So yesterday, I shared my first Valentine’s Day card with you. I cut the delicate heart out of of a 4″ Real Red square and used it for the center of that card. If you missed it, see it here. Meanwhile the frugal person I am just couldn’t throw away that square with such a pretty […]
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Bloomin’ Hearts for my Valentine
I had so much fun with my 3-day weekend creating Valentine cards and candy holders for my upcoming Love is in the Air” classes. I finished all the laundry Thursday night so I could just play in my craft room all weekend! At one point on Saturday afternoon my husband reminded me it was time to take both kitties to […]
TGIF-it’s my crafting day!
Just a quick post as I head into my craft room for a blissful day of crafting Valentine’s Day projects. I reduced my hours to 30 per week at my real job as a pediatric nutrition researcher a year ago and I’m loving the freedom to spend an entire day in my craft room. Well […]
What about those Fall pictures – where are they now?
Now that you have everything ordered to get your Christmas and Holiday pictures into albums, why not think about all those pictures from this past fall – Halloween, Pumpkin Patch picking a great pumpkin, Thanksgiving. Don’t those photos also deserve getting into an album?! Here’s a great card set that will do just that, and it even has some […]
What will you do will all your Christmas and Holiday pictures?
Tis the season for pictures – taking them, posting them on your social media sites and printing them out for your albums. What, you don’t print them or create albums to look at later? Ah, but half the fun of having those pictures is to look through all the old photos you have of when you […]
Technique Tuesdays – Cutting those intricate dies
The Embellished Ornaments stamp set has a beautiful matching thinlet dies set. Check out the bundle below to save 15%. Before you get started though, you’ll need a Precision Base plate for your Big Shot so that you get, what else, precision cut on those intricate dies. It’s well worth the investment when you get […]
Making Christmas cards will help temperatures drop, right?
Finally, Texas is experiencing a little “chill” in the air so my Christmas card creations are helping. Here’s my second card using my Peaceful Pines bundle. It’s a simple card with traditional colors. But instead of stamping a tree, I used the Perfect Pines framelit die to cut the tree out on the Whisper White front. I layered a […]
A little orange treat for you
Orange box that is! I wanted a non-traditional Halloween treat box and the new Square Pillow Box thinlet dies are a great alternative! And even better, Stampin’ Up! created a bundle with these dies and a matching stamp set – A Little Something – at 15% off the regular price. You can make the pillow box for just […]
Traditional goblins for Halloween
Doesn’t this just scream Halloween to you (but not too scary, right??). I love the non-traditional combination of Tangerine Tango with the Bermuda Bay, makes it a fun treat for those trick or treaters heading to you door. Here’s what you need for this container: Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper – 139584 Price: $11.00 Bermuda Bay […]