Archives for September 2009

Last weekend I spent some time at Craft Fancy in the Chicago area!  They are the newest retailer to carry my stamps in their store and I had an awesome time meeting some of you and seeing what their design team made!  This is the Make & Take that Marnie taught everyone how to make!  Isn't it great?  I love the combo of sky blue and happy orange! They used the Boughs stamp set, the sentiment from the Furnishing Fun set and the new Zing embossing powder from American Crafts.  The embossing powder is awesome!  It's works well on even the finest of stamps and comes in great fresh colors!  Thanks Marnie for letting me share! … [Read more...]

Yea!  I've been waiting all week to share with you the new releases and Friday is FINALLY here!  Ready for them?  I've got a total of 4 new ones to share with you!  Don't forget to read all the way through for the info. on the GIVEAWAY! So here's the first one!  Hexagon-A-Thon!  I love hexagons and their ability to be used separately or fit nicely together to make a pattern.  This set comes with 10 hexagon images that can be interchanged!  The three larger borders fit nicely around the smaller ones and are easily stamped on top because they are clear! Outside the box is a great stamp set too!  This set has 4 blocks, and the fillers, so … [Read more...]

Here's the final project I'll show you before the release tomorrow!  I can't wait!  Can you? This stamp set is called Outside The Box and is a collection of coordinating images that make great center pieces for cards, or backgrounds for entire pages! … [Read more...]

Ok LOVE this set too!  I've always envisioned a set with multiple patterns that can be used by themselves or added to to make a full sheet of pattern, or just a border.  Here's a card I made with this set!  I love the look of white stamping on kraft paper!  Subtle but still a statement.  Here I stamped the white with one stamp pattern and the blue dot is a different stamp pattern that goes right on top and lines up perfectly! What do you think so far?  Loving what you see?  Be sure to check back Friday to see all the new stamp sets! … [Read more...]

Ready for another sneak peek?  This one is from the new set called Hexagon-A-Thon!  It's full of hexagon stamps with patterns and outlines that can be stacked, layered, and changed!  The tags you see are actually made from 3 different stamps.  This gives you the option of going with a border (or two) or no border at all, as well as letting you decide if you want them all the same color or not!  How cool is that!  I love stamps that let you choose how you want the final image to look, instead of being stuck with the entire image in one color! Oh and if you see the little owl charm I made, you might recognize it, it's from my Have A Tweet … [Read more...]

Last week my husband and I took a lovely trip to visit Montreal and Quebec City.  We had a fabulous time, got lots of great inspiration, relaxed, but now I'm back!  And guess what was in the mail for me?  My new stamp releases!!  They will be ready to ship out this Friday, but if you can't wait that long, here's a sneak peek of a card I made with one of the new sets! This is a set inspired by my love of Interior Design.  It's super fun!  Be sure to check back Friday to see the full set and a giveaway!!!! … [Read more...]

Last weekend I had the chance to meet up with Sarah from Craft Critique.  (If you haven't heard of the site, they give unbiased reviews of craft products, both large and small.  Be sure to check it out, especially if you're in the market for some new crafty products!)  We went to the American Craft Exposition which was mere steps from my house.  I would call it more of an art show, than a craft show but I saw some amazing pieces I thought I'd share! These amazing mittens were made by Beth Ann and Steve Schunk.  (They don't have a website but if you need their email address let me know!)  Each of these mitten sets are made from old … [Read more...]

My husband wanted me to customize a T-Shirt for him.  It was a simple brown T-Shirt from Target.  He wanted a hedgehog-I think that if we didn't have two cats we'd have a hedgehog...you have to admit, they are super cute! Here's how I used some freezer paper to transfer the pattern to his shirt: You can download your cute hedgehog pattern here! Wouldn't this look cute on the end of a fleece/wool scarf, or maybe a small clutch too? … [Read more...]