I’m excited to finally be getting off my duff and participating in this fun Thailand Incentive Trip Achievers Blog Hop. Each month, a collection of the folks who have earned the trip and will be joining me in Thailand this July, choose a theme and share some amazing projects! This month … Read More
Spotlight Collage Technique with Inside the Lines Paper
Hello! I’m back to share with you a fun and easy card that shows a neat Spotlight technique. So, if you’ve seen the spotlight technique before, it is the idea of having a larger black and white area – usually filled in with line art images – and then coloring … Read More
ICS Blog Hop–Season of Gratitude
Welcome to November and fun new blog hop with the Inspire, Create, Share gals! We’ve decide to do something a little bit different this month and we are pulling out our Paper Pumpkin boxes for this month (technically they are from October, but hey, November’s kits don’t ship until after … Read More
Beautiful Backgrounds from Moroccan Nights
Way back at Stampin’ Up OnStage in April, I was given the Moroccan Nights stamp set (love the perks of getting free stamps when you go to demonstrator events! ). But the problem was, it wasn’t a stamp set I had really looked at before or thought was my style. … Read More
ICS Fall Fun Blog Hop
It is fully October, if you couldn’t tell from all the Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING that is in the stores and restaurants! And that means that we are ready to head out of summer and jump into fall. To help get you in the spirit and thinking of changing leaves, pumpkins, … Read More
July Bonus Days & New Touches of Texture Card and Tag Ideas
I’ve been busy busy getting ready for my big Craft Garage sale this weekend – if you are in the Bellevue/Seattle area, you should totally come check it out Friday and Saturday from 9-3. But in the meantime, I had to take a break and share a fabulous new special … Read More
Woven Washi Thank You Card in Black & Pink
First, can I just say, Stamping friends are some of the best kind of friends! I am always amazed at how kind, generous, and helpful so many of the people I meet through my stamping and crafting are. Honestly, it is one of the big things that kept me active … Read More
Botanical Blooms Thank You Card
One of the really fun things about going to OnStage (the new name for Stampin’ Up convention and regional demonstrator events) is that we get to try out the newest products that are coming up and make some samples to use when we get home. One of the products we … Read More
Using up scraps with Perfectly Artistic Paper
For the next few days, I’ll be featuring the Perfectly Artistic designer paper – one of the free with a $50 purchase options from the Sale-a-Bration catalog. See, I’ve been holding on to this paper since it came out, but something about knowing it was retiring in a few days … Read More
January Customer Thank You Card with Sky’s The Limit
I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for airplane stamps. Doesn’t matter if they are vintage or jet liners… I LOVE travel stamps and especially flying stamps. So, when I saw the Sky is the Limit stamp set in the Sale-a-Bration catalog, I knew I HAD to have it! It was one … Read More
Beautiful Tie-Dyed Tree with Sheltering Tree and the Leaflet Thinlits
Don’t you just love when you find two things in your craft room that don’t officially go together, but they just work together perfectly?? I was so blown away when I was given a card by fellow demonstrator Jen Martin that overlaid the Leaflet framelits with the Sheltering Tree trunk. … Read More
3 Ways to Play with the Season of Cheer Designer Paper–Plus a Note about the Woodland Embossing Folder
I know, I normally try to share one project in a post at a time, but today I had 3 projects that all used the retiring (and discounted!) Season of Cheer designer paper and since it was going away in a couple days, I figured why not share them all … Read More