Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Need some motivation to play with your stuff today? How about this new challenge – Optional Theme : Embossing Perfect inspiration to create this wedding wishes card – First off, I haven’t played with this gorgeous Merry Merlot color much. and, why? It’s gorgeous!!!! I created the embossed background by… [Read More]
Anniversary
Frosted Floral Special Day
Happy Tuesday my Try Stampin’ on Tuesday friends! Sharing this beautiful card suitable for a birthday, wedding, or maybe even an anniversary! I love this Frosted Floral Designer Series paper – it is so beautiful! All of it! It’s all shimmery! I stamped my sentiment on Shimmery White card stock which complimented the paper quite nicely, softer than… [Read More]
Anniversaries are Charming
Today is a special day for me in the Stampin’ Up world – it’s my 10th Anniversary! Yep. That’s right. 10 years ago I signed up as a demonstrator and got the free box of ink pads – my choice of color family! And, back then it was like a $55 value. The rest, history,… [Read More]
Happy Luna-Versary
What the….?..?..? Well, five years ago, this happened – We became first time cat parents. We’d never had cats before. Until. Until this little adorable thing followed our daughters home from a walk to the mall. I told them if she stayed around a few nights, I’d consider keeping her. Well, she never left! Today,… [Read More]
Coffee, Tea…or Me?
Lol, I’m sure some of you might know that tagline!!!! It was from an airline in the 1960’s. This week at Watercooler Wednesday, we have another Simply Stampin’ challenge – This one is from Heidi and you have to feature coffee or tea. It was way more difficult than I thought because you are limited… [Read More]
September Blogiversary Blogging Friends Blog Hop
That’s right. It’s our ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY!!! Part of Three Post Thursday for me today! First, a congrats to all of those who’ve been with us since the beginning, and all the newbies we’ve acquired along the way! It’s been a wonderful year of learning and growing together! Our theme is, of course, CELEBRATION! And, to… [Read More]
Wacky Watercooler April Blog Hop
It’s April, and that fun time of the month again! Besides the excitement of it being my anniversary of 26 years yesterday (hence why I’m late), it’s also a fabulous blog hop over at Wacky Watercooler! Grab a cup of coffee Make a pot of coffee and prepare yourself for a real treat of a… [Read More]
Love You, CCMC
Yes. Two things going on here. First, it’s my anniversary. I know. Another life event happening on the SAME day as a card challenge – on a challenge blog that I just recently became a Design team member of……. This week over at Create with Connie and Mary, we have another great sketch to get… [Read More]
Happy Anniversary, Rose
I’m guessing by now you figured out it’s not a multiple card friday! Sorry, I know those are fun – lots of cards in one place. I do have a card share today! And, yes I was inspired by Create with Connie and Mary again today. Sort of a weekly thing these days! And, no,… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday, Challenge 57
These weeks are just flying by, aren’t they? It’s Wednesday. You know what that means – Yep. Time for another challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges. This is a wonderful layout sketch from Deborah – It’s great, right? I really liked it. I had some pieces strewn about the craft room from this card. So I… [Read More]
Happy Together Tulips
A special request. It’s nice when family requests a handmade, personalized card for an occasion. Sometimes though, you need a starting point after all your own ideas are not cutting it. I turned to Create with Connie and Mary for my inspiration here – It’s a unique sketch that I was drawn to. I felt… [Read More]
Anniversary Love
I don’t normally post on Saturday, but I just had to get this in before the deadline. A challenge being the deadline. I so loved this challenge over at Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration – It’s simply my favorite! I had some swaps I needed to get finished. This was the perfect inspiration I needed to get… [Read More]
Happy Anni’Pear’sary
Anniversary plus Pears equals anni’pear’sary!! I’m wishing congratulations to my other job for being open for seven years! We are in Pearland, so a lot of our decor is pears. I’ve just ran with the theme here. I decided to try a shaker card here. I used one of our cello bags to create the… [Read More]
5 Cheers for 5 Years
Today is a personal share along with a couple of challenges. My husband got great news yesterday on his five-year checkup! Yippee! So now, checkups every year. A very nice milestone! You might remember a couple of years ago I posted this card here. This is just a continuation, a few days late, but it’s official!… [Read More]
Happy Anniversary, ‘Pear’land
Ha, ha, ha. Yes, a belated anniversary share. I made these very impressive little gift bags to celebrate our 6th anniversary. It was for co-workers. See how awesome – Of course, as a paper crafter these things usually come really easy. And, we always have a stockpile of things waiting to be transformed. Theses were no… [Read More]
Modern Medley Congratulations
Ah, the elegant combination of black and cream. This was another choice on my November Card Buffet this past weekend. I love the elegant simplicity of it. It was a popular card too. I started by embossing only the top inner portion of the Very Vanilla card stock. The paper was perpendicular to the folder…. [Read More]
Retired Items for Sale
I am in the process of reorganizing my stamp room. Always on a quest to do this. I am getting rid of lots of stamp sets and Simply Scrappin’ Kits. And, more stuff as I can list it. Please check the tab above frequently to see what’s been added. Here is some of the stuff… [Read More]
Happy Anniversary Love
Has it been another year already? Has it been, gasp, 23 already? Why, yes, it has! Time sure does fly! In case you didn’t realize from content clues, we are celebrating our 23rd anniversary! Lol! We will celebrate later today. But, in Libby fashion, I made a card, a banner and these days, a blog… [Read More]
