Category Archives: Tools

Reindeer by Moonlight

By | September 15, 2018

It’s about 100 days until Christmas; not too early to start planning for your special handcrafted cards this year! Luxurious materials, colors and textures are perfect for holiday cards, so I’m happy to share this reindeer card with you: Dashing Deer and Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies on page 9 of the Holiday Catalog. First of all, I have… Read More »

Love What You Do!

By | April 26, 2018

Stampin’ Up! is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, and it’s a good time to reflect on the company mission statement, our “Statement of My Heart”: To love what we do and share what we love, as we help others enjoy creativity and worthwhile accomplishments … in this we make a difference. The 30th anniversary is traditionally the Pearl Anniversary, so Stampin’… Read More »

A Tisket, A Tasket…

By | February 22, 2018

… I have a new stamped basket! The 2nd Release products for Sale-A-Bration are now available, and I love the Blossoming Basket Bundle stamps and coordinating embossing folder: I stamped the basket of flowers with Tuxedo Black Memento ink so I could color the images with some of the new Blenders markers in light and… Read More »

“Lavender’s Blue, Dilly, Dilly” … or Not!

By | February 21, 2018

Do you remember this English folk song and nursery rhyme from when you were little? Lavender’s blue, dilly, dilly, lavender’s green, When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen. While it’s true that the lavender flower is usually a shade of purple, some varieties are pink or white. Luckily, when it comes to… Read More »

Men Love Valentines, Too!

By | February 19, 2018

At least, my husband does! Among the many things that I love about Reggie, one thing that is particularly sweet is his sincere delight and interest in the cards I make. And he even reads my blog! So, when a card-giving occasion comes around, I always enjoy making something special for him: I used a… Read More »

Watercolor Wonder!

By | March 2, 2017

I’ve got a couple of cards here that I received in a swap, both water-colored with Sale-A-Bration sets, and just as cute as can be: Both of these stamp sets, Hey, Chick (143331) and Tasty Trucks (143300), are available for FREE for one more month with a qualifying order through Sale-A-Bration. Check here to see… Read More »

We Both “Love You”

By | February 14, 2017

Ok, I have to admit, this was really fun… yesterday afternoon I made a Valentine card (the one on the right with the dragonflies) and about an hour later, I got a Valentine card in the mailbox (the one on the left) from SIL Sherry. It wasn’t until I had looked at both of these… Read More »

Glittered Leaves – Inspiration is Everywhere!

By | November 30, 2016

These two Thanksgiving cards arrived on the same day from a couple of sisters-in-law in Northern Vermont! The handstamped one in the foreground from Kathy is embossed with the Petal Burst folder (141493) using the retired Dusty Durango cardstock. Lori sent the commercially-produced card in the background, and as she often does, she picked something… Read More »

Extravaganza Sale Starts Today!

By | November 21, 2016

Wow! Once again at the end of November, Stampin’ Up! is offering us a great selection of products on sale for the next week, through Monday, November 28th – but a select group are on sale for today only: (Click on any picture to read more or to order online.) Items on 24-hour sale November… Read More »

Art Cards With Hand Printed Papers

By | October 21, 2016

My sister-in-law just showed me a new way to make art cards with hand printed papers! Sherry and I are both regular contributors to stamp art magazines, and we try to collaborate and work together on submissions when we can. The hardest part is that we live so far from each other that we rarely… Read More »

Another Family Birthday!

By | October 2, 2016

Yesterday my sister-in-law Mindy had a birthday; today our nephew Joe of Colchester, VT is celebrating his. October in Vermont is well-known for Leaf Peeping, so I decided to go with a foliage season theme on his card: You may remember seeing this maple leaf out of Cajun Craze cardstock with the Boho Chic embossed… Read More »

Finding the Sweet Spot

By | September 28, 2016

Art is subjective and there’s also something to be said for developing a personal style; when my sister-in-law Sherry and I submit cards for consideration to the magazines, even if I haven’t seen her cards ahead of time I can usually pick them out by sight when they are published because I know her signature… Read More »

The Clearance Rack Greatest Hits

By | September 14, 2016

Forgive me if you’ve seen some of these already, but sometimes you just have to bring back an oldie but a goodie! Our Clearance Rack has been rather modest for the past couple of months but yesterday morning Stampin’ Up! surprised us by stocking the shelves with over 100 sale items (113 to be exact,… Read More »

It’s Birthday Time for a Sweet Girl!

By | September 12, 2016

Our baby grand-niece Piper will be celebrating her 1st birthday this week! And in case you were wondering what a red fox might want to say to a little girl on her birthday: (I computer-generated the inside sentiment onto Whisper White cardstock.) Piper and her mom, dad and big sister Cricket live in Vermont, and… Read More »

Sweater Weather

By | September 6, 2016

When I was stamping swaps with Ann and Susan at Ann’s house in the middle of August, it was close to 100 degrees, no kidding! She lives over an hour north of me and it’s always a little hotter up there because I’m located where we do get some coastal breezes at times. So, we… Read More »