After an awesome time at convention, with TLC Spouse in tow and rooming with my darling daughter and marvelous 6.5 month old grandson, I am ready to get my stamping groove on again. The convention was great but my brain is still spinning so- I’ll save convention goodies for later. For today , I would [...]

…. All the new products and samples I have for 2010-2011. On this coming Tuesday,the 29th of June, I will be hosting a fun gathering at my home in Bellingham, WA to show off whats new and wonderful, have one last chance to buy from the current catalog, play with some fun make-n-takes and have [...]

Here we go with some more 3by3 thank you notes from by MDS hybrid session. This card again uses the Summertime splendor dsp, and the Thank you Kindly Stamp set, Elegant Eggplant ink, and Lavender Lace and Gable Green Cardstock. The inside is shown below: There are 6 different papers. Here is another sample done [...]

Uh.. hum.. I’m back. Over the last many months , I have been busy, busy with a new grandson, lots of card making, and even a new job. But it is now time to share some of the goodies I have been making. For the customers and hostesses of my last 2 workshops I decided [...]

I’m going to convention this July and for the first time I will be participating in the Late Nite Stampers activities. I am so excited. If you are going you too can join in the fun. Just go to http://latenightstamper1.blogspot.com/2010/03/pre-convention-events-for-late-night.html and sign up for those activities you want. Hope to see you there.

In the midst of working with the re-inker spread technique, I discovered watercolor with re-inkers. While this may not be new to you , it was to me and I created this card from my first successful play. I liked the effect I got from using  the black embossing powder on the bashful blue cs [...]

Well, I promised you during the royal blog tour a view of the inside of the post it note holder and just realized it was still sitting in the to be posted file. So this post will be a view of the Animal Stories items I made for the tour and didn’t have room to [...]

I have been so busy this past 2 weeks. Convention was a blast, and then my daughter and I arrived at her home and I have been spending time with her before going home to Bellingham this weekend. We have been dealing with baby stuff and scrapbooking our first Stampin’ Up  Convention experience. I will [...]

  This one is a card I did earlier this year with all new colors and stamp set. I used the new hostess set Kind and Caring Thoughts, our new Melon Mambo dotted ribbon and Rich Razzleberry for the lace mat. My inks for this kittle gem are Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Green Galore. [...]

Just a quick update on Convention and how great Day One has been. Today we had opening session all morning- it was a blast and Jennifer even won a prize – 2  new Build-A-Bear stamp set to be released on Sept 1 in the Holiday Mini. Then during lunch we were able to go to [...]