Sunday Chat – Tablescape, Stamping, Garden

Good morning. Let's start off the day with a nice photo of the pear tree in bloom. I went out when the sun came out earlier in the week to get a better shot of the lovely white flowers with the mountain background. It is something to help your mood this morning as we all …

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Safelight Project Update

It has been a slow start to this year's Safelight Project, but we have begun to see some progress this week. I am delighted to report that we have exceeded our revised financial goal in order to deliver 50 spa bags and we will be able to do 60. Any additional funds received over the …

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Making Thanksgiving Cards

I got my Thanksgiving cards done on time this year, whoopee! In a fit of stamping frenzy, I made a bunch one morning. Sometimes the inspiration is just there, and with the pretty new papers I got from Impression Obsession, and a score at a private sale, I had plenty. I got out some leafy …

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Safelight Project Update, Something Amazing and Winners!

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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Playing With My New Stamping Toy

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 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 stamp …

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Stamping Fun for the Humane Society

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.  …

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Safelight Project Update

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 …

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Stamping Thank You Cards

While watching a stamping video last weekend, a phrase caught my attention about mixing prints. The class was fantastic and very inspiring, so I went to the stamping workbench to see what I could do. One tip she gave that really rings true was to mix the scale of prints if you are using more …

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Stamping Fun in August

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 …

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