When it's my birthday, I always like to celebrate for a whole week.   Lunch with friends, a bit of extra stamping time, a trip to Starbucks (which I normally reserve for when I'm traveling!), an extra cupcake... what about you?  How do you treat yourself? We went a bit beyond that over at StampNation for…

Every year we celebrate World Card Making Day in a BIG way over at StampNation!  Our celebrations: inspire members to make TONS of cards share them with fellow members and enter to win lots of prizes!   Sounds like a card makers' dream right?  Here's the schedule. Friday, October 6. 8 am eastern.  The fun begins…

I don't know about you, but other stampers inspire me so much!  I've been perusing the Dream Team blogs and these cards really caught my eye. Maureen Merritt (queen of Clean and Simple) made this GORGEOUS floral card.  I'm loving the colors, the layered stamping on the flowers and the sweet little butterflies from our…

This month we are highlighting StampNation member Sharon Salerno.  Not only is Sharon supportive and creative but she gets to know members on a  personal level too.  Sharon is a true friend to many at StampNation.  She's an important part of our community and very deserving of getting in the spotlight this month! Tell us…

We are right in the middle of "Technique Toolbox: creative stenciling" and I'm absolutely blown away by all the creativity that I'm seeing over at StampNation! First...let's thank our sponsors!  Each of the companies below have offered up a prize for participating members and some even offered discount codes to shop!  WOOOT! Let's take a…

This month we are highlighting long time member, Susan Powell.  Susan (greetingbysusan) has added so much to our site over the past four years.  She's super supportive and oh, so crafty!!!! Tell us a little about yourself. What do you do for a living or when you aren’t getting inky? When I'm not getting inky…

Where did November go?  How can we possibly be almost through the first week of December?  Well, you know what they say, we must be having fun!  If you are a StampNation member, I know you are having fun.  November rocked!  Our Dream Team took two weeks off from the Friday Features while we had…

I'm thrilled to annouce our November/December Guest Designer today. She is someone we all know and love, a long time member....WELCOME INGRID! "Hello! I’m Ingrid and am so excited to share some creations with you over the next several weeks. I am originally from San Francisco. I am now living for a few years in…

Month after month the StampNation Dream Team continues to amaze me with their talent.  September has been no different!  Take a look at the lessons added to The Classroom this month. Isha used a variety of alcohol markers on a single image, then showed how to add texture to her colored images. Laurel Beard taught…