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Oct 24

October 24, 2020

Harvest Hellos card with an apple punched from Ornate Gardens DSP

A Simple Thank You Card

Recently, I borrowed my friend’s Harvest Hellos stamp set and Apple Builder Punch. Its a bundle I almost bought when it premiered in a Holiday catalog, then it carried over to the Annual catalog…and I still haven’t gotten it. So thank you, Julie.

I used the stamps and punch for one of my October Monthly Stamp Class projects, which you can see on my Instagram account.

Those cards were made by stamping the apple or the pumpkin on paper from the Brights Designer Series Paper Collection. Stamping on DSP is a simple thing we often forget about, but it can be a great alternative to coloring. While scrolling through Pinterest, I saw the apple stamp punched from the plaid of the Toile Tiding DSP (by Patty Bennett).

Love the plaid, so I borrowed that idea and made this simple thank you card.

A simple thank you card with a red plaid apple

But I didn’t stop there! I stamped a red toile apple from the same DSP, another from the Ornate Garden DSP, and a green apple from the beautiful Gilded Autumn DSP.

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Dec 27

December 27, 2019

A frosty cardinal card using Toile Christmas stamp set from Stampin' Up!

A Frosty Cardinal Card from Toile Christmas

I hope you all had a fun holiday celebration. I have one last card using a Holiday Catalog set before it ends. I’m using the Toile Christmas stamp set, which features a beautiful cardinal image. But its not just for Christmas! This card features a frosty cardinal that is a lovely card for any winter occasion, such as thank you or birthdays, or even a get well card.

A frosty cardinal card using Toile Christmas stamp set from Stampin' Up!

This is actually a simple card to make.

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Aug 31

August 31, 2019

Card for Christmas stamping featuring cardinal image from Toile Christmas stamp set.

Are You Ready for Some Christmas Stamping?

It will soon be time for Christmas stamping! The Holiday Catalog goes live on September 4th and, of course, it has a great variety of wonderful holiday stamps. I know we have Halloween and Fall to get to first, but if you make your own cards its not too early to start thinking about what you’ll do for your Christmas stamping.

Today’s card is the one I made for our recent group meeting swap.

Card with Toile Christmas stamp set by Stampin' Up! featuring cardinal on green Toile Tidings papers.

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Jun 16

June 16, 2017

Divider pages with monthly tabs from the Stampin' Up! Love Today Planner kit, from blog post by www.vintageandfresh.com

Organizing your Love Today Planner Kit

Have you seen the Love Today Planner Kit in the new catalog? It’s in the kits section, and since offering a planner is new you may have missed it. You can find it on pages 12 and 13. I recently got mine and got it organized. I like it! Over the years I have used a variety of planners, mainly for work. At home I generally rely on a calendar and a notebook for my to-do lists. I’ve tried digital lists, too, but I just like paper. I love that this planner has all the basics in place, but still offers so many creative and organizational possibilities.

Here are the parts and ideas for how you might want to organize and use your planner.

Photo of all contents in the Love Today Planner Kit from Stampin' Up! from blog post at www.vintageandfresh.com.

This is everything that comes in the planner kit: the Night of Navy gold foil binder, 12 monthly divider pages, calendar pages, page lifter, sticker sheets, sticky notes, photo protector pages, and two pockets. The binder size is 7-3/4″ x 8-3/4″. It all comes packed up in a nice little box. I suggest you pull everything out and organize the various pages, before you pull some of this and some of that to take blog photos!

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