Creating Coast to Coast: Sunflowers

Karen and I are at it again, crafting, creating and crossing the country! This month, Karen Hallam way out in California chose our direction, which was West, right?! lol. She also chose our theme: Sunflowers. The only current Stampin’ Up! sunflower product I had on hand was the new Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder. And boy is it a beauty! The embossing is so deep and detailed lending it to many ways to use it. Full…

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Fun Fold Friday: Cute as a Bee Diagonal Joy Fold

TGIFun Fold Friday! Today’s fun fold is once again courtesy of Jeanie’s Mystery Monday stamp challenge. I’m learning so many new folds by participating and realizing that most of them come together rather simply. And this card is no exception. The title, diagonal joy fold, seems totally appropriate. As it was a joy to make and it made me joyful as to how it turned out!! I just recently purchased the Cute as a Bee…

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Way Back Wednesday: From Pumpkins to Strawberries

For this week’s Way-Back Wednesday, I’m going back to September 2017 with one of my all-time favorite card layout and a favorite stamp set. I’ve kept this card close by for all these years knowing I would one day recreate it either using the long retired stamp set, Basket of Wishes, or the layout. HERE is the original card posting. I actually de-stashed this set and bought it again. Have you ever done that? Please…

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Fun Fold Friday: Double Fold Fun Fold Birthday

Today’s fun fold is another from Jeanie’s Mystery Monday challenge. From the title, I’m sure you can deduce that there’s another hidden fold inside and here it is… …and it opens up to this… As always with the Mystery Monday cards, you can get all the measurements and directions from Jeanie’s blog HERE as well as see her wonderful cards. For my card, I used the Delightful Wishes Bundle along with the Floral Delight and…

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