Happy Lunar New Year! I wish all my wonderful family and friends much love, good health, and prosperity this coming year. It’s been such a long week. My little Liam turned 4 on Monday and my nephew Aaron turned 15 on Wednesday. My family also experienced loss today. Even in despair, we were able to … More 2017 Year of the Rooster Lucky Red Envelopes
Even though many don’t like the thought of getting older, there’s still something to be celebrated about a birthday. You celebrate your previous year’s accomplishments and look forward to the next year’s challenges. And truly for me…there’s something to be said about taking the time to make birthday cards. The gesture either fosters growth and … More Your Day to Sparkle
Happy New Year!!! It seems I’ve gained a regular customer – :D. I was asked to make a New Year’s-themed wedding card with black, gold and silver. I haven’t used my owl builder punch in a while and thought I would bring it out to create a similar card that I’ve made in the past. I’m using … More New Year’s Eve Wedding
Hope everyone had a magical Christmas! I’m back today to share a birthday card and some more recent projects that I’ve done. I’m off work this week and keep thinking MAYBE I should make a video but I really don’t have the energy or time – it’s just too unpredictable. It’s disappointing…I know! Today is … More Mondo Magnolia Sparkle
WordPress reminded me today that my blog is 2 years old! Happy Birthday, Blog! It’s been a wonderful experience so far and I hope to be able to find more time to keep this up! I simply cannot believe that Christmas is in a week! I probably wont get the chance to post anything before … More Happy Snowman
Friday was my husband, Stephen’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Honey! So I made this spinner card using My Favorite Thing’s Hog Heaven stamp set. I haven’t used this stamp set yet and had purchased a few things recently during the black Friday sales. First, I want to share the quick cards my kids made for him: … More Hog Heaven
Hello Everyone! Just quickly wanted to share two projects that I’ve made in the past two weeks. The first is a set of thank you notes for our local realtor in the neighborhood. I found some black/white cliparts of a house/homes and printed them out on my laser printer and used my MINC machine to … More What a HOOT
Hello! It’s been a while and I wanted to share my Splitcoaststamper cards from June. I KNOW! It’s been 6 months….I’m thoroughly ashamed that I have not posted these sooner. But there are rules about sharing and now I feel like many of the cards are not “in season” anymore -is there such a thing? … More A New Slant
Hi Everyone! I’m so excited you’re here to hop along with LiveLoveCard’s Holiday Photo Card Blog Hop. This is the first one that I’ve ever been a part of and I am so honored! I’ve made holiday cards for the past three years and have always included a personal family photo with each and I’m … More Holiday Photo Card Blog Hop!
Thanksgiving is less than 2 weeks away, Ya’ll!!! My Favorite Things (MFT) is challenging crafters to spread thankfulness by making a card for someone you’re thankful for. I had some time last night so I created this card using a set called Geometric Greenery and Grateful by MFT. It’s also helping me to participate in … More Grateful
I can’t believe Christmas will be here in a few short weeks! It’s so wild! I’ve finished my holiday cards and plan to post about them next week – so stay tuned! I’ll be a part of an exciting blog hop and I hope you’ll return to see it. I even have a video made … More Frosty Fairy Friends
Hi Everyone! During my forth month as a design team member for Splitcoaststampers (SCS) for the month of May, the theme was Sparkling Waters. The great thing about these themes is, you can interpret it any way you want – as long as water is involved. So I used this opportunity to play with a … More SCS Cards for May – Sparkling Waters
Hi Everyone! I just wanted to stop by and share a few cards I’ve made recently – all birthday related. I made a floral card in a box card last month for a friend that was a huge hit -another neighbor asked me to make one for her mom. If you want to see the … More Birthdays and Babies
Spring is long gone and I know it’s Autumn now – so I’m going to share all of my April’s Splitcoastamper’s cards in one post because let’s face it – I haven’t been too speedy with posting them like I want to be. Lyla is 6 months old today and is on the mend from … More Spring Forward
So I didn’t win the MFT 2016 Card Design Superstar contest-but some truly amazing, deserving, talented people did! Anyway – today I’m going to share a few more Splitcoaststampers cards I made from March for “The Little Things” theme. The first card is a simple layered floral card that I stamped in white ink and … More Spring/Easter Cards
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