Hi there, hope all is well with you today. Last week was a very busy week at work and my crafting was put on the back burner for a few days – but I am back today with my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. Below is my card and here is how I put it… Read More: PCCCS113 – Peace & Joy »
Well the weekend is almost over, now we are gearing up for another week. The weather was chilly here today and we actually saw a few snow flakes last night. Let me make it clear – I am not ready for snow, I would prefer cool morning and 70’s during the day. Did any of you make any… Read More: FMS156 – Bearing Gifts »
Happy World Card Making Day! Thought I would share two cards made with the same stamp set (Festival of Tree’s with matching Tree Punch) using traditional and not so traditional holiday colors. The basics of the cards are the same – Crumb Cake cardstock for the card base, banner 3/4″ x about 3″-4″ with a tree stamped and… Read More: World Card Making Day ! »
Happy Friday, hope you had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. I’m sitting on my porch enjoying the evening air waiting for the rain storm to start. Today was in the 70’s and Saturday is expected to be in the low 50’s for the high – talk about a change in weather. For todays… Read More: PCCCS112 – Season’s Greetings »
If you have been dreaming about ink pads and paper (who doesn’t do that), Stampin Up has a special for you. In honor of National Card Making Day, Saturday, October 4th they are running a “Stamp Stock & Save” Special October 1 -6, 2014 on select stamp sets, paper packs, envelope packs, new fast fuse adhesive and ink pad.… Read More: Stamp Stock & Save – Weekly Deals »
Happy Wednesday, almost halfway through the week. Tonight is a big night here in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are playing a wild card baseball game – if they win they start the climb to the World Series, I wish them luck! The team has asked for a ‘black out’ (wear black shirts to the game), I will be wearing… Read More: #plunge1 – Hello Fall »
Where has the weekend gone, seems like I was just having my Saturday morning coffee and now its time to clean up Sunday dinner dishes. While both Pittsburgh sports teams did not have a good day today, I on the other hand did – I put together a new fall wreath for outside our front door. Thought I would… Read More: FMS155 – Holiday Joy! »
Happy Saturday, hope you all have some great plans for the weekend. The weather here will be ‘summer’ like, so a great day to spend some time outside. My husband and I have been discussing how we plan to decorate this holiday season – we love have the Christmas tree up with the lights on in the evening. … Read More: PCCCS111 »
Hope you are having a great day. This morning I was checking a few of my favorite blogs while having coffee and when I saw the sketch for the Pals Paper Artist 221 Challenge, I knew I needed to participate. Over the past few weeks I have been putting together different holiday cards using the Wonderous Wreath stamp… Read More: PPA221 »
If you like using the Big Shot – this weeks Stampin’ Up Weekly Deals are just for you! There is the Hamburger Box and Party Pennants Bigz dies, both great if you are planning a party – box for party favors/gifts and pennants for a banner. There is also the Oval Collection Framelits, you can never have enough framelits, I use… Read More: Weekly Deals – September 23-29, 2014 »
Happy Saturday, hopefully your weather will be as nice as it will be here today, plan on spending some time outside since it’s suppose to rain Sunday. Today I need to decide on the final to cards my Sunday Stampers will be making tomorrow, I have some great sample cards – I will share will you tomorrow the… Read More: PCCCS110 – Hello Fall! »
Happy Birthday to my wonderful niece Maya – Uncle Dan and I hope you have a great day! Maya loves to craft and I always make sure to include a craft item in her birthday package. She received her card early and loved it, hope you do as well! Here is a picture of Maya from the first day… Read More: Happy Birthday Maya! »
Hi there, hope you are having a good week. I’ve been busy, last night my husband & I went to the Pittsburgh Pirate vs. Boston Red Sox baseball game, boy was it a good one. Pirates hit 3 homeruns and won 9-1, Raise the Jolly Roger!! Today is my Friday for the work week, I have a vacation day… Read More: FMS154 – Happy Birthday! »
Last night I saw a piece of Watercolor paper in my paper stash and thought it’s been awhile, you look lonely. I’ve been hooked on Blendabilities and water-coloring has taken a backseat, now water-coloring is front and center. With the weather lately we have had some beautiful evening sunsets – yellow & oranges – which gave me the idea for… Read More: Fall Watercolor Wetlands »
The weekly deals this week include Gold 1/8″ Ribbon (great for all the holiday cards you will be making) and the Yippee Skippee and Happy Hour Stamp Sets. The card below uses a stamp from the Yippee Skippee stamp set as the focal image. Click on the card to go to the blog post that explains how to… Read More: Weekly Deals September 15-22, 2014 »
Happy Monday, hope everyone had a great weekend. The weather here was beautiful, cool mornings and pleasant sunny afternoons. Below is the sketch for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch, boy was it hard for me to come up with an idea, then BAM – I had an idea. First I needed to find the right piece… Read More: PCCCS109 – Sweet Baby! »
Have you ever wondered how to get that perfect cut banner end on a strip of paper, well do I have a deal for you! This week one of the Stampin’ Up! weekly deals is the Hexagon Punch – a banner end’s best friend. All you need to do is slip the paper into the side of the… Read More: Weekly Deals Sept 9-15, 2014 »
Hope you had a great weekend, ready for another week? Yesterday I made a “Dump Cake” for dessert. I like to watch Food Network and The Pioneer Woman is one of my favorite shows. Ree made the cake in the show Saturday and it made me remember how my Grandma Sutterlin would make a cherry/pineapple one. A dump cake is… Read More: Clean – Simple and Scattered! »
Good morning, hope you are having a great weekend. Not sure about where you live, but the weather here sure has changed. Friday it was in the upper 80’s, sunny and humid. After work Friday, decided not to run my errands, but spend some time in the pool, never know when pool time will end! Saturday started sunny… Read More: FMS152 – Give Thanks »
Happy 39th Birthday to my godson Jason, you have grown to be a fine young man. I have to admit it seems like yesterday he was that cute little kid with blond hair riding a tricycle. Below is the card I sent Jason for his birthday. I used the Four Feathers Stamp set with matching framelits from the new… Read More: Happy Birthday Jason! »
Happy Wednesday night, I must say these four day work weeks are nice, already half way through the work week. Looking forward to my haircut Thursday evening, for some reason its always nice to have someone else wash your hair! Best part, will be when I get home and my husband will have made dinner, I see spaghetti and… Read More: PCCCS#108 – Ho!Ho!Ho! »
Here is a brochure for the new weekly deals good from September 2nd – 9th. The Simply Press Clay, molds and reinkers are play dough for adults, have some fun with them. You can create custom embellishments for your products. The digital download is perfect for all the parent/grandparents/aunts/uncles who like to document back to school. To order any of… Read More: Weekly Deals – September 2 – 9, 2014 »
Happy Labor Day, if you have the day off from work, hope you are enjoying it with family or friends. It’s humid and rainy here again today, not exactly cookout weather. We ended up visiting with friends last night, just plan on taking it easy today and making a few cards. While in the pool Saturday, thought about… Read More: Just Add Ink #229 – Rainbows »
Happy Sunday, we are half way through the Labor Day weekend. Yesterday it was nice and sunny in the afternoon so I took advantage of it and spent about 2 1/2 hours in the pool. The mix of upper 80 degree temperature ad 74 degree water made for a nice combination. While floating around it gave me time to… Read More: Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch #107 »
Happy Saturday, hope you all have a fun weekend planned. Hopefully I will have both pool and craft time. It seems like the summer just started and now its over. So what do you think of the new Holiday Catalog, have a wish list of items you are interested it. Over the next few weeks, I will share with you… Read More: Thank you card »
Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband Dan, for a few short months we will be the same age – then come January I become the “older” women! Today is the first day for the new 2014 Holiday Catalog – there are a lot of great stamp sets and bundles. Over the past few days I have showed a… Read More: Hello Fall and 2014 Holiday Catalog! »
Here are this weeks deals. You can never go wrong with circle collection framelits, used one of the circles to create the focal image in a birthday card. Who doesn’t like clips and buttons, with the new blendabilities you can customize them to your specific project. Thanks for stopping by, you can always place an order by clicking on the graphic… Read More: Weekly Deals – Aug 26 thru Sept 1 »
Recently I needed to send a get well card to my upline’s husband and “manly” cards are always a challenge, then I though of this. Using the new ” Little Letter” Thinlit dies, I randomly die cut Get Well on a piece of Night of Navy. I then used the new Confetti Stars Punch (from the 2014 Holiday Catalog go live… Read More: Get Well Card »
Saturday morning I checked out the “Just Add Ink” blog and saw that they had a colour challenge this week. The colors are: Mossy Meadow, Blackberry Bliss and Calypso Coral – from Stampin’ Up, so I thought I would give it a try. The weather on Saturday afternoon was perfect to spend some time in the pool, so I thought… Read More: Just Add Ink #228 – Cascading Card »
At the Stampin Up convention this past July in Salt Lake City, our team of 24/7 Demonstrators decided we would do a card swap using the Amazing Birthday stamp set we all received for attending convention. A swap is where a group of people make cards and “swap” their card for a card from another crafter, you can only imagine… Read More: 24/7 Swap card and Short & Sweet recruiting promotion »