Hi Everyone. Lou and I have just returned from an impromptu trip where we have spent 12 glorious days with our dearest friends. It was simply wonderful, but it did mean that I was unable to get to post to my blog often - just in case you hadn't noticed :-) I will be back on my normal schedule starting this week, but I just wanted to pop in tonight to say that Lou and I wanted to wish all of you a very Happy New Year and hope that 2015 is filled with all of the wonderful things you... Read more →
Hi Everyone. A belated Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope you had a wonderful time. This post will be my last Christmas card for 2014 and I wanted to end my Christmas cards with a little bling and shimmer and snowflakes seemed to be the perfect way to incorporate that :-) I was also inspired to create a shaped card using some new dies that I purchased from Simon Says stamp with a postmark edge and some new snowflake dies, too. Here's my card: The snowflake sentiment from an old Papertrey Ink set - In the Meadow -... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. I don't know about you... but I am STILL not ready for Christmas. I know it's just around the corner, but I seem to have so much to do before I can call myself remotely ready! Our dear friend, Rach has not been at all well the last week, so I made this card just for her. I saw that the new From the Herd set - SU Occasions Catalog 2015 - has a get well sentiment, and I knew this would be perfect. This is such a fun image and, considering our house tends to... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday. I hope you are all having a great start to your week! I did manage to get to spend a little time in my stamping space this weekend. Lou made a quick stop home between leaving China and going to Pittsburg, which meant I was free to have a little play time and I really tried to make the most of it. :-) I saw that Simonsaysstamp has a BLING IT ON challenge. Now..... seriously! I think that challenge is certainly right up my alley! When bling is required, there is no better way to participate... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday. One of the challenges I got to play with on Sunday was this great sketch from As You See It. I decided that I really need to make a card that wasn't a Christmas card and the sketch prompted me to bring out a set from Papertrey Ink called Star Gazer Additions that really doesn't get a lot of love. it has a circular stamp that would work really well for the sketch. I added some die cut vellum stars that I ran through my new SU star embossing folder. I've really been reaching for my... Read more →