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May 2023 Color Challenge & Blog Hop

May 1, 2023 | 1 Comment
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The theme for the May 2023 Color Challenge is the 2023-2025 InColors. I've used the Timeless Arrangements Bundle and all 5 colors on my card.

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and May 2023 Color Challenge! If you’ve already started the blog hop you should be coming from the talented Janneke Dijkstra de Jong’s blog post. If you’ve just joined in, make sure to do the full hop and see all the wonderful projects created by the Color Fusers Design team! […]

3 Birthday Cards To Make

April 29, 2023 | 0 Comments
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Check out these simple birthday cards to make! Projects feature the Alphabet A La Mode dies, Bright & Beautiful designer paper and more!

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing 3 birthday cards to make using various retiring, carryover, and new products! These cards use the Alphabet A La Mode dies which are one of my favorite products in the current mini-catalog. I’m so happy this item is sticking around in the New 2023 – 2024 Annual Catalog! These […]

Make these simple Split Card Designs!

April 22, 2023 | 0 Comments
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Three Simple Split Card Design Ideas! Get the Greatest Journey and Mountain Air stamps & dies before they retire! Get the NEW Beautiful Balloons Bundle starting on 5/2/23.

In today’s post, I’ll be sharing three simple Split Card designs! Two of these Split Card Designs are made with retiring products and the third one is made with the NEW Beautiful Balloons Bundle which will be available to purchase starting on 5/2/23. In my Facebook Live video, I showed how to make this first […]

April 2023 Color Challenge & Blog Hop

April 3, 2023 | 1 Comment
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The April 2023 Color Challenge features Gorgeous Grape, Coastal Cabana & Polished Pink. I've used the Greatest Journey Bundle for my project.

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and April 2023 Color Challenge! If you’ve already started the blog hop you should be coming from the talented Janneke Dijkstra de Jong’s blog post. If you’ve just joined in, make sure to do the full hop and see all the wonderful projects created by the Color Fusers Design team! […]

Fun with Die Cut Masking

March 25, 2023 | 0 Comments
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Learn how to do the die cut masking technique with the Brilliant Wings dies, the amazing Naturally Gilded Specialty Designer paper and more!

In today’s post, you’ll see several projects made with the Die Cut Masking Technique. Die Cut Masking is super easy. Plus, there are tons of creative possibilities with this technique. For today’s projects, I’ve used the Brilliant Wings dies to create my mask. On some of the projects, I’ve also used the amazing Naturally Gilded […]

Watercolor Technique with Acrylic Blocks

March 18, 2023 | 0 Comments
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Check out one of the easiest Watercolor Techniques ever! We'll use acrylic blocks, ink pads, a spritzer and the Greatest Journey Stamp Set.

Check out my projects with an easy Watercolor Technique and the Greatest Journey Stamp Set! This watercolor technique is so addictive! I could not stop playing with this and ended up making 8 cards each with a unique watercolored background! This is just soooo fun! The images here were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink […]

Mystery Boxes 20th Anniversary Offer!

March 14, 2023 | 0 Comments
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I'm celebrating 20 years as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator by purging my retired items. Get a Mystery Box with over $200 in products - 2 ways!

I’m super excited to share my Mystery Box 20th Anniversary offer! This month marks my 20th Anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. One of the ways I’m celebrating is to do a massive purge of the many retired crafting items I own. All of my old Stampin’ Up! crafting products need good homes! Mystery Boxes […]

Fun Fold Cards Tutorial with the Hello Irresistible DSP!

March 11, 2023 | 0 Comments
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The Hello Irresistible Designer Paper is today's featured product. Subscribe to my newsletter to get the Fun Fold Cards Tutorial for FREE!

Todays Fun Fold Cards Tutorial is a blast from the past, in honor of my 20th Anniversary as a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator! Each year on my Stampin’ Up! anniversary one of my favorite things to do is pull out a project made earlier in my time as a demonstrator, and remake it with current Stampin’ […]

March 2023 Color Challenge & Blog Hop

March 6, 2023 | 3 Comments
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Check out the March 2023 Color Challenge & Color Fusers Blog Hop! The color combination today is Blushing Bride, Mint Macaron & Soft Sea Foam.

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop and March 2023 Color Challenge! If you’ve already started the blog hop you should be coming from the talented Janneke Dijkstra de Jong’s blog post. If you’ve just joined in, make sure to do the full hop and see all the wonderful projects created by the Color Fusers Design team! […]

Sea of Textures Stamp Set – The beginning of the end of summer!

August 18, 2018 | 0 Comments
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Simple card made with the Sea of Textures Stamp Set and Under the Sea Framelits. This was a team Make n’ Take project.

The Sea of Textures Stamp Set and Under The Sea framelits dies are the featured products on todays project. This was one of my team make n’ takes at our June get together. It’s taken me a while to share but better late than never right? I figured it needed to be shared before the […]

PreOrder Your 2018 Holiday Catalog Taste of a Suite Product Shares NOW!

August 17, 2018 | 0 Comments
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2018 Holiday Catalog Taste of a Suite Product Shares Now Available to PreOrder! All Is Bright Suite Shown Here.

I’m so excited to announce my… 2018 Holiday Catalog Taste of a Suite Product Shares …are NOW Available to PreOrder! PreOrder Ends: Wednesday 9/12/18 This offer is designed to help you GET MORE withOUT spending more! It’s like a Paper Crafters Buffet!!! Shares offered for the… 7 Product Suites in the Holiday Catalog Plus… 1 Product […]

Dandelion Wishes and Watercoloring with Acrylic Blocks

August 13, 2018 | 10 Comments
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Dandelion Wishes

The Dandelion Wishes Stamp Set used on this project could not be more perfect with all these different watercolor backgrounds! I just love color, blending color and playing with Watercoloring with Acrylic Blocks! I don’t think I’ve ever found an easier way to get super fun watercolored backgrounds. The results make me feel like an […]

Website Launch Party Prize Winners!

August 10, 2018 | 5 Comments
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Website Launch Party Prize Winners

Thanks to those of you that played along on my Website Launch Party Scavenger Hunt! I loved seeing all your comments, checking out who chose to download the Paper Crafter’s Primer and more! Wanna know if you are one of the prize winners? The Prize Winners are… Winners of A Free Mini “Taste of a […]

Fun Fold Card with Varied Vases Bundle – A Club Project

August 8, 2018 | 6 Comments
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Fun Fold Card with Varied Vases

Hi Stamping friends! Today I’m sharing a super simple Fun Fold Card with Varied Vases Bundle and the Subtle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. I think this card looks super simple and yet I’ve actually used 14 different images to build this cute little display of flowers on my mantel. The reason for the large number of […]

Color Fusers Blog Hop August 2018 – Follow Your Dreams Stamp Set

August 6, 2018 | 7 Comments
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Follow Your Dreams For July Color Fusers

Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for August! I hope you’re enjoying the hop so far. I’m sure my fellow creators have some amazing projects to share today! The color scheme this month is so colorful and fun and ALL these colors are brand NEW to the Annual Catalog as of June 1st! I […]

Follow Your Dreams Website Launch Party & Scavenger Hunt

August 3, 2018 | 3 Comments
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Follow Your Dreams

So today is the big day… the day my NEW Website goes Live! This has been a long time in the making. I’m super excited but also nervous that all goes smoothly and everything works as planned. I’ve also planned a Website Launch Party  including a Scavenger Hunt and Facebook Live event tonight at 7pm! I hope […]

Very Vintage Hostess Set with Heat Embossing & Collage Stamping

August 2, 2018 | 2 Comments
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Very Vintage Hostess Set with Heat Embossing

Simple stamping and heat embossing are the techniques used on my Stamp Club project today. I’ve used the Very Vintage Hostess Stamp Set with a few fun color variations. This first pair of cards was made with Pool Party and Coastal Cabana Cardstock. The blues really seemed to pair so nicely with the elegant, vintage […]

A Paper Crafter’s Primer – Frequently Asked Questions for the new Paper Crafter

August 1, 2018 | 2 Comments
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Paper Crafters Primer

Are you a relatively new paper crafter? Do you want to know everything NOW! Do you feel like there’s so much to know and it’s hard to know where to begin? Well if so, you’ve come to the right place! I’d like to start by telling you a short story about a customer. This customer […]

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