Precious Butterflies Friendship Card

I love this stamp set and I am sad it will retire at the end of the month. But the good news is there will be so many cool new stamp sets in the new catalog...... I can hardly wait until it comes live June 1st.


Stamp Set: Precious Butterflies (122515 w / 122517 c)
Card Stock / Paper: Wisteria Wonder (122922), Lucky Limeade (122926), Calypso Coral (122925), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Lucky Limeade (122935), Calypso Coral (122939), Wisteria Wonder (122936)
Accessories: Basic Pearls (119247), Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362), Itty Bitty shapes Punch Pack (118309), 1/8" Organdy Ribbon Calypso Coral (127279r)

Retiring Accessories

Get them while they last....

Hundreds of accessories from the 2011-2012 catalogs are retiring, and this is your chance to get them before they're gone. Available April 25 - May 31, 2012, or while supplies last, so be sure to get your orders in asap! View the complete list as a .pdf or get an overview including pictures on the Stampin'Up! website.


For the retiring Definitely Decorative there is a .pdf as well or the online store.

Retiring Stamps 2012

The new Stampin' Up! catalog 2012-2013 will go life on June 1st, 2012 (a month earlier than in the past). I can hardly wait to see the new catalog, but that also means we have to say good bye to a bunch of stamp sets that are in the current catalog (some of them I am very sad to see go). The retiring stamp sets are only available April 15 - May 31, 2012. If you would like to order any of these sets please let me now before May 31^st.

Tutorial Sensei Wu

One of the nicest compliments is when people ask for instructions on how to make a card. I received so many requests for a tutorial on how to make Sensei Wu that I happily sat down to put it together. Thank you everybody for your wonderful comments.


Here is an explosion chart of all the pieces I used and how I cut and punched them:

Punch Art SENSEI WU

I needed a birthday card for a boy who is very much into LEGO Ninjagos. One of his favorite figures is SENSEI WU, so I decided that's what needs to be on the card.

This was my inspiration:

And here is what the card looks like:

Celebrate Hearts

This is a very simple, easy and quick to make card with fun colors. I love SU's new framelits Hearts Collection (125599) that I used for the heart balloons. The clouds are punched from the Cupcake Builder Punch and then embossed with the little hearts embossing folder Adorning Accents (125601) from the Mini catalog. The stamp is from the Sale-A-Bration catalog and can be earned for free with a $50 purchase.

Milwaukee Regional Workshop Wow

I was chosen to present a Workshop Wow project at Stampin' Up! regional conference in Milwaukee on Saturday. What an honor! And I had a blast! I called this project the "Birthday Box To Go". The basic box is made from the Bitty Box die. I added an insert, a tea light candle, some embellishment and bling to the box.

Please do not attempt to light the candle in the box. Take it out and put it on a fire proof plate before lighting it. And never leave the burning candle unattended.

Here are the instructions on how to make it: