Oh Happy Day – Occasions Catalog goes Live!

There is great excitement as today the new Occasions catalog is available to all customers for ordering. So grab a cup of joe and enjoy going through the pages.  The first 17 pages of the catalog showcase many projects, cards and ideas for using the great new items in this catalog.  The new Designer Series Papers are divine!  Some are soft (Watercolor Wonder) and others whimsical (Retro Fresh) – they will all create amazing projects…

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Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge #186

I am so excited to show you my card today.  I love the colors in this week's Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge… Since this is my first entry as a Design Team member I really wanted to create something special. When I saw the color combination I immediately knew I would use Gold Emboss Powder on the Inland Indigo (one of my favorite Stampin' Up colors) card stock.  I absolutely love how this turned out!…

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Ring in the New Year with Mojo Monday

Today I want to share a New Year's card with lots of bling.  I love Stampin' Up's Glimmer papers as they add a lot of bling and pizazz without a lot of mess.  As you probably know, glitter has a way of getting into and onto everything.  The Glimmer paper is easy to work with and minimizes the spread of glitter. My creative mojo came from this week's Mojo Monday Challenge. The card is 5…

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You Make me Happy

We just got back from a wonderful family vacation in Paris. This is the first time we have ever traveled over Christmas and we all agreed while the trip was awesome, we missed our holiday traditions. There is something comforting and special about family traditions – they make us Happy.  What made each of us very happy was sleeping in our own beds last night after a LONG day of traveling home. I was anxious…

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