My card the other day used some of the Country Lane DSP, and a sentiment from the Contry Home stamp set, both part of the Country Lane Suite in the Holiday Catalogue. If you missed that card, you can see it here. Today my card uses some of the other stamps in the Country Home stamp set. It is a fantastic set with some great stamps that have a real down home country feel.
Read MoreThe Global Design Project has a sketch challenge for us this week. Here is the card I made for this week.
Read MoreLiving with an attitude of gratitude, and being thankful for all that we have is the easiest way to get more of what we want in our lives. Each day I take some time to be thankful for something I have in my life that makes it wonderful. My friends, family, a great stamping business that is also a great hobby, my wonderful cat, a sunny day, and on and on. It is easy to find an abundance of good things in our lives if we just take the time to do so. My card today reflects that.
Read MoreMy card for today is sending loving thoughts and prayers to brighten up your day. I used bright colours and stripes to pack a punch - Pineapple Punch with my card!
Read MoreThe Global Design Project has a colour challenge this week that celebrates fall colours. I decided to use the daisy stamp and punch from the Daisy Delight stamp set, but it looks like a chrysanthemum in my card because I used Pumpkin Pie and Crushed Curry for my flower.
Read MoreI have news. For some it will be good news, for others perhaps not!
Christmas is two months from today!! If you haven’t started making your Christmas cards yet, it isn’t too late, and I’m here to help you get started.
Fall has definitely arrived where I live. The days are shorter, the nights are colder (and sometimes the days are cold too!), and there is a definite fall feel in the air. Fall can be a season of glorious colour as nature paints everything in new fall shades.
Read MoreToday I have my fourth card made using the Wishing You Well stamp set. I continue to fall more in love with this set every time I use it. I love the images, and how versatile it is for so many different types of cards.
Read MoreThe Global Design Project has a new challenge - CASE (copy and selectively edit) the Designer. I wanted to use the Rooted in Nature stamp set, and emboss one of the trees to make a Christmas card.
Read MoreThis past Saturday I hosted a Christmas Stamp-a-Stack. This was one of the most popular cards of the day, and shows another side of the versatility of the Wishing You Well stamp set.
Read MoreToday I continue to feature the Wishing You Well stamp set, showing you how fabulous it is, and also how very versatile.
Read MoreThere is a theme challenge for the Global Design Project this week, Fall In Love. I will admit Fall isn’t my favourite season, but I do love making fall themed and coloured cards.
Read MoreHave you ordered the Wishing You Well stamp set yet? It is a fantastic stamp set with gorgeous images, and sentiments suitable for Fall, Christmas and all year round. Over the next four blog posts I will be showcasing this stamp set, so you will see just how versatile it is.
Read MoreHappy Birthday to my Sweet Fiancé! (No longer my Sweet Boyfriend!). This is actually the card I made for him for September 27, but I can’t post the birthday card I made for him until after today, so that will be in a future post.
Read MoreLife has been busy lately, with some very special events. My Sweet Boyfriend proposed on August 27th, so now I’m planning my wedding. Then on September 22 my daughter got engaged! Hers won’t be for a little while, which will give me time to do the crafty work for mine before I start work for hers!
I did have a heads up that this was coming though, so I made this card for her and her fiance to let them know how happy we are.
Last week the Global Design Project had a colour challenge. The week slipped away, and I didn’t get to participate. This week there is a sketch challenge. I really like the colours from last weeks challenge - Blackberry Bliss, Grapefruit Grove and Mint Macaron. They are 3 of my favourite Stampin’ Up! colours, so I decided to combine last week and this week and use those colours in this weeks sketch!
Read MoreSome days it is really easy to create, while others seem to stump your creativity. I don’t know why or how this happens, but we all seem to experience it from time to time. I’m grateful on the days that I go to my craft studio and the ideas just flow like butter melting on hot toast! On days that have no toast, I call upon one of the many ways to jump start creativity.
Read MoreGratitude is the easiest way to bring more good into your life. Living a grateful life is a choice we all make. We can focus on what we don’t have, or we can be grateful for the many blessings we have in our life. For me, that choice is easy. I am truly grateful for many things in my life, and I take time each day to think about at least some of them, to give thanks, and be grateful for them. It really is the easiest way to bring more good into your life.
Read MoreSo few people send cards, and it is such an easy way to brighten someone’s day. The Pastor at my church is fantastic at staying in touch with people, so I make Thinking of You and Hello type cards for him to send. I love donating a stack of cards to the church and knowing they will bright so many peoples day. I’m truly grateful that he takes the time to stay in touch with people, and love to do my part to help with that.
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