So tonight was our Crystal Effects night, and I think everyone learned something new – myself included! I ended up staying up late last night as I kept finding new ways to use crystal effects that I wanted to try. If you haven’t heard of crystal effects, it is this great thick clear liquid laquer…
This weekend was a lot of fun. I hosted an Open Scrap day at my home on Saturday. I had planned on sitting an working on my personal projects while the other ladies worked on their projects; but of course, I was way to social for that. 🙂 I was playing with my new BigShot,…
While I waited for my UPS delivery to arrive so I can finish my scrapbook layouts, I spent last night working on cards. This card grew a bit organically from me starting with the grey base, then picking the pink, then finding a layout, and then deciding on the stamp set. I don’t know quite…
I sat down this evening to get started on my card kits for Saturday. And instead, I decided to try out a card sketch challenge. Then, I decided to get more ambitious and checked out SCS to see what color challenges were up. I haven’t participated in any SCS challenges before and I’ve been meaning…
Well, I’m going to have to make this post quick, but I thought I would post the progress I’m making on a project since it seems to be taking me a while to complete it. 🙂 So, on Sunday (or was it Monday?) I started trying to get things together for my open scrap day…
Its finally here! Sale-a-bration is one of the most anticipated specials of the year for Stampin’ Up! It’s the chance to get special exclusive stamp sets FREE! Plus, unlike the regular hostess benefits, you can quickly get multiple free sets in addition to any free hostess sets you earn. This year, you have the opportunity…
My last index card I needed to make for Splitcoast Stampers was for the stamp set Sweet Stems. I was hesitent to buy this set because I had bought and regreted Pocket Silhouettes, another small flower set. However, after looking at the stamp set and all the coordinating items (besides the stamp set you have…
Well, I finished my last index card last night and had a lot of fun with it. It is one of my rare, very simple cards. No layers even! Unfortunately, I waited until this morning to try to take a picture of the card before work (I’ve found the early morning light tends to be…
For a while now, I’ve been a member of the card front club. That is, someone who participates in card front swaps and who creates card fronts when making new card projects. I always told myself, “I’m saving cardstock this way” and some folks say it saves a lot of room when storing your cards. …
Yesterday, I was invited by a nearby demo to come stamp with her and a couple of her ladies in a casual afternoon of card making. (thanks, Lisa!) I had never met her before, but I was excited to meet other stamping ladies from the area. First off, I am so jealous of her workspace….
So, this last week, I was honored to be nominated for my first blog award! Thank you, Tracy, for the award, it really made my day! 🙂 Here are the rules for this award: Add the logo to your blog Link the person from whom you receive the award from (hi Tracy) Nominate several people…
I finished my first week on the new job and then saturday did a day trip to Seattle to hand off some stampin catalogs and then go to the geekiest of all concerts – Video Game Live. Yes, it is a concert at one of the large broadway theaters where there was a choir and…