Savor the Journey

Well, okay. I don’t really have a specific birthday in mind … but here’s a fun little bee to spread the hap’bee’ wishes!   Clean & quick stamping is so easy with these stamps!  I’ve used the November set, bee4me, for the bee and the sentiment, and added mums2stamp for the 2-step blossom!  The Color Box [...]

I have a new challenge for you today!   The ShinHan ARTisans Touch Twin challenge TTC24 is here, and of course, you’re invited to join in.  (Pssst! If you play along, you’ll have a chance to win some Touch Twin markers!) ~ ~ Challenge TTC24 is a photo inspiration challenge.  Simply allow the elements in this [...]

Ready for a new challenge? The ShinHan ARTisans have a great new challenge this week:  Use a food theme & add some shadowing!    TTC23 Well, believe it or not, my personal stash of “food” related stamps is a lot more limited than I realized.   Apparently ‘food’ is something I think of when I am ‘not’ [...]

Hi everyone!    If you’re looking for a challenge to spark some creative happenings on your desk, come along and join me in the latest Touch Twin Markers challenge, TTC22! ~ ~ TTC22 is a color challenge.  Here’s the photo inspiration for selecting colors.  Depending on the colors available in your media collection, just be guided [...]

~ ~ Hey everyone!     Welcome to another Touch Twin Challenge, TTC11. ‘Market Street Stamps‘ is sponsoring the Shinhan Artisans this month, and this week we are all using the darling ‘Cool Cats’ stamp set.   Now since I’m a life-long kitty lover, naturally I find this set to be adorable.   Several years ago, my sweet [...]

Welcome to a color challenge!   The Shinhan Touch Twin team is using the following Touch Twin markers for this week’s challenge:  PB183, PB185, PB77, + RP137.   We’ve been sponsored by Unity Stamps this month, and I truly do adore the set I’m using today. All through my elementary school days, my girlfriends and I loved [...]

Hi there, stampy friends!   We’re having a Touch Twin markers color challenge, TTC08, and you are invited to play along!   This color challenge will run from December 26th – January 14th with a winner being announced on January 14th. One person will be randomly chosen among the entries to win 12 Touch Twin markers!!! [...]

Happy Independence Day, America! My card is a sample for one of today’s many CAS July 4th challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  Yes, you read that right!  Clean & Simple today!  It’s as hot as a firecracker here.  So if you’re staying inside to enjoy the air conditioner, come on along and visit your stamps and [...]

Hello everyone!  Welcome to this week’s challenge from Outlines Rubber Stamps!  What’s on the challenge menu for today?  It’s a color challenge:  use aqua, brown, and white on your creations.   Special Note: Visit the Outlines blog to  join the challenge for a chance to win a $25 shopping spree at Outlines! I truly enjoy creating [...]

  Welcome, welcome to our New Release Blog Hop from Rubbernecker Stamps!   We have a brand new release to share with you, we are celebrating with a blog hop!   Speaking of celebrating, we are also giving away a prize!  Prize scoop:  If you hop along with us today and leave some love at every stop along the way … you [...]

It’s a brand new day here!  The only remnants of ice or snow are found in shady areas.  The streets are safe & clear, schools are open, and …. SURPRISE!!   There have been at least two Mockingbirds nearby just singing their hearts out!   Hopefully, they’re calling in their birdie friends, singing their new Hallelujah Chorus of [...]

  Hey there, friends!  We’re right on the edge of a brand new, wintery weekend.  Overnight, Jack Frost coated everything in sight with a heavy frost here.  Our NorthEastern friends will be cozying up to the fireplace for another round of winter showing off.   I forecast a perfect time for hot cocoa & favorite ‘comfy [...]

Welcome back, stampy friends!    Every Friday,  Our Craft Lounge gives us a challenge.  The new twist for 2011 is that each Friday will bring an “new” challenge type.  The challenge presented on January 7 (OCLDT47) is a color challenge of “black + red + kraft“.  My January schedule includes two stamp shows here in N. [...]

Welcome to mid-December, 2010!   Hopefully we’re all well on our way to being ready for the coming celebration of Christmas, or your favorite holiday family time of togetherness.   I’m growing ever closer to said goals, although this month is always a tricky time for me.   Faith gets me through each year, and here I am [...]

Welcome to the bright beginning of a brand new week! For those of you who have been participating in the Our Craft Lounge sneak peeks and blog hop … Yes!  Today will be the day that we all learn the names of the blog candy winners!   At this moment, even I don’t know the names [...]