Good Morning Stampers It's time for Simple Sunday again. It's hard for me to make a simple card. I want to add a layer or two or a rhinestone or a button – anything so that it doesn't look so plain. So I'm going to challenge myself to make a very plain and simple card every Saturday. It's a busy day for me anyway so this will help in trying to… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Today's card is for my grandson David. Did I tell you that there are four David's in our family? There's my husband David, my son-in-law David, my grandson David and his other grandfather David. Well, there were five Davids in our family (and this is hard for me to talk about), but my husband's son David died about three years ago. The colors for this card came from… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers Ready for some fun? Then join us for some stamping fun and camaraderie! And, of course, my famous store bought desserts! You will make four all occasions cards guaranteed to amaze your friends and family. The stamps sets featured at this stamp camp are Greenhouse Garden, Fifth Avenue Floral, Flower Fancy plus the new Awash with Flowers Stamp Set (sneak peek) from the new 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Heads up! You will… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers! Today's card is for someone very special in my life. Her birthday is in May but I won't give her name here because she is a subscriber to my blog. She may think it's for her but she won't know for sure because I have five birthdays in May that I have to make cards for and they all fit into the category of "special". I have two close girlfriends, one… Read More »
Over the past several weeks, I've had many conversations with stamping business owners whom I don't actually work with. These were frank conversations revolving around how much money they were actually making. I know that my clients, for the most part, are making money and their numbers are still on the rise. I specifically chose people I don't work with because I wanted to get a better sense of what… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers! Win a FREE Class! Let me know which of my events during 2009 was your favorite (i.e, Stamp Camp, New Techniques Class, Card Kit Class, Christmas in July, etc). You MUST leave a comment on this post – drawing will be held on 31 March 2010. Winner can decide which class in April he/she wants to attend. Thanks for stopping by today.
Good Morning Stampers I made today's card for the Stampin' Up! Featured Stamper Challenge (TSSC87) on Stampin' Connection. This weeks featured stamper is Mary Jo Price-Williams and the challenge is to case one of her cards and change a couple of things. Are you familiar with her cards? They are simply gorgeous – all of them! Here is the card I cased: And here is my card The image was… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers: The OWH Spring Break Blog Hop is over – I hope you were able to view the beautiful cards and projects by the other bloggers. I went through last night and there some gorgeous cards on the blog hop. The winner of the $25.00 gift certificate from Stampin' UP! is Julie Temple. Here is her comment: Julie (julie_temple61@yahoo.com) has left you a comment: LOVE your card, and… Read More »
Good Morning Stampers: I made a clean and simple card for the Operation Write Home Spring Break Blog and was in the mood for another CAS one. It uses the same colors and card stock. The flower is made using the Faux Suede Technique. I first punched out the flower using the 5-Petal Flower punch, then tightly crumpled it up and broke down the fibers with a bone folder. I was then able… Read More »
Okay, who let the snow in? First day of Spring and this is what we get!!! You got to be kidding me! One year ago, it also snowed on 1 March 2009. So I guess maybe this is par for the course. What a wonderful rest of the weekend. Hope to see you tomorrow.
