Hello everyone, and welcome back! It's the third Saturday of the month...time for another Stamping With Friends Blog Hop!  Thank you for joining us!  If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators worldwide who share our love of card-making through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, you'll have just popped over  from  Kelly Taranto - The Late Night Stamper (USA)   blog .  I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it 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. This month, our theme is to use products from the January to April 2025 Mini Catalog. I chose the "One More Year". The main dog image seems to be a pug and I absolutely LOVE pugs. Otterly Adorable Designer Series Paper (DSP) ( 166632) Otterly Adorable Suite collection...

  New Kits available. Check them out!  Which is your favorite? New Birthday Bash Kit The Birthday Bash Kit  ($14) includes everything you need to make bright gift packaging fit for a birthday celebration, and coordinates with the Brightest Birthday Kit . You'll get all the supplies needed to make 4 gift bags and 4 gift card holders, 2 each of 2 designs for both, with coordinating gift tags. The gift bags measure 6¼" x 3½" x 8" (15.9 x 8.9 x 20.3 cm), and the gift cards holders measure 3½" x 4½" (8.9 x 11.4 cm). Your precut pieces and tags feature holographic gold foil elements, and your kit includes ribbon and twine to create your gift bag handles and to attach your tags. Coordinating Stampin' Up! colors are Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, and Pool Party.   Don't forget you can check out the full range of kits that are available at any time in my online store . New Brightest Birthday Kit The...

  Ahhhh...a new year and a new blog hop.  Hello everyone, and welcome back! It's the first Saturday of the month...time for another Stamping With Friends Blog Hop!  Thank you for joining us!  If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up!® demonstrators worldwide who share our love of card-making through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, you'll have just popped over  from  Ginny Harrell - Celebrate the Journey (US)   blog .  I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it 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 This month, our theme is to create a Stepper card. Here's the card I made for you today.   The colors I used:   Measurements: Base (Berry Burst): 7" x 11" Mat Layer (Bubble Bath): (If you prefer 1/4" borders you...

Happy New Year! What a fun year we had. I hope you guys will stay with me in 2025 and invite your other crafty friends to join in.   The start of the new year is always a time to reflect on what happened and then set some goals for the new year.  One of those for me this year is to communicate with you more.  What that means to me is this...I'll send out a monthly newsletter with all the available news and information from Stampin' Up!© and weekly blog posts to share information and projects with you.  If you are not familiar, let me share with you some of my other social media platforms that may be of interest to you. If you like to share your projects through card swaps, you may consider joining my Sweets Signatures Card Swap group . There are at least three swaps every month...so much to choose from. I go live on Facebook in my In Da Craft Room With Caron Group regularly to share projects and tutorial videos (don't worry, I often share these videos on YouTub...