Tag Archives: cards

She Loves You

By | October 9, 2016

It’s John Lennon’s birthday, and although I’ve never done a “Happy Birthday” post for him or any of the Beatles before, Beatles’ lyrics often inspire my work. Usually it is personal artwork rather than business-oriented cards that tend to show up with the Beatles’ words on them, especially for my husband, so today I thought… Read More »

Do It Your Way!

By | October 6, 2016

Just a quick post with a fall offering using a new set from the Holiday catalog, Basket of Wishes. Now, my stamping partner Sherry would certainly watercolor this image in; she is a master at shading detailed images such as this! But since I am pressed for time today, I’ve elected to do it my… Read More »

Star of Light Shines Tonight!

By | October 4, 2016

My past few posts have been scheduled ahead, and today is no exception, because I’ve been gallivanting around the country visiting my stamping peeps that live in the far-flung Northeast region. A year ago in September we stamped at Sherry’s house, and made these window cards: Sherry, Wanda, Mindy, Kathy and Karenlee – the Chittenden… 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 »

Save the Date!

By | September 26, 2016

At the end of last year Stampin’ Up! came out with a Paper Pumpkin kit designed to make a revolving calendar page for every month of the year. However, we like to customize our kits, so some of us used it to make cards instead, and it’s been fun to pick a recipient for each… Read More »

Remembering a Friend

By | September 24, 2016

It is with sadness that I share that our friend Anna from the Stamp Group has passed away after a valiant fight with cancer. Anna, Susan, Nora and Nancy sharing cards made at a group meeting. When Anna joined our group, she was upfront about her medical condition, but she loved stamping, and getting together… Read More »

A Tale of Two Cards

By | September 17, 2016

Every card has a story and these two are no exception: There are distinct similarities between these two cards, although Ann and I didn’t make them together. Her Harvest Moon card was part of the summer swap that we both worked on in August. My Blessed Maple Leaf card was just made today, the result… Read More »

I Love the Flower Girl

By | September 8, 2016

Here is another one of the cards that I made for the card swap with Ann and Susan last month. It’s called “Boho Chic” nowadays, but when I saw the Paisleys & Posies stamp set in the Holiday Catalog I was transported right back to my childhood. In those days it was bell bottom blue… 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 »

Friends and Family in the new Take Ten!

By | September 4, 2016

The Autumn 2016 issue of Take Ten magazine came out on September 1st, and I went to my local Barnes & Noble store right after I was done teaching school to pick up my copy. My sister-in-law Sherry had let me know that she has two cards published in this issue, and I was also… Read More »

Now For the Halloween Swaps!

By | September 3, 2016

I’m glad I was swapping with Ann and Susan, because as I mentioned in a previous post, I don’t have any Halloween stamps from the current catalogs! But while my friends designed their swap cards independently of one another and they used different stamp sets, they did use the same colors of cardstock and ink,… Read More »

Swaps From the New Holiday Catalog!

By | September 1, 2016

It’s September 1st and today is the first day to order from the new Holiday Catalog! I got together with a couple of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from my group recently and we each had a few new products from this catalog to make some early samples with, along with holiday items from the regular catalog.… Read More »

Beautiful Branches and Woodland Embossing Folder Together!

By | August 31, 2016

This is kind of a “good news/bad news” post. At the beginning of the month I told you about the limited edition Thoughtful Branches stamp set and Beautiful Branches Thinlits Dies that can be purchased, separately or as a cost-saving bundle, while supplies last: The good news is, as we were told, these products would… Read More »

Thoughtful Branches Bundle Still Available!

By | August 22, 2016

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Thoughtful Branches photopolymer stamp set and the coordinating Beautiful Branches Thinlits Dies are being offered on a limited basis this month only, while supplies last, separately or in a cost-saving bundle: While there are several different tree images in the stamp and die sets, one of the… Read More »