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Tutorial Tuesday-Happy Spring!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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Tutorial Tuesday-Happy Spring!

Here’s a quick Happy Spring Card I did this weekend in honor of the 1st day of Spring. This would also make a great Easter themed card! I used my Have A Tweet Day clear stamp set for this one. I LOVE the little nest stamp. If you look at the stamp set you’ll see [...]

Glittered Brads and Great Gift Boxes

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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Glittered Brads and Great Gift Boxes

I started with this: 2 silver brads, glitter, and a glue pad Just tap the glue pad on the tops of the brads and sprinkle with glitter! Now I have glitter brads! I made them to put onto this gift box…but I decided to just go with a red velvet ribbon instead…. You can download [...]

Tutorial Tuesday-Quick Napkin Rings

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Tutorial Tuesday-Quick Napkin Rings

Alright, how about another super quick project? I found this awesome clear transparency “paper” from Hambly Prints (I love Hambly Prints!) and thought it would look really fallish with an orange background. Is fallish a word? Anyway, here are the directions: Cut a 12″ long, 1 1/2″ wide strip of the orange paper. Cut in [...]

Quick Glitter Card

Sunday, September 21, 2008

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Quick Glitter Card

It’s been a while since I featured a card so here’s a quick one for you: How did I get that fun green glitter accent you ask? I found this awesome tape at the craft store! It’s CLEAR mounting tape. It’s as strong as the foam mounting tape, but clear instead! To make the card [...]

Every Other Tuesday-Quick Sketchbook

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Every Other Tuesday-Quick Sketchbook

So this one is super easy to whip up! Gather the following items: 1 sheet of colored/patterned cardstock for the outside 5 sheets of cardstock, or more if you use plain printer paper (just remember your stapler will have to go through them!) coordinating ribbon Cut the following: (2) 4″ x 8″ pieces for the [...]

Card Ideas coming in…

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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Check out this blog: KWerner Design. She’s one of my favorite card crafters out there! She has lovely challenges and videos every week! For her last challenge, she used one of my sets to make a card that is way cute! I have more on her later… hint, hint… On another note, Sorry it’s been [...]

Simple Card

Friday, July 11, 2008

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Simple Card

Ok, I know it’s been a little while since my last post. I’ve been working on a few things that I’ll post real soon. It’s something new and really fun! Here’s a simple 3″ square card I put together so as not to slack on my posting! Just cut a square slightly smaller than your [...]

Borders again!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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Borders again!

I made this card with the borders set, and the star from the Boughs set. I cut out the scalloped square and mounted it with foam tape, then cut out and mounted the stars on foam tape too. It gave a lot of dimension to the card. Thanks for looking!

Borders Set…more than just borders!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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Borders Set…more than just borders!

Here’s a card I made with the borders set! The shapes in this set are also great for making background designs for paper. See, the same shape that is bordering the “Thanks” is also stamped multiple times to make the background paper. Finished size is 6 1/2″ square.

Baby Card

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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Baby Card

Here’s the card I made this month for card swap. My preview stamp images came in JUST in time! I used two images from the Borders Set: The border and the XOXOX stamp. (The “baby” stamp is from Stampin Up) The finished size is 3″ x 6″. I like this one because of the fun [...]


1. Master the art of French macaroons
2. Sew a dress
3. Get my scuba diving license
4. Go somewhere warm to use my scuba diving license.
5. Find a perfect Go-To recipe for Pizza Dough
6. Sew a quilt
7. Make a piece of furniture
8. Learn Adobe InDesign
9. Master the recipe for Creme Brulee
10. Publish a sewing project in a magazine
11. Scrapbook/Blurb all our photos from Europe
12. Make some jelly using a pressure cooker
13. Print my own design on fabric & make something
14. Refashion a cardigan
15. Make salt water taffy
16. Find a Go-To recipe for delicious homemade bread
17. Make 5 projects from my sketchbook
18. Embroider something with my sewing machine
19. Self-Publish 10 new sewing patterns
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Expand my french vocabulary
22. Make a stained glass window
23. Swim with dolphins
24. Find the perfect gelato recipe
25. Write one Thank You note a week
26. Learn How to Properly Handle a gun
27. Experience one new type of cheese every week
28. Finish checking off my list of states I've visited
29. Organize a service project
30. Go whitewater rafting