Iris Folded Christmas Ornament-Merry Monday Challenge #47
Iris Folded Christmas Ornament-Merry Monday Challenge #47 I am very honored to be the Guest Designer this week over at the Merry Monday challenge site! Our sketch was a Tic Tac Toe challenge. We could use any of the boxes, up, down or diagonally in our design. I chose to work with the upper row, […]
More Amore-Iris Folded Heart
More Amore-Iris Folded Heart I am very excited to be a part of the new Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Design Team! What is Splitcoaststampers? Splitcoaststampers is an online community of crafters who readily share their love of paper-crafting. Need an idea or inspiration? Check Splitcoaststampers! Want to learn a new or revisit a stamping technique? Check […]
Iris Folded Christmas Tree-Nacho Average Color Challenge #24
Iris Folded Christmas Tree-Nacho Average Color Challenge #24 We have a great winter-themed color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average site. Here is my contribution, an Iris Folded Christmas tree! (For Iris Folding instructions, along with a video tutorial, please visit my (Iris Folding Page HERE) For this card, I used scraps […]
Iris Folded Pumpkin
Iris Folded Pumpkin This iris folded pumpkin card was inspired by a Hershey “Pumpkin Spice” Kisses candy that my friend Joyce Lovato recently gave me. Thank you Joyce!! I peeled off the foil wrapper and the “Pumpkin Spice” paper banner and thought that they would make great accents for a pumpkin iris folded card. Inspiration […]
Nacho Average Challenge #3-Iris Folded Chick
Nacho Average Challenge #3-Iris Folded Chick Iris Folding is one of my all-time favorite crafting techniques! I created this cute Iris Folded “Hello Baby” card for this week’s Nacho Average Challenge. For Iris Folding instructions, patterns, and a how-to video, please visit my Iris Folding page here. Here is the original sketch: Supplies Used: Stamp […]
Mocha Morning Iris Folded Dress Form-Stamping 411 Sketch 252
Mocha Morning Iris Folded Dress Form-Stamping 411 Sketch 252 I’ve started working on Mother’s Day cards, so I thought I’d work this pretty Iris Folded dress form into this week’s Stamping 411 Sketch. Here’s the sketch: Iris Folding is one of my all-time favorite crafting techniques. For instructions, a video tutorial, and a link to […]
Tidings of Christmas-November Newsletter
Tidings of Christmas Suite from Stampin’ Up! Just in time for Christmas crafting! The most wonderful time of the year calls for handmade projects you can create using the festive Tidings of Christmas Suite Collection. The Tidings of Christmas Suite Collection includes * Tidings & Trimmings Photopolymer Stamp Set (10% off) * Christmas Trimmings Dies* […]
About Me
I am an avid paper crafter! Let’s craft together! I have been a Stampin’ Up! customer for years and a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator since 2005. I live in a very rural community in the mountains of southern Colorado, and my inspiration often comes from my surroundings. My favorite paper-crafting techniques include Iris Folding and working […]
Blast from the Past-Extra Postage Required Cards
Blast from the Past-Extra Postage Required Cards This year, as I was going through my stash of Christmas cards, I came across a few cards that I had made over the years that I never mailed. Why is that, you may ask? I didn’t mail them because I knew they would require extra postage. They […]
Paper-Pieced Sleeping Cat-Nacho Average Color Challenge #114
Paper-Pieced Sleeping Cat-Nacho Average Color Challenge #114 We have a soft and subtle color challenge this week over at the Nacho Average site: Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party, and Very Vanilla Here’s my contribution: I’ve been in an Iris Folding frame of mind lately. I came across this fun sleeping cat pattern by Maureen Sparrow […]
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse!
Use up those Paper Scraps-Recycle and Reuse! If you are a paper crafter, then I can guarantee you have a collection of paper scraps! The size of your collection depends on how picky you are. Me, I can’t bear to throw any paper away. That can lead to serious storage problems as your paper bins, […]
SUDSOL Blog Tour
Welcome to the SUDSOL Blog Tour! I am very excited to be participating in today’s SUDSOL Blog Tour. SUDSOL (Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing On Line) is an online community of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators dedicated to providing creative and professional information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to all demonstrators regardless of location and […]