If you are a Stampin Up fan, unless you have been under a rock the last 24 hours, you know that Stampin Up released the 2014 retired items list. It is all over the stamping blogs. Click US_Retiring_Stamps to access the list of retiring stamps Click US_Retiring_Accessories to access the list of retiring…
Today’s card is a heartfelt thank you for the father, Martin, of my best friend, Chris. Chris volunteered her dad to do some much needed repair and reinforcement on our kitchen chairs. Our table and chairs are very old, vintage if not antique. The table is an oak round with…
Yay for Pals Paper Arts. Today’s challenge is #200. That’s a great accomplishment for the Pals and a huge amount of crafty inspiration for all of us. I hope my card does the 200th week justice. Today’s card is another masculine birthday card for one of my staff at work.…
Today it is my turn to share pictures of my stampin space. Nothing really fancy but I call it home. My stamping space is in a corner of my kitchen. I’m blessed with a very large kitchen and have plenty of room to carve off a corner for my stamping…
So, for whatever reason, my well worn, well loved annual catalog always seems to fall open to page 176. I know you are dying to go look so, go, look, I’ll wait….. Ok, now you have seen page 176. Ever since I first saw the card on page 176 I’ve…
Before we get to my card, a big shout out goes to the great people at Freshly Made Sketches, especially Cindy L. who selected the card I made for my wood working brother as a Princess selection. It was my first time in the winner circle and I’m just thrilled.…
Before I share my card I want to give a big shout out to Josee Smuck for including my blog in her ‘My Crafty Friends Monday’ on her Stampinjo.com blog yesterday. What an honor and thrill to be recognized by others. I’m beaming. You can see more of Josee blog by clicking…
My brother Pete has a birthday this month. He is the youngest of the four of us (I’m the oldest, then three boys) and lives in California. When I sat down today to make his card I thought about what to focus it around. It’s spring, that’s always an option…
One year ago this month, my nephew Will was born. It was a very scary time as his mother, my sister-in-law Jen, was in danger with preeclampsia and Will was 6 weeks early. My poor brother Joe thought at several points that he was going to loose both of them.…
Perhaps you haven’t heard but there is this amazing kit by Stampin Up called the Everyday Occasions Card Making Kit. With this one kit, you can create 20 cards, or use it to make tags, or whatever strikes your fancy. It comes with everything, and I mean everything, you need to…
