Happy Friday. I am feeling extra blessed this morning. Why? Because of this… Yep, I am a new Contributing Editor for Paper Crafts magazine – a new Go To Gal. In the fall, I retired from my role with Creating Keepsakes magazine. Many have asked why and it was really quite simple: I was tired [...]
Hello! I am home from my long weekend at The Collins Group rep show. This is a show Hero Arts goes to every year where we get to teach store owners. And I love it. Seeing the same sweet faces year after year… chatting with my favorite stores (including Absolutely Everything, Buffalo Stamps, Angela’s Happy [...]
Welcome! Today I have a blog hop AND a giveaway. Keep reading… I am excited to be part of the Lily Pad Blog Hop. This hop is to celebrate the launch of Lily Pad Cards – a new challenge blog that will feature fun things like videos, articles, interviews, challenges, prizes and more. And the [...]
Hello! I am at a rep show teaching with Hero Arts. Busy times! Sorry for no posts, but I will be back soon to share and to announce some winners. Off to bed. Tired from working… and watching UK beat Ohio State! Yay!! See you soon.
Hello. You know I love to show you my favorite things here, right? Well, one of my current favorite things is My Favorite Things. Yes, the company is perfectly named – My Favorite Things – and I am in love with their dies. They do make the most adorable stamps, but I wanted to talk [...]
Happy Sunday, stampers. Heidi over at Simon Says Stamps sent me a box full of goodies to giveaway. (She is a generous gal!) A few of the things are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line, so I thought I would share a project I did using them. I created this frame for Tim to use [...]
Hello! I rarely share “life” stuff here – I try to keep this blog mostly focused on crafts. But I wanted to thank you for Colin’s birthday wishes and share a few photos. I am in *love* with this shirt that my friend Amy Tan made for his bowling party. Isn’t it perfect? He loved [...]
I am taking today and tomorrow off to celebrate this little guy’s 5th birthday… He turned 5 today (although he acts like he is 40) and we celebrated as a family. Tomorrow? A party with 30 kids. Yes, I am nutso. I promise to share photos of all the goodies we made. In the meantime, [...]
Hey, there. A few people asked me about the Sketchbook 3 online class that Kelly Purkey is doing. There are 50 sketches! I am one of the many guest designers, along with Ali Edwards, Elizabeth Kartchner, Kristina Werner, Nichol Magouirk, and more. The fun thing? I will be sharing a card idea to go with each of [...]
Several folks asked about my crafty weekend with friends. Basically, we all got together for a few days of crafting, eating, laughing, dancing, laughing, stamping, laughing, shopping and laughing. It was perfection and I am so thankful for each of the girls. The talent was oozing out of the room – amazing girls. Proof? You [...]
