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This past week has been like Christmas with every trip to the post office. More and more cases and cards have come in, so much that the project has way more than it can use for this delivery! So, once again, I'll be doing more bags in a couple of months with the items left …
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Making cards is a really fun thing to do, sometimes nice to take a break from playing with fabric, and play with paper instead. I have some Craftsy videos on stamping, and in December I watched a bunch of youtube videos on stamping and playing with different techniques. One of them was on using a …
I still have a huge stash of stamping supplies, and was looking for another way to use some of it. When I received the gift of two boxes of papers, I found a number of dog and cat related papers, plus little chipboard and cardboard cutouts, and some other charms and such with animal themes. …
Going to the mailbox these days is so fun, with all the packages to pick up! The response from the greatest readers ever has been just awesome. I am continually amazed at the generosity for a community in a rural area from literally all over the world. That someone in Australia, or New Zealand, or …
While watching a stamping video last weekend, a phrase caught my attention about mixing prints. I was enjoying Craftsy's free weekend and decided to try Cards With Dimension: Lovely Layers, Textures & Embellishments with Danielle Flanders. The class was fantastic and very inspiring, so I went to the stamping workbench to see what I could …
Stamping was lots of fun in August, with the Safelight Project and making some thank you cards for friends. When I have a number of cards to do at once, I sometimes will use elements from other cards I have received. I'll cut up those cards for bookmarks and gift tags, and sometimes I keep …
The Safelight Project has come to a close, and I want to show you the rest of the story. Cards and donations just kept coming, more bags were made, and the delivery has been done. The cards coming in were just extraordinary, such creativity and beauty! These from Cyndy R. were stunning. I have to …
In April, DH invited the club over to have an inspection of their little British cars by a couple of very knowledgeable members to see what might need attention before it became a problem. For the guys who might be interested in seeing the cars, here's a link to the event - LBC Tech session. …
Bunnies and spring colors were the theme of my Easter cards this year. I found these adorable fuzzy bunny cut-outs on 90% off clearance at the discount store last year, so of course I had to snap them up. Don't they have adorable cotton tails! I wasn't sure what I would do with them, until …
It has been a month of misfortune for some of my friends. After having two in physical therapy rehab early in the month, I found out recently that my Stampin Up demonstrator, Gail, had shoulder surgery. Another friend broke her leg requiring significant reconstructive surgery with hardware. Yet another friend had major kidney surgery. So, …
Recently I found out that two of my friends were in physical therapy in-patient centers, one with a knee replacement and the other for strength rebuilding after a pretty bad infection and illness. It is unusual to have two friends in at the same time, but the really amazing thing is that they were at …
Before you start taking down all the holiday stuff, I needed to get in this post on what to do with some of the Christmas Cards you have. There are some interesting ideas on the internet, including one of ornaments made of circles folded this way and that, angels made by cutting out a pattern, …
I first saw these cards last year, and thought they were simply wonderful! The folded paper creates such an interesting design. Just last month, the ladies that introduced our quilt group to this had a program on how to do them. I still love this idea, and wanted to share the process with you. This …
Autumn is a wonderful time to send a card to someone, just to say hi or thinking of you. It doesn't need to be a birthday or special day, just a card to tell someone that you haven't seen in a while or that is having some challenges that you are thinking of them. Even …
This stamp set is really cute, and just the right idea for the card I needed. I wanted to send my cousin something fun. I also wanted to have some fun with my new embossing machine. It wasn't a big expensive one, just a small one, but it works really well. So, I got out …
