Author Archives: Joni Daniel

It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today I want to show you how to use the calendar specifically in the Days to Remember Stamp Set. It looks a little goofy at first glance, but I promise it is easier than it looks. For a complete tutorial for this set and how to create the cards below please goContinue reading “How to use the calendar in the Days to Remember Stamp Set.”

It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! Did you know that the aliens have landed? Remember when I said to turn things every which way to see what else you can see. Well, I turned my Perfect Plants Dies over and around and found aliens. (cue scaryContinue reading “When aliens land in your perfect plants.”

It’s Technique Tuesday! Today I want to remind you to look at all of the components of a suite or bundle. In the Pansy Petals Suite Collection you get the Pansy Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set, Pansy Dies, Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper, and the Bumblebee Trinkets. Did you know that the dies coordinate not onlyContinue reading “When dies fit your designer series paper.”

It’s Management Monday! Here’s what’s happening this week! There is an order going in on the 30th! Please use the link https://www.stampinup.com?hostcode=EQMGRS4K by Wednesday, June 30th at 7:30 pm! This is your absolute last chance to get what you want from the last chance list. I am holding Open Day sessions. Come if you areContinue reading “Open Day Sessions, Card Class, and More!”

It’s Sabbath Sunday! This is the day to rest and recharge to get ready for the week. I have a personal story today. My daughter went in this last Tuesday for surgery on her gums. Usually if you are in pain you take a pill, apply ice, or take a shot of whisky. But myContinue reading “Rest comes after pain.”

It’s Sale Saturday! In the weekly newsletter that went out on Tuesday, I sent out a list of what is retiring from the Mini Catalog that finishes on June 30. If you need the list re-sent or in a larger font please contact me. Some will be discounted and all are while supplies last. PleaseContinue reading “Jewels, Discounts, and More!”

It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. Today’s request is one that is a bit personal. One of our crafters has a grandson that has just recently deployed. Everyone in the family is taking it in stride but that absent person does leave a hole. SoContinue reading “With heartache comes support.”

It’s Tutorial Thursday! Today I want to show you how to emboss on vellum, all vellum. First you will want to have a card base, outer mat, and inner mat. The inner mat will be of your vellum. You will also need a few scraps of card stock to create your accent pieces. For thisContinue reading “Embossing on Vellum”

It’s Wacky Wednesday where a product is used in a way it is not intended! Do you remember when I told you to look at things sideways and upside down? Well, today I didn’t have to do that. Instead I had the Pansy Patch Photopolymer Stamp Set on my desk. I looked down and sawContinue reading “The Muppets are in the Pansies.”

It’s Technique Tuesday! When you think you have done all you can with a stamp set, die, or punch then turn it sideways. We have done quite a bit with the Simply Elegant Punch but I need to ask you…have you turned it sideways? Recently Stampin’ Up! blogged about this very thing and it caughtContinue reading “Turn it sideways.”