Stamping Advent Calendar

Stamping Advent Calendar

Stampin’ Up!™ has come up with something new for us! It is a paper crafting Advent calendar with 12 surprises inside. I have no idea what’s inside, and even if I did – I wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise for any of you. I do know that it comes...
Way-Back Birthday

Way-Back Birthday

This is the other card that I made for the September birthdays for the church card ministry. This card design is perfect for mass production. I made 32 of this card, and the steps to assemble are great for working in stages. This design was also great for using some...
Blue Hydrangea Birthday

Blue Hydrangea Birthday

For several years our family joined friends for a week-long vacation in Cape Cod. And every year the blue hydrangeas were in full bloom while we were there and they were absolutely beautiful! I don’t recall seeing this variety in Vermont. Here they all tend to...
Thanks Abloom

Thanks Abloom

I realized that it had been a while since I had sent out thank you cards for online orders that folks submitted. I value every single one of them and I feel bad that I’ve been a bit lackadaisical in responding. My only defense is that it is summer in VT, which...
Sunrise Sailboat

Sunrise Sailboat

I’ve seen some stunning cards created with the Sunrise Sailing bundle, and I had to get a little inky with the set to give it a shot. I’ve seen a lot of cards that featured a blended sky background and that was the inspiration for my card here. This bundle...
Diagonal Layers

Diagonal Layers

In an online group a challenge was issued 3 weeks ago to create a card with two diagonal layers to create a background. The challenger wanted us to use the A and B side of a piece of patterned paper to create the cool background. For mine I used two separate sheets of...