Today I’m featuring two cards made with the Dandelion Wishes Stamp Set in Rococo Rose & Pretty Peacock, two of the 2019-2021 In-Colors. The first card is simply a mat & stamped unit die cut from the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The card base is Rococo Rose card stock, with coordinating mat and stamped image. The designer paper is… Read More: In-Color Dandelion Wishes »
Merry Christmas in August to all! This month I went through my current stamp sets and picked out a handful to use and pull together some quick and easy holiday cards. The first two cards this month feature the Rooted In Nature Stamp set and coordinating Nature’s Root Dies. For the card on the left I used the… Read More: Merry Christmas in August! »
Happy Saturday, welcome to the weekend! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch PCC348, banner below, check out their blog and play along. As I looked at the sketch I knew I wanted to use the Medium Daisy from the Daisy Lane Bundle and since I had come scraps from the Magnolia Lane Designer Series… Read More: Daisy Lane meets Magnolia Lane for PCC348 »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for the weekend? I’m starting my weekend a day early as I’m on vacation today, hopefully getting some crafting in, then Dan & I are meeting up with folks I went to high school with and going to the Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball game. Each month, the last Wednesday of the month, there is… Read More: FabFri170 Color Challenge »
The other day I showed you a card I made for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge using the August Paper Pumpkin & Add-On Kit, check that out here. Today I’m sharing with you the actual kit projects. At the very end of the post is the monthly video posted by the Paper Pumpkin Team to show… Read More: August Paper Pumpkin »
Hi there, how is everything going with you? We had a nice weekend here, spent some time both Saturday and Sunday in the pool and my Sunday Stampers met and we made the projects you saw yesterday featuring the Magnolia Lane Suite. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge, PCC347, check out the banner… Read More: Paper Pumpkin for PCC347 »
Happy Sunday, today my Sunday Stampers will be meeting and I thought I would share with you the projects they will be making. Each person will be making a card box and three cards, all featuring the Magnolia Lane Product Suite. The question is – which of the cards below will they be making? Everyone in attendance will… Read More: Aug19 Sunday Stamper Projects »
Happy Friday and welcome to weekend eve! Any special plans this weekend, I’ll be cleaning in preparation for my Sunday Stampers who will be meeting at my house this month – and don’t worry – I’ll get some pool time in with temperature close to 90! Today’s card is using some scraps of the Garden Lane Designer Series… Read More: Garden Lane DSP & Sneak Peek »
Todays’ card takes me back to my vacation at the end of July when I went to visit my brother and his family in New Jersey. For part of my awesome trip the five of us took at trip to Wildwood – a place were my family went for summer vacations for as long as I can remember.… Read More: Remember my July vacation & the beach »
So how was your weekend, we sure had a busy one. Friday night plans changed slightly when my husband took a tumble, thankfully the only thing injured was his pride, Saturday I spent the day prepping for my Sunday Stampers this coming weekend and finally on Sunday was able to enjoy some pool time and we went to… Read More: Garden Lane Designer Paper »
5 weeks from today I’ll be on my way to my first cruise which provided the theme behind today’s card! When I saw the colors for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge PCC346 Color Challenge, my first thought was a bright & cheerful beach scene. Beach scene makes me think of my upcoming cruise and my recent trip to… Read More: Thinking of my cruise for the PCC346 Color Challenge »
Happy Friday! Today’s card is for the FabFri169 sketch challenge. Before we move on to the card, I need to tell you a quick story. Last weekend while floating in the pool I came up with a card idea using a circle and the chair from the Seasonal Layers Dies – when I came in the house I… Read More: Relaxing beach for FabFri169 »
In looking for another idea for a “purple” card – I decided to go through my stamp sets and picked an oldie but goody – Beautiful You. It’s been around for a few years and I thought it was perfect for purple birthday week. As I mentioned the other day my sister-in-law Debbie’s favorite color is purple and… Read More: Highland Heather #2 »
I’m sure you have been seeing lots of cards made using the Good Morning Magnolia Bundle (Good Morning Magnolia Cling Mount Stamp set & Magnolia Memory Dies) and they have been with white flowers – well I’m switching it up this week. My sister-in-law Debbie’s favorite color is purple and I thought in honor of her and it… Read More: Magnolia’s don’t need to be white! »
Yesterday’s blog post included a card box and three cards made from products from the Come Sail Away Product Suites. today I’m sharing with you how each card was made. The first is Monochromatic – tone on tone – in Balmy Blue. The card base is 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 5.5″. Very Vanilla card stock was used… Read More: Sailing Home Card Box and matching cards – Part 2 »
Happy Saturday, hard to believe a week ago at this time I was in Wildwood NJ riding a bike on the boardwalk with my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew. It was the first time I’ve rode a bike in quite a few years, while I did not last the entire 90 minutes, I enjoyed my time on the… Read More: Sailing Home Card Box and Matching cards – part 1 »
Hello, as a surprise for my sister-in-law Diane, I brought her a handmade box filled with four cards, with stamped envelopes, featuring products from the Magnolia Lane Suite. Here is a close up of the front of the box with a Magnolia die cut colored with Stampin’ Blends. The first card uses a piece of designer series paper… Read More: Magnolia Lane Cards and Box for Diane »
Happy Saturday, as you read this I will be in Wildwood NJ so this is the perfect card for me to share. It’s a “Tag Card” made with products from the Come Sail Away Suite from the annual catalog. Below is a picture of the front of card featuring some of the Smooth Sailing Dies, along with various… Read More: Sailing Away Tag Card »
Happy Friday, Hope you had a good week, any special plans for the weekend? Today’s card is for the FabFri168 challenge, I would like to thank the design team for picking by card for challenge 167 as a Fab Faves, you can check that post out here. Here is how I put my card together using the Wild Rose… Read More: FabFri168 – Bright & Bold Color Challenge »
Merry Christmas in July ! Today starts my monthly series of Christmas projects the 25th of each month leading up to Christmas 2019. This month I am featuring the Merry Christmas to All Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Merry Christmas Dies. With this 28 piece stamp set you can say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings, Happy Christmas,… Read More: Christmas in July ! »
Yesterday I shared with you the cards my Sunday Stampers made and today I thought I would share with you the card with a boo-boo that I fixed. If my stampers can’t make the monthly meeting and place an order, I’m happy to make a set of cards for them. While working the card and stamping all the… Read More: Fixing a boo boo »
Happy Sunday, today my Sunday Stampers are meeting and I’m sharing with you the cards we will be making, each featuring a new stamp set from the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog. For the first card we will be using products from the Come Sail Away Product Suite including: Sailing Home Bundle (stamp set with coordinating dies) Come Sail… Read More: July 2019 Sunday Stampers »
Happy Saturday! How’s the weather where you are? It’s going to be over 100° once you factor in the humidity today for us, perfect for pool time and getting my vacation manicure and fancy spa pedicure. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew CASE the Design Team Challenge. For my card I decide to case the card… Read More: PCC344 – CASE the Design Team »
The other day I showed you a watercolor card using the Friend Like You Bundle – here are a couple more designs. The first card is a CASE (copy and share everything) from the 2019-2020 Annual catalog. The card base, mat and ink used for stamping on the map is all Coastal Cabana – some images are full… Read More: Friend Like You – 2 more! »
When my Sunday Stampers meet this month one of the bundles we will be using is the new Friend Like You. The Friend Like You Bundle includes the Friend Like You Photopolymer stamp set and the Friendly Silhouettes Dies. The 14 piece stamp set includes palm trees, dragonflies and reeds – you can create tranquil lakeside scenes. The… Read More: Friend Like You Watercolor Version »
Hi there, hope your weekend is off to a good start. As I start to write this post knowing what I want to say, I can close my eyes and picture my brother rolling his. Not sure about you, but I’m enjoying watching all the Christmas in July movies right now, even though I seen them numerous time.… Read More: First Frost for Designer’s Choice – PCC343 »
Happy Friday! Any special plans this weekend? I have a picnic with the 76er’s which is group of classmates from North Hills High School Class of 1976. Each month we meet the last Wednesday for dinner, it’s a great way to make new “old” friends. Each summer we have picnic for anyone that wants to attending, I’ll be… Read More: Pretty Peacock for FabFri167 »
One of my favorite bundles from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalog is To A Wild Rose. The bundles includes the To A Wild Rose Photopolymer Stamp Set and the Wild Rose Dies. The stamp set has a stunning 3-step photorealistic rose to make your friends speechless. This set was inspired by Million Sales Achiever Mary Ellen Byler. There… Read More: My Favorite Bundle, what is yours? »
Hello there, hope you all had a nice weekend. It was a rather weekend here in Western PA, we did have some times of sunshine, but when it rained it rained. Below is the creek behind our house, normally you can’t see the water from the pool deck, but late Saturday after a storm the water was extremely… Read More: Bright & Cheerful »
Happy Saturday, hopefully you where lucky and able to take Friday as a vacation day after July 4th so your in the middle of a 4 day vacation, unfortunately for us in the accounting field with our day jobs it’s month-end/quarter-end close and I worked yesterday. I did however enjoy down time on July 4th, including pool time… Read More: One design Two ways! »