a few cards that I've made using the Joseph's Coat stamping technique this week - now let's see how this technique looks on Royal Peacock.Before I start, I wonder if anyone else is having trouble keeping the "peacocks" straight"?!  I have such a hard...

More “Joseph’s Coat”!

Yesterday I shared how to do the Joseph's Coat technique, and I love that it is totally unpredictable!  Well, today I have a 2nd card to share. I used brighter colors for my "under-stamping", and then a different color over.top.  I have one tip to share with...

Joseph’s Coat Meets Daisy Lane

In my card class this week, my sideline/helper taught a great new technique (to me) called Joseph's Coat. It is essentially a sponged, emboss-resist surprise (as in you never know what you're going to get at the end) type of technique.This is the card we made in...

Mosaic Moods — 3rd Card’s a Charm(er)!

Today I'm featuring the 3rd card in my Mosaic Mood Specialty Designer Paper series. This card is a Double Z-Fold card, and it's really much easier than it looks.  I think I would still consider it a card for the casual crafter -- it's not that difficult, and the...

Mosaic Moods – Christmas in July!

Well, happy July!!  You know what that means?!  It's time for some CHRISTMAS in July!  I love Christmas, and I heard just recently, July 3rd, that there was only 175 days until Christmas.  This is indeed a challenge as there are not many designer...