Often this weekend of the year I am hanging out in Ames, Iowa with the Taylored Expression Crew at Stamp Joy, but this year we all had to hang-out virtually. I was thrilled that Mona (aka @MyCraftyDreams was able to travel to Cedar Rapids, so we got to craft together with 900 of our closest … Read more
I went back to March of 2019 for today's Makeover Monday … when I was in a different kind of quarantine with our entire first floor (which included my studio) being repaired after being flooded by a broken pipe in our wall that adjoins the trash room in our Condominium Building. I am very grateful … Read more
This afternoon I joined a group of friends from across the time zones for an online crafting meet-up … I didn't realize how much I needed it. The friendships I have made in this industry have been the very best. It really lifted my spirits and talk about art supplies, projects, and tater tots … … Read more
Tonight I took some time for a little Retro Rubber fun with 2015 Hero Arts Kelly's Coffee & Donuts. This week's Retro Rubber Challenge is a Sketch. I paired my triple coffee fun with a sentiment from STAMPlorations Coffee Happy from February 2016 and the CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies. … Read more
For this week's Makover Monday I went back to October 2015 for this fun Taylored Expressions Card featuring Halloween Papers and Coffee using the Sketch & Inspiration from her now retired Share Joy Challenge. Since the February #TEMaker Challenge at Taylored Expressions included a Heart (as well as Foiling & the color Red), it … Read more
I couldn't resist playing with the new Making Faces Dies from i-Crafter when they arrived in the mail today. I wanted to make a girlfriend card. As I have aged (and experienced more life changes) many of my besties are now scattered across the US … and no longer on the same block. When I … Read more
I'm back for another Makeover Monday. This week I chose this Valentine from February 2017, which was the first (and I believe only) time I have used these rather expense Birch Press Designs Caprice Heart Layers Die Cuts. When I saw Jennifer Mcguire's video this week on how to turn these layering die cuts into … Read more
The current Memory Box Challenge is all about Friendship. I started by die cutting my Memory Box Hugs Loving Heart Die 3 times (twice from raspberry cardstock and once from light pink). I layered it a variety of ways before deciding on the final off-set outcome. I attached it to a piece of vintage … Read more
Kimberly started the Mail It Monday campaign to encourage card makers to mail their cards. Make sure you head over to Mail it Monday Instagram to see all of the posts celebrating the 2nd Anniversary – hashtags are #mailitmonday #mailitmondayturns2 #sendlovesendcards I've been a card sender for as long as I can remember. I … Read more
I had fun creating with Paper Smooches this afternoon and their September Sketch Challenge. I loved building my design one panel at a time. I started with the adorable Sun hugging the Cloud from Sunnyville that I die cut and colored with my Spectrum Noir markers … then I added two more Happy Little … Read more