Happy International Lefthanders Day! While not a “lefty” myself, I do know a few : My dad, Herman (I was always daddy’s girl and I miss him every day!) My husband Dan – the love of my life My friend Theresa – who introduced me to the wonderful world of Stampin Up and cardmaking! Thought I would make a… Read More: Salute to Lefties Everywhere! »
Here are the new Weekly Deals, you can never go wrong with Big Shot Dies and embossing folders. The rosette die makes great holiday trees any time of the year, just make them in different widths and glue together. Click on the photo for a direct link to my online Stampin’ Up to order yours today.
Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend, back to the daily grind! Short four day week for me, I have a vacation day set for Friday – my husband and I will be going to the “Rogers Flea Market” for the day, great way to spend time looking for some vintage items and great local produce. Will… Read More: Just and Ink #226 – Happy Birthday Card »
It’s a beautiful day here in Cranberry Township, sun is out and should hit around 85 degrees today, perfect pool weather. My husbands softball team, Badd Newz, won their game this morning. Next weekend is the payoffs, unfortunately I will miss the games due to Sunday Stampers Card class – I wish the team all the luck in… Read More: FMS148 – Happy Birthday »
Happy Saturday, sure hoping your having a good weekend so far. Last night we spent the evening at the church fair, always a good time, seeing both family and friends. They have about two dozen raffle baskets, hopefully I will get a call Sunday night that I won the Coach purse, a girl can never have too many purses! Today has been… Read More: PCC Card Sketch #104 »
Today is another challenge sketch I thought I would try. When I was thinking of what to do, I saw an extra tag on my desk, laid it down against some designer series paper and a card was born. With challenges I am finding I either have an idea quickly or it can take days, luckily this was… Read More: MOJO 357 and Weekly Deals »
Happy Monday. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I had a busy weekend with my husbands softball tournament, unfortunately they did not win the championship – but they had a great time playing for a good cause, maybe next year! Thought I would try a new challenge this week. Here is the Freshly Made Sketches 147 design.… Read More: FMS147 »
Welcome to the weekend. This weekend is the Cranberry Cup Softball Tournament, which benefits families in my local community. My husband manages the Badd Newz/Nationwide team and I wish them luck! Today I thought I would share cards we made at a Make-n-Take at the Stampin’ Up Convention this year, using Whisper White Note Cards. When I came home I made… Read More: Whisper White or Very Vanilla »
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to purchase a Big Shot, that time is now. Now through August 31, you’ll receive your choice of one of five FREE exclusive Stampin’ Up! stamp set and framelits bundles when you purchase a Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. That’s up to a $60 value absolutely free! Click on the ad below… Read More: Big Shot & Bundles »
Happy Thursday, one day to go and the weekend is here, yeah! Here is a card I made for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #103, perfect to send some photo’s to a new friend from convention this year! Here is the card I made, using the Snapshot stamp I received at convention this year. Love the… Read More: Paper Craft Crew #103 »
Here are the weekly deals ending August 4th. Just love the cupcake punch! Click on the deals to be directed to my on-line store to make a purchase. Thanks for stopping by, Craft On!
Thought I would share a cute Koala card with you today. Koala’s are one of my favorite animals, they are just so cute! My ultimate vacation would be a trip to Australia to see them in their natural surroundings. The stamp has the words ‘thinking of’ and ‘you’ part of the entire stamp, now hold your breath – I… Read More: Cute Koala »
Happy Monday, Today’s card represents what I’m thinking as I watch the raining falling again today. We had rain “showers” all weekend, including at the Jason Aldean concert @ PNC Park in Pittsburgh Saturday night. The rain actually felt good, but the lightening was a little scary at time. Great concert – Tyler Farr, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda… Read More: Bootiful Rain/Sun »
Hi there, here is my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #102, its been a long week with the Stampin’ Up Convention and some added vacation days, little behind in posting updates. I will be sharing some swap cards from convention over the next few days. Here is the sketch for this week: Now for… Read More: PCC #102 »
Today’s card is one from an organized swap I am participating in at the Stampin Up convention this week. My Sunday stampers made a similar card in are June class. At the bottom of the post is a photo of the cards made in June, you can see a different version of todays card. Soft Suede cardstock was used as… Read More: Tag Card »
Today I would like to share with you a card that I will be swapping with the 24/7 Stampers later today at our pre-convention gathering. During my niece Maya’s visit over July 4th, she not only helped me design the card after viewing some idea’s on You Tube, but scored and stamped them! Don’t worry, I did work… Read More: 24/7 Swap Card »
Happy Christmas in July week! I am a big fan of Christmas and love making holiday cards for family and friends. At the Stampin’ Up convention this week we will be receiving the new Holiday catalog with the chance to preorder some items as demonstrators – I can hardly wait!!!! Thought I would share with you a card made with… Read More: Christmas in July »
Happy Friday, today at 5pm I started my vacation! Next week I will be in Salt Lake City for the Stampin’ Up Convention and some sightseeing. Looking forward to meeting up with demonstrators I met last year and the new one’s I’ll meet this year! Todays card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch#101, each Wednesday a new… Read More: PCC #101 »
Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend with family and friends. I enjoyed having my brother and his family here for the long weekend, even had some crafting time with my niece which is always nice! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #100 challenge. Click on the sketch to visit the PCC… Read More: Paper Craft Crew #100 »
Happy July 4th! Quick post of a flag card made with the Work of Art stamp set in Real Red and Night of Navy. Stars are punched from the Itty Bitty Accent punch pack and gold paper. The picture below the card is of my nephew Jake, niece Maya, brother Michael and not in the photo my sister-in-law… Read More: Happy July 4th! »
Keep in mind: There is no limit to the number of free Designer Series Paper packs you can receive. For each three purchased, you will receive one free. To get your free DSP, enter it in your order separately from the three packs you’re paying for. For example, if you want four packs of the same type… Read More: Buy 3 get 1 Free – Designer Series Paper Promotion… »
Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Weather was beautiful here Saturday, spent over 6 hours enjoying my pool, so that means a lot of things to do today, but that’s ok, weather will not be “pool” weather so errands it is. Need to get ready, my brother Michael and his family will be visiting for a… Read More: Paper Craft Crew Sketch #99 »
Let me start today by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wonderful sister-in-law Diane, hope you have a great day! Look forward to seeing you a week from today with my brother Michael, Jake & Maya when you come to visit for a long July 4th weekend! Today I will be sharing with you the card I sent to Diane… Read More: Happy Birthday Diane! »
Here are the weekly deals from Stampin’ Up for June 24 – June 30, 2014, click on the pictures below to be directed to the Stampin’ Up website. Highlighted card uses the “Window Frames Collection Framelits”. Keep in mind you can never have enough framelits, they are great for easy layers to the card.
Let me first say thank you to Paper Craft Crew for selecting me as a Featured Artisan for Sketch #96, it is a honor and I enjoy participating! Sketch #98 proved to be a challenge as I decided to use every color in the piece of “Sweet Taffy” Designer Series Paper I used as the background. Woo Hoo!… Read More: PaperCraftCrew #98 »
I was just sitting here working when this just popped into my head, a quick and simple welcome baby card using the stamp set “Work of Art”. It was the pastel colors I was thinking about. This is a great card you could use for a baby shower if you do not know if boy or girl or… Read More: Work of Art Baby Card »
Today’s card is a Sympathy card I created to send to the husband of a fellow stamper. I thought simple is best. The card base and mat are Sahara Sand and I used the new ‘Large Polka Dot’ embossing folder for depth on the mat layer. The stamp set used is called ‘Too Kind’, which is a two-step set, ink colors are, Blackberry… Read More: Too Kind »
Happy Thursday, it’d been a rather rainy week here in the ‘burgh, which seems to always happen when Pittsburgh hosts the Three Rivers Art Festival. Luckily the weekend weather forecast is sunny and 80, grilling, pool time and swaps for convention on my schedule! Here is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #97. Each Wednesday… Read More: PCC#97 – Flowers, Lace & Chevron »
Tonight I thought t I would share a Quick and Simple birthday card with you. This card is made with a new stamp set and designer series paper from the 2014-2015 Catalog. The stamp set used is called “Age Awareness” and it is a photopolymer set , great for placing the image exactly were you want it on the paper.… Read More: Quick & Simple Birthday Card »
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Saturday was nice and sunny, I was able to get about 2 1/2 hours in the pool! Today is overcast and we have had a few rain showers, guess that’s what we are in for today. That’s actually ok, I can work on some card designs, Monday my first order from the… Read More: Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #96 »