Holiday Catalog favorites

  Now that we've had some time to craft with products in the new Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog we decided to create projects this week featuring our favorite stamp sets. What is your favorite?  Here is what we chose...

  Up first is Karla with this super-cute card featuring the Hug-in-a-Mug stamp set.  Who is ready for snow?  Please visit her blog here to get all the details on this project.

  Next we have this beautiful card that Jennifer created.  Be sure to check out her blog post here to find out which products she used.

  And last up is my card featuring the Gourd Goodness stamp set - so excited for Fall!  Please hop over to my blog post here for more information.

  Thanks so much for visiting us today.  We hope you have a fabulous and fun-filled weekend!!

* Debbie, Jennifer, Karla and Rachel *

Sharing Masculine Cards

We are here! A little bit late this week for our Fabulous Friday post....better late than never? Here we go, we are focusing on Masculine cards this week.

Cindy is up first with her cards made with the versatile Designer Series Paper called Naturally Eclectic. Here is a link to her blog with all of the details.

Next is Debbie's card for our Masculine theme. Love the brick background and boots! Here is her post for this week.

Here is Jennifer's fun and colorful card. A wonderful combination of stamped and punched circles! You gotta go check out her blog. 

Lastly here is Karla's card. She used an unusual color combination for her masculine card, here is a link to her post for a read up.

Well, that's it or us. Come back again next week!

The Sisters in Stamping

Jennifer, Karla, Cindy, Rachel and Debbie

Time to Get Ready for Fall and Halloween

Kids are back at school. The air is getting cooler. Soon the leaves will be changing and falling off the trees. That could only mean one thing, it's time to start your fall crafting. Fall and Halloween are great times to make little treats to hand out to friends, family, the little ones, and coworkers. So we are here to share some great ideas with you to get your creative juices flowing.

This is a great fall treat made by Karla Anders. Be sure to head over to her blog to see how she made those awesome tri-colored fall leaves.

Debbie designed this fun Halloween treat favor - a perfect pocket to hold all kinds of goodies for your favorite trick-or-treater.  Please hop over to her blog post here to find out more information.

Jennifer also created a fun Halloween treat this week - can you guess what yummy sweet is inside?  Be sure to check out her blog post here to get all of the details on this project.

Thanks so much for visiting us today.  Have a fabulous weekend!

* Debbie, Jennifer, Karla and Rachel *

Sympathy Cards

We use cards in many ways - celebrations, illness, encouragement, and even loss.  

A sympathy card is not fun to send, but it is an opportunity to bless and encourage those who are mourning the loss of a loved one.  This week, the SIS designers offer several ideas for sympathy cards that can be used to support those in need.

Guest Designer, Cindy, created two cards for today's theme.  Both offer the same layout with slight variations - simple and lovely!  Stop by Cindy's blog here to learn more.

Debbie's designed a serene card featuring the Wild About Flowers stamp set with a sponging technique.  Hop over to her blog here to read about this project.

Jennifer used the ever faithful Lovely as a Tree stamp set with a watercolor style background.  See how this project came together by visiting Jennifer's blog here.

Karla's card uses the Rose Wonder stamp set on extra thick vanilla cardstock. She then used sponge daubers to apply color as desired.  Stop by Karla's blog here for more ideas. 

Rachel also used the Rose Wonder stamp set for her sympathy card.  This set makes stamping for all of life's major events a simple task.  Click here to visit Rachel's blog and learn more.

So glad you stopped by to see what we had to share with you today.  We hope these projects help you to share light during even the toughest times.  Have a lovely weekend, and stay safe!

**Cindy, Debbie, Jennifer, Karla, and Rachel**

Best of the Big Shot

  Hello and Happy Friday!  When it comes to crafting, everyone wants to be a big shot and with the Big Shot die-cut machine from Stampin' Up! it is so easy to achieve that status!!  This must-have tool allows you to add texture and die-cut shapes and stamped images so easily.  Our Fabulous Friday projects today all feature our favorite Big Shot accessories from the Annual catalog.  So sit back, enjoy and get inspired for some Labor Day crafting!

  Up first is guest designer Cindy Blekas with her summery birthday card featuring the Bold Butterfly and Butterflies thinlits that coordinate beautifully together.  You can visit her blog post here to get more details about this project.

  And next we have this flowery friend card from Karla Anders featuring the Stitched Shapes framelits.  She has more information about this project on her blog here.

  Rachel Yurkanin created this fun thank you card that features the Coffee Cups framelits which are designed to work perfectly with the Coffee Cafe stamp set.  Please visit her blog here for details about this project.

  Last but not least is my Christmas decor project that I created featuring the Lots of Labels and Large Letters framelits - it's never too early to get excited for Christmas!  Please hop over to my blog post here for more information.

  We hope you enjoyed our Big Shot showcase today!  Have a fabulous and safe Labor Day weekend!!  Happy Stamping...

* Cindy, Debbie, Karla, Jennifer and Rachel *