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New Color Week: Day 3!
I'm having so much fun playing with these new colors this week. Do you have a favorite yet? It's so hard to choose!Anyway, on to today's card. I pulled out "Fred." Fred is the octopus in my Sea of Textures stamp set. I really wasn't sold on the...
New Color Week: Day 2!
Maybe it was the years traipsing through antique stores as a kid with my Mom, but I'm a girl that loves me some vintage. Well, at least in my crafting. I love, love, love a good vintage card and that's what I have for you today.Today's spotlight...
New Color Week… Day 1!
Stampin' Up launched it's brand new 2018|2019 annual catalog this past weekend and I had a bunch of fun playing with new toys while at the Just Scrappin' crop in Rocky Hill, CT. I've made eight projects to share with you as part of my "New Color...
Sale-A-Bration: Stampin’ Up’s Amazing You Stamp Set
It's Tuesday, which means I have a new Teach Me Tuesday video for you. Today I'm highlighting the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set Amazing you, but I also give you some tips for how to find stamp sets that will be great "workhorses" for your scrapbooking...
Clearing the Clutter
You may think what I'm going to share with you today is a bunch of woo-woo nonsense, but I must tell you that I 100% believe in the power of your mind... and even it's inability to see around a mess.My desk area has looked like this for probably...
Stamping with my “chosen” family
I had such an amazing weekend... it may not have been the most productive one for me (I'm such a chatter!), but it definitely revitalized my soul. Each time we have a new Stampin' Up catalog (the new Occasions Catalog and Sale-A-Bration...
Technique: Crayon Resist with Stampin’ Up products
I had a great lazy weekend and for the first time in a long time, I'm feeling a bit rejuvenated and ready to tackle my Monday. I have to admit that I've fallen into the trap of working what feels like 24/7, seven days a week now that I work for...
Happy New Year!
Happy 2018! Each year for the past three years I've picked a word at the start of the new year to hopefully guide me during the next 365 days. I've never actually written about my word here on the old blog - because it's sadly been a bit neglected...
Something BIG is coming!
I've just arrived back from Salt Lake City for the Stampin' Up convention called OnStage. I always love going to SLC, as it feels sort of like a "home away from home" after going to nearly 10 events there. It's such a beautiful city and it made it...
My New Favorite Background Stamps!
Today is a windy, dreary day again here on the Cape. I think we are still experiencing the backlash of Jose -- although the rain is pretty much gone... just lots of wind and clouds. I'm so grateful that this storm was really a non-storm here. There...
Teach Me Tuesday: Embossing Paste TWO ways
Hello there my crafty friends! It's Tuesday! That means I have a new video for you in my Teach Me Tuesday series. Last week after my 12 days of Fall for Holiday Catalog Countdown I held an online party on Facebook that had two live demos as part of...
Fall for Holiday Countdown #12: Quick & Easy Cards
Can you believe it... we've made it to day 12! Maybe I'm just surprised that I made it! Ha Ha... I hope you enjoyed are little "tour" of the new Stampin' Up Holiday catalog. If you're just joining us, you can go back through my blog posts from...