Hello, everyone, welcome to April...the month of Easter and Springtime... 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  Krissi Hannahn- Stamp with Krissi'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! One of my favorite retiring suite of products is the Delicate Desert Suite and I've chosen it as one of my featured sets for the month of April.  Here are some of the projects that I've created with it:   This card I made this for a sketch card swap  This card I made for my Monthly YouTube ...

  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 ...

Are you enjoying my weekly CAS the Catty videos on YouTube?  I know I am! I had so much fun last night CASing the Stampin' Up! July - December 2022 Mini Catalog...I had been wanting to play with this set for a while...and I think the results were amazing!  I took some poetic licenses but pretty much stuck to the cards created by the artists. This was the first card we made ( I actually made a second one).  Measurements: Base: standard A2 (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") scored at 4 1/4" Panel: 4" x 5 1/4" Basic white panel (inside): 4" x 5 1/4", and scrap for sentiment Watercolor paper (6" x 6") should be enough to stamp and die-cut the images. Emboss the panel using the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder Watercolor the bird and the branch For the leaves, on a scrap of watercolor paper; use the watercolor wash technique to apply colors; then die-cut with the leafy die. Stamp and punch the sentiment, then use a sponge dauber or blending brush to apply color ...

Did you catch last week's CAS the Catty?  No, well check us out on YouTube to see what the fuss is all about.  Oh, and don't forget to join me weekly as I CAS the Stampin' Up! catalogs. Product List 159648 $104.50 146979 $9.25 144236 $7.00 115318 $9.25 102584 $9.25 159611 $8.00 159276 $10.25 152392 $25.00 150673 $63.00 102300 $7.00 102283 $9.50 152815 $8.00 121045 $9.25 155639 $15.00