Amazing Paper Grace

I was lucky enough to find one of the new Cuttlebug embossing plates, so I made use of it in a new card.  It’s a pretty straight forward design and I used my Nestibilities rectangle  and cut it off short and recut the top end to make a skinny scalloped rectangle.  I believe that Spellbinders is […]

This card came about after several others I tried just didn’t seem to fly .  We always go back to the things we love and that give us comfort.  I guess it is no coincidence that I have a full drawer of pink ribbon and and a quarter of a drawer of every other color […]

Real life strikes again!  I really wanted to make some cards but time just did not allow.  Several evenings ago I did get to sit down and nothing seemed to come out right.  I’m working on a simple card that I’ll post tomorrow from one of my new, never used, Close To My Heart sets.   I hope you’ll come […]

Hi all, I received a couple of questions through email and comments on the ribbon storage.  Rather than send the answers by email, I decided to post it here in case anyone else was curious.   
Size of the Drawers:  The drawers are designed to hold 12 x 12 paper so the dimensions are just a […]

Can I tell you that I am a ribbon-aholic?  I don’t know what it is, but when I see it, I just have to have more.  Even worse when I’m working on a project I don’t always feel like I have just the right ribbon.  Yup,…never fear, I’ll just get more.  Then, just how to […]

It became difficult to remember what I had in the way of punches so from time to time I would purchase one only to get home and find out that I already had it.
  
One rainy day, I sat down and took on the task of creating samples of each punch and die cut as a […]

Here is my first little Target mailbox!  I made it last month but wanted to hold onto it to post when I got this blog ready.  I stocked up on these babies because I can see a use for them with almost any occasion. 
On this particular one I left the flag blank so that I […]

This was a fabulous project that worked up lickety-split!  It was cased from Taylor VanBruggen’s blog from an item she had seen at a trade show.  Taylor’s instructions are fail-proof; you can follow her full tutorial here.  Here’s one that I made, and after you get your hands into it, you realize how much potential there […]

Splitcoaststampers issued a wonderful technique lovers challenge, TLC-153, where we were encouraged to learn the folding of a series of eight circles called a Dahlia fold.  When all eight circles are folded and assembled, the combined unit makes a large Dahlia.  Instructions for the fold can be found here.   The results that I’ve seen from this fold are […]

Are you blushing yet?  Stinkin’ cute!  These cards are a wonderful “pick-me-up” for your bestest girl friends.  This card was sooooo totally CASED from Frances at StampOwl, you can see it on her blog and her template is here.   She debuted it during the last VSN Challenge on SplitcoastStampers titled Put on Your Big Girl Panties.  I […]

Woohoo, two more never seen ink stamps!  How cool is that sentiment?  I jumped at the chance to complete another SplitcoastStamper Challenge SC-160 with this classic, balanced layout.  Perfect for smaller stamps, I pulled out this set of vintage gardening gloves by Alesa Baker, distributed by Impression-Obsession and stamped them in Brilliance Black, coloring them […]

Is there anything cozier than blue jean overalls?  I don’t think they ever go out of style.  This is one of my very favorite stamps by Alesa Baker and distributed by Impression-Obsession.  It has never fully seen ink although every time I look at it reminds me of an adorable pair of overalls I used to […]

Can you believe that Valentines Day is so close?  I pulled together something for my sweetie and the sentiment is one that I absolutely love but it has not seen ink in it’s lifetime with me.  Well, I remedied that!  Here’s the card I made for my husband for Valentines Day (don’t look honey).   It […]

Here’s a card I made recently attempting to use several new things I added to my stash.  Working with Bazzill papers, I folded the purple paper and layered on top pink  paper and a polka dotted panel from Nana’s Kids.  From Nestibilities I cut a purple scallop and white circle.  Stamped with one of my […]

I’ve had this Stampendous stamp on my desk for a while, trying to think of how I would color it.   Out with the Copics, they’re sooooo fun.  This time around I colored the poppies and scribbled a darker shade on an acetate sheet.  I then lifted the darker shade off of the acetate sheet with the […]