Quick post as I’m running around getting things together. I am having my annual Open House this Sunday. I’ll be doing the usual, catalog viewing, scavenger hunt, make’n takes and acquiring new homes for my retired items. I made these little goodies for the guests – Aren’t they cute? You’ll have to stop by or… [Read More]
In Color
Congrats……CCMC411
It’s Thursday and the day to play with Create with Connie and Mary. This week it’s a cool sketch challenge. We alternate them. So…..pondering this one. I had the new Envelope Paper setting out…….let’s go with that! I came up with this fabulous card – Nice, huh? It’s SOO fun I think! It uses minimal… [Read More]
….You, TSOT, #275
Oh Tuesday. You come around so often! Time for Try Stampin’ Or Not On Tuesday sketch challenge! Challenge #275. Theme : Sun and Shore. Fail. No sun. No shore. Winner. I have this little cutie – Yes – ANOTHER shaker card!! Made with this ADORABLE little frog from the hostess set, Love You Lots. When… [Read More]
For You, TSOT, #273
It’s Tuesday. And, I believe I’m a week late on this post. Time for Try a Stampin’ Or Not On Tuesday challenge! Great sketch for showing off new Stampin’ Up colors – Sketch #273, theme : Butterflies. I can handle that! I pulled out these Thinlits, again to create this – Quite a sweet card!… [Read More]
Shakin’ Happy Day, WWC70
The second of three post this morning! Whew! New stuff too!!! It’s Watercooler Wednesday time! This time, we have a great sketch by Marsha – Once I got my preorder in – finally – I knew exactly what I wanted to do with this sketch! I wanted to make another shaker card – Isn’t this… [Read More]
May Blogging Friends Blog Hop
Welcome to the May edition of the Blogging Friends Blog Hop! This month our focus is on retiring products. Our favorite retiring products. Grab some coffee and get ready to pin some great things! And, grab the tissues too…..and, check your fun spending money as well – some things you may really need after hopping around… [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]
Gratitude Journal Box Tutorial
If you attended my October Card Buffet, or you saw my posting yesterday for the Blogging Friends Blog Hop, then you saw this – It’s a nifty decorated box resembling an acorn. But, when you open it, it’s whats inside that is the greatest part. It’s a 15 page accordion style mini journal. Enough space… [Read More]
Ink Pad Gift Box & Tutorial
Well. Well. Well. I thought I had shared these here, but, I guess I only shared them on Facebook. Chuckle, chuckle – they are my current cover photo! I’m rambling about these – Nice, huh? They hold a Stampin’ Up ink pad, or anything about that size. I made a few batches of these for… [Read More]
Pictorial Tutorial Purse Box Bag
The talk this week is my Open House from this past weekend. I made a thank you gift for everyone, a little purse box bag. And, it conveniently held the make’n takes just perfectly. I made one of these the other day for a challenge. Today, I decided to show you how I made this… [Read More]
Up, Up and Away, New In Colors
Have you see the spoilers of the new 2015-2016 In Colors? I’ve been itching to play with my mine. I saw this sketch from Match the Sketch Challenge and I had an idea. Here is their idea – Quite simple and fun. And, perfect to compare the new In Colors to existing ones. To do… [Read More]
Celebrate a Challenge
I did it. I found a little ‘me time’. Well, actually I was cleaning up my stampin’ ‘stuff’ that’s strewn about the house. I’ve still had this sketch on my mind. As I had a stack of scraps to put away, I had three colors together that caught my attention, Real Red, Blackberry Bliss and… [Read More]
Celebrate Chevrons
What a fun card for Friday I have to share. It was from my last Card Buffet, I just forgot to show you. It’s a great card for a boy or suitable to be a manly card! See for yourself – Quite simple and quick. Although, lining up the Chevron Punch and not punching too… [Read More]
Ink Pad Box Tutorial
Let’s get right to it. Yesterday I showed you these wonderful boxes I made for my Stamp Club 6 participants, they hold ink pads. I needed to make more, so I decided to snap some pictures so you could see how they were done. So this is sort of a pictorial tutorial, I don’t do… [Read More]
It’s in the Jar
This is a really fun card I made for a Team Meeting swap the other day. Just see for yourself – I got the inspiration from Dawn Olchefske,, but changed the dimensions and the design a bit. It was very simple to create. And, yet another great use of the ever so versatile, Envelope Punch… [Read More]
Honey Celebrate
“Hello Honey”! That sounds so funny. But, honey, Hello Honey, is the name of this new In-Color from Stampin’ Up. Isn’t it a nice, fall, vibrant yellow? Fun card, right? I paired up Hello Honey with very Vanilla and Basic Black to really show it off. And, I wanted to use this cool Hexagon Hive… [Read More]
You’re How Old?
You’re how old? Of course I’d never ask, and she’d most likely never tell…… This is a silly, cute little 3×3 card made for a dear friend I used to work with, Erica. She would usually be off work for her birthday and it wouldn’t be until way after that I’d get her card to… [Read More]
Chevron Flower Fun
What a bright, cheery card on a fall day! My share today is another card from my Buffet this past weekend. Also, a popular choice. Isn’t it just so pretty? Admittedly, it was one of my favorites too. However, not my original design. Sorry to disappoint. As I was surfing for inspiration, I came across… [Read More]
