I just love using the Stampin' Up! catalog for inspiration, don't you? Join me weekly over on my YouTube channel and let's create together. This week, we CAS'd the Painted Poppies set in the current catalog. Just a little history, this bundle first debuted in the January - June 2020 Mini Catalog as a bundle (Painted Poppies Stamp Set and Painted Labels Dies)...what does that tell you of its popularity? I provided some tips and tricks for creating your own background panel or DSP if you will using your chosen stamps and ink, demonstrated the 2-step stamping process, and a little about how to work with ribbon. Product List 153827 $52.00 153117 $7.50 147091 $8.00 147104 $8.00 155615 $7.00 147109 $8.00 159229 $8.75 159276 $10.25 155615 $7.00 155615 $7.00 141491 $18.00 104430 $4.25 118485 $9.00 154980 ...

Hello, everyone, welcome to February...the month of love... and thank you for joining us!   If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from all over the world who share our love of card-making through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, then you'll have just popped over from  Diane Evans (Canada) Stamping with Diane's blog.  I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it just as much as I will. If you are starting the hop with me, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy what I and the other hoppers have prepared for you today! credit: Simply Simple Stamping I take inspiration for today's project from my upline, Connie Stewart at @SimplySimpleStamping.  I loved how "simple" it was to create the "pop-up" mechanism.   Measurements: Base: 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" Shimmery White: 4" x 5 1/4"  Basic Bla...