I created a simple card sketch for last night's Mystery Stamping event. Then, I created these samples quickly and easily using a combination of retiring product, the Plaid Tidings patterned paper, and new stamp sets from the upcoming January-June Mini Catalog. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Sadly, the Plaid Tidings is being discontinued at the end of December. Click here to see the rest of the supply list for these cards. To order any of the supplies used in these card samples, simply check the supplies needed and then click "Add to Cart." Be sure to enter the host code (from the sidebar) on the second screen under the pink "Checkout" button to earn Stampin' Rewards.

Have you taken advantage of the Giant Year-End Closeout yet? Nearly all of the beautiful stamps, papers, dies, and embellishments in the 2020 August-December Mini Catalog will be discontinued at the end of the year. Many of the items are on sale up to 50% off, but they are only available while supplies last and things are selling out already. So, if you want some of this awesomeness, better get it soon. 

One of the items in the August-December Mini Catalog that is retiring is the Brightly Gleaming patterned paper. This specialty designer series paper is absolutely gorgeous with its fabulous copper accents! If you haven't already gotten a package of this paper, what are you waiting for? And if you have gotten some, are you sure you don't need a little more? Lol. It's just so elegant and stunning. 

So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Bullet journals set me free, but probably not in the way you'd normally think. Never heard of bullet journaling? It's a way to keep a combination daily planner, calendar, diary, and sketch book in one. There are people making amazing bullet journal pages! They make beautiful artistic masterpieces of their mundane everyday lives. Yes, I do paper crafting. I make cards, I stamp. I color. Sometimes, I think I even make art. But, not in my bullet journals. My bullet journals are a mess of functionality. Still, bullet journals set me free. So, on y go! Let's talk a little about the freedom of bullet journaling and see my newest journal. 

This means that I bought lots of planners and at the end of the year, I would find I had only used a small fraction of it. I beat myself up for the waste of money and my inability to keep up with a planner. 

Then, I read about bullet journaling. It's just a blank notebook. You fill it in as you go. At the true heart of it, you create a code for your to-do lists, number the pages, and keep an index of the pages so that you can quickly go back and review things. Sometimes, I do those things, but mostly I don't. The freedom of a bullet journal is that I can write as little or as much as I want for each day. I can create a weekly spread if I'm up to it. And when my journal gets set aside for three months, I just pick up where I left off. I can add to-do lists, or meeting notes, or ideas that I have on the next page, even though it means my journal is a complete mess. I'm free! I can write down what I need to when I need to. I definitely have a down and dirty style of bullet journaling. 

Maybe I'll make goals. Maybe I'll add some sketches or doodles. Who knows, but my new bullet journal is beautiful and ready to get down and dirty!

Click here to see the complete supply list for this Flowers & Field Journal, except for the Flowers & Field patterned paper because it won't be available until January when you can get it FREE with a $50 purchase. If you need any of the supplies to create your own journal, simply check the items you need and click "Add to Cart." Be sure to add the host code (in the sidebar to the right) on the second page under the pink box that says "Checkout."

For last night's Mystery Stamping, we made this quick and easy fun fold card that is perfect for any occasion and works with all sorts of patterned paper. If you haven't joined me for Mystery Stamping yet, I hope you'll pop over to the On Y Go! Stamping Facebook Group next Tuesday night at 8:00 and check it out. Each week, I give step-by-step clues to create a card. Everyone uses different papers and stamps, so each card turns out differently. That is what makes it so much fun! So, on y go! Let's get stamping.