Hello, crafters! Today, I'm sharing with you an unboxing video...yes a video.  I just received an order from Stampin' Up! that contains my product premier purchases.  What are product premier purchases, you may ask? Every year at OnStage events, Stampin' Up! shares with us demonstrators, previews of products in the upcoming catalog...in this case, the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog...and those demonstrators that attend are able to make purchases from a select number of items before those demonstrators that don't.   Let me share with you, the items that I purchased.  I just got back from a cruise, so I wasn't able to make any items to share with you but take a look.  Don't forget to subscribe, like, and share my videos.  Just a reminder though, today is the last day to become a Stampin' Up! demonstrator with the Start with Savings promotion where for only $75, you can receive $125 in products. Click to Join my team today and start saving.  

Another full stampin' weekend! Despite a few technical difficulties, Stampin' Up!'s OnStage At Home 2021 was a success.   What is OnStage you may ask? Every year, in preparation for the upcoming catalog...in this case, the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog...Stampin' Up! hosts an event to debut some of the new products, offer some refresher training to current demonstrators, and recognize the top earners in the Stampin' Up! year.  When you register for OnStage, you are given the opportunity to purchase some items in the upcoming catalog that will be used in the Make and Take session.  This year, that bundle was the Blessings of Home Bundle, a part of the Heart & Home Collection. In a FB Live, I  re-create two of the cards from the Make and Take session using the bundle. You'll see the original version and then my "stepped up" version of the cards.  Don't for get to subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the notification bell 🛎 to be notified

Well, another Mystery Monday Stamping with Sharon Armstrong, Independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator has come and gone and I loved this project. The layout was very simple and only a couple of steps.   A little DSP, some cardstock, a few embellishment and voilà the card is done.    For my project, I knew I needed a couple more Christmas cards so my theme was a given. I then decided on the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper out of the multiple choices I had from the current Annual and Mini Catalogs. I loved the font used on sentiments in the Christmas to Remember bundle and hadn't used it nearly as much as I wanted to so I had to incorporate that as well.  Lastly, had to add some of the die-cut elements from the Christmas Season Bundle.  Both cards are the same layout, just the reverse side of the DSP...and don't you know it...one card becomes two. Measurements of the card:  1.    Cardstock – 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼” 2.  Designer Series Paper – 5 ¼” x 4” 3.  Colore