Paige Blanchette Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

It's been busy around here! I've been wanting to start making videos for you all for a while now, and I JUST got all of the things I need for it! I have the best boyfriend ever who, when I told him I needed a new table for my stamping room, made me a custom one. Check it out! I'm so obsessed! Isn't it gorgeous?!? So I had to get to work right away to make my very first video with my new supplies! I chose the Piece of Cake Bundle from the Occasions Catalog to design this adorable card. Instead of thinlits, this bundle comes with a punch for the two-tiered cakes and the cake stand in the stamp set. Both of the images are cut out in one punch, and it's always tricky and frustrating for me trying to punch out all of the images in a punch and trying to get them to align properly. SO! I was sitting in my craft room the other night, and I thought up an easy way to fix that problem using the help of my Stamparatus (This thing is so handy- I should have got...

February 9th is the birthday of my favorite person in the world- my mom. Ever since I was a child, I remember her being absolutely in love with cacti, so when I saw the Flowering Desert set in the Occasions Catalog, I knew that's what I would use for her birthday card! When I was a kid, the woman had cactus lamps, okay??? This was a must! This set is so fun because there are so many different things you can do with it- it's so versatile. I had a blast making my own cactus and choosing the color scheme for this card! There really are so many options. I love the Lovely Lipstick, Coastal Cabana, and Granny Apple Green color scheme I've got going on here. I knew I wanted to use the Coastal Cabana/Granny Apple Green ribbon on this card, and Lovely Lipstick goes perfectly with it for a bright, fun birthday color palette! Isn't this ribbon so fun? Since I knew I was making her a card with this set, of course I had to get her a couple new cactus plants for her birthday, too...

I know a lot of people who have February birthdays, so be prepared for lots of fun birthday cards over the next month! This is just the first of many! Don't get me wrong, I love prepping for my classes and creating cards that everybody is going to enjoy making and giving to the people they love. But sometimes I feel like I don't use half of my supplies because I can't use them all during my classes! I really enjoyed making this more intricate, super fun card for a person I know whose personality fits this card perfectly! Just full of light and beauty! I loved the feeling of making a card specifically for a special person in my life. Because I have like four shoe drawers full of cards, I always just end up picking one out when an occasion comes up. This year I want to make more personalized cards for the people I love! Here is the card! Isn't it so fun?? Here are some details of the card. I used some extra pieces I had from my Stamp Camp that was a week ago and...

I am SO late on making this post, but such is life when you host a stamp camp the Friday before the first week of a new semester at school! The night of my Valentine's Day Stamp Camp, we got a lot of snow here in Southeastern Wisconsin, but the people who braved the snow to craft with me absolutely adored these fun Valentine's Day cards! I have already shared one with you, and now I can share the rest. I am so in love with each of these cards 😍 Here is what my customers all went home with last Friday night!  And here are close-ups of each of the individual cards. For these projects, I used products from the All My Love Suite in the 2019 Occasions Catalog and the Hello Cupcake stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration brochure. This set was FREE with a $50 purchase and will be through the end of March! Contact me if you are interested in learning more about earning free products during Sale-a-Bration!