We’re going on a two week cruise to celebrate me walking again and I wanted to make a special travel journal to commemorate the trip. I bought a Fuji Instant Camera that instantly produces small photos that will fit perfectly in this journal, here’s a link to one. https://tinyurl.com/2v2rbhxz. As always, I’m not affiliated with any companies and only provide links to products so you know exactly what I bought in case you are interested in buying it. Products used: Graphic 45 journal and 3 notebooks: https://tinyurl.com/4sny7hxm DCWV World Map 12 x 12″ paper link: https://tinyurl.com/mr3pjf4w T ..read more

I was sent the dies from Globeland, but am not affiliated with them in any way. They are offering a discount to my viewers. It is a 10% discount using sandy10. Globleland homepage link: https://globleland.com/?s=sandy10 Globleland product link info: This is a great deal for $8.09 minus 10%, as you get three sets of layering dies…two sets have seven dies and one has eight, and all three have a different shape so your imagination can run wild. I realize the link has my coupon code in it, but I think it’s their way of tracking if any viewers bought something from my video and doesn”t mean I get a ..read more

I wanted to make a simple but fun card for our great nephew Finn, who just turned 2. I bought this paper pad last year from Echo Park, called Hello Easter. I was surprised to find that it is still available on Amazon and here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/b74czmpd I used one of the 12 x 12″ pages with a lot of smaller images on it and cut out a lot of them and then cut a matching 12 x 12″ paper down to 10″ wide by 7″ tall (make sure when you are cutting the 10″ length that the pattern is facing up and when you are cutting the 7″ length, the pattern is facing sideway. You’ll score the 10″ len ..read more

Each year I participate in Cards for Cubs and encourage you to do the same. I’ve come up with a system to make as many unique cards as fast as possible. If I forget to list something, please email me saundralparker@yahoo.com, and I’ll try to figure out where I bought it.. It’s not too late to participate in Cards for Cubs, here’s their link: http://www.cardsforcubs.org If you aren’t familiar, Cards for Cubs gives encouraging and birthday cards for kids in foster care. I forgot to mention in my video that I focus on older girls as I think they benefit the most from encouragement, and I primaril ..read more

I made a card for my friend who was turning 90 and was under impressed with the way it turned out, so decided to make one that was more fitting for a woman of 90. Her birthday party had to be postponed because we got covid and then she got a compression fracture in her back. By the time we had the party, I was walking again (after my fall in July and surgery that didn’t heal.) I think seeing me walk made her day special, and she talked about it then and called me later to tell me how much it meant to her, which made the day special for me. To make this 5 x 7″ card, I started by cutting gold mi ..read more

I’m sorry that I’ve had these dies for a while and am just making the video now as my broken leg delayed my video making. The nice people at Lifescraft.com sent me these dies and have offered my viewers a great discount of 22% off with code S22. I’m not affiliated with them but love it when a company sends me products to try and offers a discount code for my viewers. lifescraft.com Discount 22% with code S22 Here are the links to the dies I used: Puzzle Dies: http://tinyurl.com/h97pxw34 Hug Dies: http://tinyurl.com/yr6wj9sa Birds on a wire die: http://tinyurl.com/bde3dwwm Woven Bamboo Backgrou ..read more

The nice people at Globleland.com sent me these products to try and I’m truly grateful. As always, I’m not affiliated with Globleland, but they were kind enough to send me some products to try and gave me discounts for my viewers, which is what I always ask for when trying out new products… Globleland homepage link: https://globleland.com/?s=sandy10 Coupon code: sandy10 Globleland product links: Layered die sets: https://globleland.com/products/cutting-dies-diy-wh0309-778?s=sandy10 Tag Punch: https://globleland.com/products/tools-ajew-wh0188-06?s=sandy10 Cat & Mouse wax stamp: https://glob ..read more

I made Rich’s Valentine’s Day card, naturally at the last minute.. I started with an A2 sized card base out of white Recollections Heavyweight card stock. I ran a piece of mirror silver cardstock (if you don’t have this, you can glue a piece of aluminum foil to any color cardstock instead) through the Simon Says Stamp Kaleidoscope embossing folder link: http://tinyurl.com/3uzwzbd8 to get a great background. I cut this down to 4″ x  5 1/4″ and put tear tape on the back. I buy mine on Amazon and here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/4s8zrwpt I used Stampin’ Up retired stamp called Good Greetings s ..read more

Right before Christmas, Rich and I were in a store called Family Dollar and they had big boxes of red and gold plastic ornaments in different shapes and finishes. They were 75% off, so I got them, as well as two Ho Ho Ho ornaments, and was on my way. Before going home, we stopped at Dollar Tree and bought another tube of red and gold small ornaments and the wreath frame I needed. If you have Christmas (non-glass) ornaments you’re sick of, this is a great way to give them new life. Since you probably can’t find clearance ornaments now, going through the things you’ve recently stored, might be t ..read more

I haven’t tried triple step stamping in a long time and I didn’t remember how much strength it required, drat! I started with an A2 size card base that is 8 1/2″ tall by 11″ x 5 1/2″ wide, scored on the 8 1/2″ length at 4 1/4″. The white card pieces are: 4 x 5 1/4″ that I glued to the outside of the card base 3 1/4″ x 3″ I put a small amount of tear tape under this (you’ll need to rip this piece back off so I’d put as little tear tape as possible so you can easily remove it) and adhered it to the bottom white layer about 1/2″ from the left edge and tried to center it between the top and bottom ..read more