#stampinup When I saw a Tic Tac Toe challenge on the Paper Craft Crew Challenge blog I jumped at the chance to play. This kind of challenge gives you so many options. I've seen these challenges before, but I've never played along. I chose any purple + embossing + gold colored ... Read More about Spooky Halloween
Teeny Tiny Wishes
Happy Retirement!
#stampinup One of my dearest friends and mentors is retiring at the end of the month. She's much too young to retire, but she is looking forward to many adventures ahead of her. While I don't at all begrudge her this milestone, I am going to miss her terribly at work. She's given me such great ... Read More about Happy Retirement!
Creation Station Celebrates Easter
I've been absent for a couple rounds of the Creation Station blog hop. I was away on a business trip for one round and then through a problem with my observation of the space-time continuum, I plum forgot about the last one. Well, I didn't forget exactly. I just didn't realize that the blog hop was ... Read More about Creation Station Celebrates Easter
Retro Stripes
I took the day off today and I'd planned to get a lot of stamping done. But I decided that I'd tackle cleaning my DD's bedroom. That took forever and by the time I was done I was exhausted and the afternoon had turned into evening. I had to quickly make a card for the Retro Sketches challenge ... Read More about Retro Stripes
Natural Christmas
Sometimes when I'm creating I have a spark of inspiration and I just go with it. Other times, I'm kinda of throwing things together and hoping for the best. The card I made for this week's Paper Craft Crew Challenge took on a life of its own. I stared at the sketch for a long time. I looked ... Read More about Natural Christmas
Fresh and Blissful Star
I'm coming into the home stretch in getting my Christmas cards made. I make 80-90 cards to send and to give at work. I'm about halfway finished. I have "card parts" left over from my Christmas card-making class that I'll be putting together in the next few days. In the meantime, my blog goes ... Read More about Fresh and Blissful Star