Savor the Journey

Here’s a heartfelt ‘All Aboard!’   I chose Kathy’s card {Wattle} here as my inspiration for this week’s Featured Stamper challenge. FS116.  I’ve changed the theme, stamps & colors, plus brought the 2 ribbons closer together for the train tracks. I knew as soon as I saw Kathy’s card, it would work well with Train Riley. The [...]

 Is there a baby shower coming up?   Here’s a Spring-filled idea with happy colors for the upcoming occasion!   This one includes a bit of 3-D layering for added interest in the umbrella and the gifts.   These pieces were easy to cut, so the paper-pieced layering went pretty quickly.  I used a dry emboss stylus to add ribbing scores to [...]

Don’t want to leave chocolate wrappers all over your stampin’ table?  Need a ‘quicker mojo pick-me-upper’? How about a Chocolate Infusion?   No, I’ve never tried this, but as I was playing with the images from the ‘Hospital Hanna’ stamps set, I tried to think of something a little ‘different’ for this stamp.  And since many [...]

Here’s another sneaky little peek at a portion of the upcoming “Hospital Hanna” set!   I loved this little eye chart stamp when I first saw it.   I’ve computer-generated the sentiment for the inside to pull it all together.  Here’s the interior:   This week’s Friday Challenge in the Hanna forums (HSC63) is to use ‘Black [...]

Alright …. I’m not exactly “sneak peakin’ ” the entire new set … but this truly is a “sneaky” peek!  hee hee hee  The first time I saw this image in the upcoming new set from Hanna Stamps, I knew I could use it in a relationship about stampin’ ‘mojo’.  So of course, I had [...]

The winner of my surprise gift from Kristi at Hanna Stamps is:  Kimmie! (Kim Reid) Kimme’s post said: “SO funny! And your grass is amazing!!” I didn’t have to count very far … random.org chose #3 as the winner!  Congratulations, Kim!  As soon as all other DT members have posted their winners, I’ll edit this post to [...]

Welcome to the GOOD LUCK BLOG HOP!  By following along the blog hop, you’re going to have lots of chances at winning free goodies from the Hanna Stamps team!  I also have a problem-solver for you today …  especially for those times when someone might have ‘Lumberjack Breath’!     Timber Riley has brought along one [...]

  It’s a gray day here … and we’re hoping for some much-needed rain.  Even so, gray is gray …so I’m posting color today!!  My initial plan wasn’t so bright, nor so tall.  But I was inspired by the featured stamper this week, Judy Rozema.  Congratulations on being this week’s featured stamper, Judy!   StampingQueenJar‘s inspiration seemed to [...]

  When I was a little girl, I was out on a farm in the middle of wheat & cattle country.  The mere idea of being a ballerina in a pink tutu was beyond my wildest dreams.  Some things never change, as my little home town is still too many miles from dancing lessons in the [...]

  First up is a peek at ‘Wee Hanna’, playing pirate!   She’s actually a paper-doll stamp who comes with costume stamps for being a pirate, a ballerina, a snorkler, and a cheerleader.   You’ll find lots of room for fantasy with this one.  I still had some of Rusty Pickle’s ‘Pirate Princess’ paper, so as soon as [...]

  It’s time to give you a peek at one of the upcoming new sets from Hanna Stamps!  Do you love Rock & Roll …. or like me … you loved Rock & Roll at some point?!   hahaha …. It’s all in the range of listening, thank goodness!   Well, meet ‘Rock Star Hanna’!   This is one [...]

 Have you ever wished you could send or give a “Good Luck” wish to someone?  I recently wished I could do just that, when my son was taking the National Registry exam for EMT.  (YAY!  BCG is now a Licensed EMT!!!  Congratulations, Brandon!)  Alas, I’ve come up with this ‘after’ that fact …. isn’t that just [...]

 Why is it “challenging”?   I do love to participate in various challenges, but typically, I keep my projects within ‘one’ challenge … until this one!  One of the Virtual Stamp Night Challenges at SCS (FEB09VSNL) this weekend was to use your cutest and tiniest creations made with ‘inchies’.  For those of you not familiar, inchies are 1″x1″ [...]

   I took a plunge this weekend and am participating a bit in the Virtual Stamp Night challenges at SCS this weekend.   This gift card holder is a creation designed to fit the FEB09VSND challenge, which is to make a card using new things you love.  (Well that was easy!)  Everything on the card (except the cardstock [...]

  Sometimes a girl simply ‘needs’ to celebrate something!  Whether it’s a cool week at work, a terrific room renovation, or even a great hair day … we have to ‘celebrate’ now & then!  I know a lot of ladies who swear by ‘retail therapy’, and I’ll admit to partaking on my own now & then!  [...]