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RICK 

I'm Nuts & Bolts About You - Nuts About You SIP Card

I have a super cute SIP card to share with you today using the Nuts & Bolts Stamp Set from the January-June Mini Catalog.  I shared this card with my Crafty Corner Card Club Members back in February.  Here's a look at the card.  

Two Sweet As a Peach Cards

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have two cards using the Sweet as A Peach Bundle and some of the products from the You're A Peach Suite.  Here's a look at the first card. I will go more into details about it below.  

Join me In Card Club Online Each Month - April 2022 Club

Join me for Card Club!  My Card Club has been around for four years and it’s amazing!  I have some spots open for new crafters to join us for our card club fun!  Join Here: Join Card Club

Six You're So Totally Awesome Cards - Waves of Inspiration

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you my March Thank You Cards that I made using the Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set.  I picked six different colors of Cardstock and created the cards using this fun inspirational stamp set.  All the colors I picked came straight from the matching Waves of the Ocean Designer Series Paper.  

Rick's Online Card Class - March 2022

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the cards that I made yesterday for my Monthly Online Card Class.  My Online Card Class is free to watch but if you want to get the card kit to make the cards it's simple to do also.  All you have to do is place a $35.00 order in my Online Store by March 21st!  But I will have all those details inside the post along with a special offer.  Here's a look at the three cards that I made. 

Waves of the Ocean Gift Bag - 3D Thursday Free Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I hope that you are doing well today and I am glad that you are visiting with me.  I am our team designer this week.  Check out my wonderful project below.  

It's Time To Shell-ebrate - Turtle Friends Bundle

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a super cute little mini slimline card with you today featuring the Turtle and Friends Bundle.  This is a super fun and playful little birthday card for any age.  Here's a look at the card.  

Love You So Much

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a cute and simple project to share with you using the Flowering Tulips Stamp Set.  I wanted to share a little love with you today so here's the cute little floral note card.  

March 2022 Crafty Corner Monthly Online Card Club - Register Now

Join me for the March 2022 Crafty Corner Monthly Online Card Club!  This month I have a super cute stamp set picked out that’s great for both Easter and all occasion cards for springtime.  

Sending Warm and Happy Wishes This Spring

Hell and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a fun springtime card with you today.  This card just screams Spring.  With it's playful floral designer series paper on the front and the sneak peek of the bunny on the inside of the card.  Here's a look at today's card.  

You Are So Thoughtful Thank You - Flowering Tulips

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a fun little card that's bright cheerful and shares how thoughtful you can be to tell someone thank you.  This card will allow you to send a bouquet of tulips to someone that want die!  Here's a look at today's card using the Flowering Tulips Bundle.  

Sending Bright Wishes - Quick & Easy Coloring Tip

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a super cute card to share with you today.  The Card that I am sharing today I created using a quick & easy coloring technique that I shared on Tuesday on my YouTube Shorts Thread.  I have also have placed the video in this post as well.  

Double Z-Fold Card - Easter Friends Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I shared last week on my YouTube channel.  This is a fun fold card and boy do I mean a fun one.  I had the best time designing this fun Spring card using the Easter Friends Stamp Set and the Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper.  Here's a look at my double Z-Fold Card.  

Blogging Friends Blog Hop March 2022 - Artfully Composed Showcase

Hello and welcome to my blog and the March 2022 Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  This month we are showcasing products from the Artfully Composed Suite from the Stampin' Up! January - June Mini Catalog.  I know you are going to find some great inspiration using these products this month.  

Savings In Bloom

 Stampin' Up! launched a new promotion yesterday tilted Savings are in Bloom and boy are they!

With this great new promotion, you can get the Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine at 20% off the retail price! Plus they have even sweetened the savings even more with 13 select stamps and die bundles that work with the Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine! And they are giving an extra 20% off on them as well!  Find out all the details and what the bundles are below.  

Tri-Flap Fun Fold Card & Waves of the Ocean Collection Introduction Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share the fun fold card that I shared yesterday during my Facebook and YouTube Live.  This is a fun card design that isn't really hard to make, but it does have a lot of pieces.  

I have a FREE Recipe Card for you to download today.  The Recipe Card has all the supplies, item numbers, and prices listed so you can order all the supplies needed to make this card.  I used supplies from the upcoming Waves of the Ocean Collection for this card.  I will tell you more about this new collection below.  

Sale-A-Bration Ends Soon!

 Sale-A-Bration will be ending soon!  Like I mean there's only six more days for you to shop and earn FREE products from Stampin' Up!.  In my post today I will share with you the items that you can earn with each level.  

Center Step Card - Blessings of Home YouTube Live Replay

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that we made last week during my comedy of errors (aka last week's YouTube Live).  It was so funny the YouTube Gods were telling me not to do a live video but we did one anyway. Everything that could have gone wrong did, but the card turned out great.  Here's a look at the modified center step card that we made.  

Thanks So Much Rainbow Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a super cute and easy clean and simple card using dies as the main focus.  Here's a look at the card.  

You Have my Love & Support - Friendly Hello Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today is Valentine's Day and I hope you have a great one, I could do like everyone else and share a tone of Valentine's cards of projects with you but I wanted to share a card that you could send all month long or even all year long to show someone that you love and support them.  Here's a look at my card.  

From All Of Us - Daffodil Afternoon DSP

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with a card using the Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper and the Party Puffins Stamp Set to get the fun sentiment.  This is a great card that will allow you to showcase your favorite designer series paper.  Here's a look at today's card.  

The World Needs More Love Notes Gift Bag-Box - More Love

 The world needs more love notes that’s for sure! And day fives project from Love Week last week hits the spot to share a little love note with a friend, spouse, or just someone in general   Here’s a look at the project   

Love & Thanks To a Dear Friend - Prized Peony

Learn how to make a layered card - with the third project for Love Week; I will share with you how to make a multilayered card design using stamps, ink, and paper.  For this project, I used the Prized Peony Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!.  Here's a look at the card.  

Love You Friend Desk Calendar - Shaded Summer

Hello and welcome to my blog; for day three of Treat Week, I created a fun desk calendar using the Shaded Summer Stamp Set.  Here's a look at the project.  

Love Changes Everything - All Together Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share the card I made during Love Week.  This was project number two for this week filled with love.  I used products from the new All Together Collection.  Here's a look at the project.  

Long Candy Bar Box - Blessings of Home

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a fun little box.  Well, I say it's small but it's actually a rather larger box.  It will hold a large skinny chocolate bar or six fun-size candy bars.  Here's a look at the box.  

You Make Me Happy - Rainbow of Happiness Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am sharing with you a cute little card that's actually easy to reproduce.  I used the Rainbow of Happiness Bundle from the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog and the Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper to create the card.  Here's a look at the card. 

Hope You Have the Best Birthday - Friendly Hello Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog for Simple Sunday!  This week I have a simple birthday card to share with you using stamps ink and paper.  This week I also used a punch out that I had on hand to use also.  This card also serves another purpose as well; if you stick around you will find out what that surprise is.  

You Are One Of a Kind - Slim Sayings Bundle & Driving By

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the cards that I shared on this week's Coffee & a Card with Rick Epsoside.  In this week's video, I shared some tips on how to draw inspirations from the Stampin' Up! catalogs to  CASE a card.  Here's a look at the two versions of the card I shared.  

I'm Nuts & Bolts About You Double Opening Fun Fold - Nuts & Bolts

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a fun fold card that I have not seen anywhere else online.  I am calling it a Double Opening Fun Fold.  I used the Nuts & Bolts Stamp Set to create my card today.  Here's a look at the card.  

The other supplies that I used for today's card are the same supplies that I used for my January Creative Corner Online Card Club.  My club members get anywhere from $20 - 25 in brand new Stampin' Up! Supplies in their kits each month.  So, my club members will be able to use their leftover supplies to create a similar card design.  

Valentine's Day Nugget Treat Box - 3D Thursday Project & Free Project Sheet

 Hello and welcome to my blog!  I hope that you are doing well today and I am glad that you are visiting with me.  Sarah Wills is our team designer this week.  Check out her wonderful project below.  

Happy Birthday - Island Vibes

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a birthday card with a warm tropical feel to it.  I used the Island Vibes Stamp Set and the Celebrating You Stamp Set to create today's card.  Here's a look at the card.  

Hello Friend - Friendly Hello Sale-A-Bration Bundle

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I made using the Friendly Hello Bundle from the January-February 2022 Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  The Friendly Hello Bundle includes the Friendly Hello Stamp Set and the Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper.  Here's a look at my card.  

My December Thank You Cards - Daffodil Afternoon DSP

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you my December Thank You Card.  I made one of these for anyone that placed an order with me during the month of December.  Here's a look at my card.   

Awesome Otters SIP Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a Simple Sunday project for you.  This is a project created using mostly Stamps, Ink, & Paper.  Today's SIP (Stamps Ink & Paper) Card features the Awesome Otters Stamp Set.  Here's a look at my Simple Sunday project.  

Simple Sunday is my series that I share each week for beginner crafters.  I also share some basic supplies that all beginner crafters should purchase to get started along with a few tips and tricks to make paper crafting easier and recreateable for the new crafter.  

Happy Valentine's Day - Awesome Otters Coffee & A Card with Rick Replay

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I made and the card that I showcased yesterday day for my Coffee & a Card with Rick video.  In this week's video, I shared how to make a Valentine's Day Card.  To make the card I used Awesome Otters Stamp Set and the Sweet Converfsatons Stamp Set along with some other fun products.  Here's a look at one version of the card.  

It's Birthday Time - Awesome Otters

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share a fun card idea that I got from the 2022 Sale-A-Bration Brochure.  I CASEd the card because I loved it so much and thought it was super fun.  Here's a look at the card.  

Awesome Otters Sweet Conversations Treat Box - 3D Thursday Project & FREE PDF Tutorial

 Hello and welcome to my blog!  I hope that you are doing well today and I am glad that you are visiting with me.  I am the 3D Thursday team designer this week.  Check out my wonderful project below.  

Awesome Otters Diagonal Fold Easel Card - Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I made during my weekly YouTube Live.  Last night I shared how to make a Diagonal Fold Easel Card with the Awesome Otters Stamp Set.  

Otterly Awesome & Marbleous - Awesome Otters

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card using the Awesome Otters Stamp Set and the Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper. Both of which are level one Sale-A-Bration items.   I am also going to share with you in today's post how to create a Basic Gray blend with some Stampin' Blends.  Here's a look at today's card.  

XOXO Valentine's Day Card - Awesome Otters

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am sharing a super cute little Valentine's Day Card that I made using the Awesome Otters Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set and a few other supplies.  Here's a look at the card.  

Daffodil Afternoon Quick & Easy Card - Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I shared yesterday on my YouTube Channel for this weeks Coffee & a Card with Rick episode.  During this weeks episode I shared how to make a quick & easy card featuring the Daffodil Afternoon (Sale-A-Bration) Designer Series Paper and the Sale-A-Bration set called Special Moments.  More about the Sale-A-Bration items shortly; first here's a look at todays card.  

Slimline Envelopes Hello Ladybug Album - 3D Thursday Project & Free Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I hope that you are doing well today and I am glad that you are visiting with me.  Jo Anne Hewins is our team designer this week.  Check out her a wonderful project below.  

Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper Color Combinations

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you some fun color combinations from the Daffodil Afternoon Designer Series Paper and some that are using colors from the DSP and some other fun colors.  Here's a look at the DSP 

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It's Your Day Enjoy It - Happiest of Birthdays

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I have a fun birthday card to share with you using the Happiest of Birthdays Stamp Set from the 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog.  The Happiest of Birthdays Stamp Set is one of my favorite birthday sets in the catalog, and I love using it with it's large sentiments.  Here's a look at my little rainbow card.  

Sunday SIP (Stamps Ink Paper)Card 1/9/22 - Island Vibes

Hello and welcome to my blog; today is Sunday, and that means it's Simple Sunday.  Which if you are new here this is the day I share cards designed for beginner crafters using only Stamps, Ink, and Paper.  SIP cards (Stamps, Ink, and Paper) are a great way to learn how to create cards.  Stamps, Ink, and Paper are the basic tools you need to create cards.  So, I have designed this series to use those basic supplies.  Here's a look at this weeks card.  

How to Make a Wedding Card with the Island Vibes Stamp Set - Video

 Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I made yesterday during my Coffee & a Card with Rick video.  This week I made a tropical themed clean & simple wedding card using the Island Vibes Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set.  Here's a look at my card.  

The Best Is Yet To Come - Blogging Friends Blog Hop - Island Vibes, Rainbows, and Otters Oh My!

Hello and welcome to my blog; and the first Blogging Friends Blog Hop of the new year.  This month out theme was Island, Vibes, Rainbows, and Otters Oh May! All of which can be found in the new 2022 Sale-A-Bration product selections.   

Growing Hearts 3D Project - 3D Thursday Project & Free Tutorial

Hello and welcome to my blog!  I hope that you are doing well today and I am glad that you are visiting with me.  Jennifer from  Whisper In Ink is our team designer this week.  Check out her a wonderful project below.