Oooh, I Love This Card!!

I was a busy bee on Sunday! I got several of the Dirty Girl challenges done, cleaned both bathrooms, stewed over an upcoming job interview, AND did the Featured Stamper challenge! This week’s featured stamper was lauraly (view her gallery here) - and wowza does she have great stuff to choose from! I picked this card [...]

Sympathy for a Family Friend

On Friday, a friend of the family passed away after a long and difficult battle with cancer. I made this sympathy card send, but it just doesn’t seem right. Then again – I never feel like sympathy cards are “right” – are they too much? Not enough? Wrong colors? Right sentiment? Uuugggghh.
So I went pretty [...]

A Little Vanilla

I have got to say, I just love these little tent topper cards. They could not be more fun to make! This is my card for today’s Limited Supplies Challenge. I bent the rules a bit (with Jen’s permission!) and used Basic Black and Very Vanilla cardstock rather than Black and White. I am thinking [...]

A Home For My Goodies

This is my project for today’s Ways to Use It challenge. I went in a different direction than intended, I think, but I’m thrilled with the end result.
This little jar (which used to hold Clausen pickles – something I cannot live without) has been coralling my little tools that I use on almost every project [...]

Christmas Tent Toppers

I am on a roll today, ya’ll!! Thank goodness! Today’s sketch challenge happens to be a card I’ve been meaning to try for awhile – a tent topper. I’ve also been meaning to work on my Christmas cards. I have been kind of slack in my participation in the monthly Christmas Card Challenge. I’ve made up [...]

Don’t Be Alarmed…

I changed the theme again! I just can’t help myself – I get bored after awhile! The picture in the header is a view from Rialto Beach, Washington. We were out there on the Olympic Penninsula for our honeymoon, almost 5 years ago. We must’ve taken 50 pictures at this beach alone!

Olive My Girlfriends!

Today’s Color Combination challenge featured Old Olive, Pretty In Pink, and Regal Rose. And woohoo do I ever love this combo!!!! My card yesterday had similar colors (but the Technique Challenge was a toughie – whew!) to these. But I only made on card yesterday – it took forever and I wasn’t at all happy [...]

No Way!!! I Rock!!!

Guess what? Just when I was sitting around having a good old fasioned miserable day, Mercy stepped in and brightened it right on up!! She nominated me as a “Rockin’ Girl Blogger” – cool, huh?? So now I get to have the fancy pink badge and everything!! Woooooohoooo! Thanks Mercy!! If you haven’t already been, [...]

Seed Packets!

 OH MY GOSH! Have you seen this fabulous tutorial Kathryn did on her blog???? She makes the cutest little seed packets ever, and has made available for download the template for the packet, front cover (12 different styles!), and inserts for the packet. Wowza! I highly recommend you check out her blog, and the tutorial – [...]

Beate has the bestest sketches!

I recently discovered Beate’s weekend sketch challenges on her super-fantastic blog, Fresh and Fun - definitely worth a trip over there if you’ve never been. This weekend’s sketch didn’t let me down — it was perfect for my new Marvy Giga Scalloped Oval punch! Just the excuse I needed to break it in.
I had leftover Fancy [...]

Some new decorations for my stamp room…

My friend Sara sent me this adorable frame, bow already on it. I LOVED IT!! I got another one too – it is black with a black and white polka dot. The ribbon on this one is a perfect match for SU colors, and I’ve been itching to decorate this chipboard letter for awhile now……so [...]

A Mother-Daughter Project!

I spent some quality time with my daughter yesterday making this book for her daddy. She has gotten to the stage where she is dying to do whatever mommy is doing, so I figured, “why not?”! She is a really good little crafter – which totally surprises me since she is not quite 2. I’m [...]

Yummy! Cosmo Cricket!

I have loved this line, Wanted, of Cosmo Cricket’s ever since I first laid eyes on it. Jacksonbelle had (and still has!) it in her store, along with all sorts of fun stuff to coordinate with it – check it out!
The new SU western themed stamps will look great with this paper, but I don’t [...]

Same Sketch – Totally Different Cards!

I checked the sketch challenge today and WOW!!! What a cool sketch! I’ve never attempted a card with a layout like this, so it was lots of fun to come up with ideas. The first card I did, at the left, was inspired by the fabric tag in the middle. From that tag I chose [...]

A Card for My Love

This week is exceptionally busy for my husband – he is the assistant manager of a bookstore, and they are in the process of moving from an old location to a brand new one. And this week all of the new merchandise is being shipped in to fill the store. So that means chaos, longer [...]