Savor the Journey

Happy Weekend, everyone! It’s been a most unusual & busy week here, and even though I’ve been craving some stampy time, it has happened only in tiny little bits of time.   I’m just not willing to confess exactly how many sittings were given to this wintery card.   But at last, here’s ‘Blake’ the snowman! In [...]

  But I suppose everyone does now & then!   Oh wait … there’s more to this one.  Here … check it out. Ohhhhh, that Edna.   She’s leaving me practically speechless today!     Edna is having a tough time this morning, deciding whether or not to wake up the “grouch” … but for his sake, I hope [...]

I just could’t resist some of the newest ‘old characters’ from Rubbernecker Stamps.  Once you take a look at poor old Edna, you’ll see what I mean.   Just when you think you might be in a frumpy mood … surely Edna will snap you right out of it!     See what I mean?   Now I’ve never had [...]

Howdy, Y’all!   It’s time for me to take a quick visit back to my original “roots” in the country.   I’m often reminded “not to forget from whence I came” … and even though I live in a suburb of an expansive Texas metroplex,  ”country” is always in my heart.   This is “Casey”!  She could represent the “me-wanna-be” in [...]

Hi there!   Are you “amiss” (shy or remiss) in sharing this sentiment?!   No, I’m not attempting to make anyone feel the least bit of guilt in any way.   I’m just sending a reminder to myself as well as to others, that sometimes, we “need” to share our innermost feelings.   My beloved great-aunt talked with me about this [...]

Okay … I know … the Beatles’ song itself (All You Need is Love)  is so “oldie goldie” …  but I promise … it was marvelous in its’ day!    For now, it fits perfectly as is for my latest Our Craft Lounge creation, featuring the “Lola Love” stamp set.   Come on ….. Doesn’t the name of [...]

Happy week-after Thanksgiving, everyone!!   I’m still smiling over the special time with good friends and family.   And, it was actually fun to “get out there” and actually get the majority of my Christmas shopping done!  Yay!  (Those who know me well, know that this is ‘not’ my norm.  Maybe we’re never too old to learn new tricks [...]

I guess one could say that this one is  inspired by the wonderful, variable colors of Autumn.  Welcome, sweet Fall!   Luckily, it also worked into the  HYCCT12, HYCCT17 , and HYCCT26 challenges at SCS during the Hope You Can Cling To challenge month at SCS.  These challenges caused many, many cards to be created and donated to the [...]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!  It’s a “Blast from the Past” blog hop tonight!  The Gina K team has gathered together this week to share some ideas for some of Gina’s favorite sets from “the past”, and tonight, I’m tickled pink to share some goodies from the “Sweetest Blessings“.  Plus … Jessica Fick has created a terrific card-making kit [...]

  Isn’t it amazing how we can find inspiration for our paper-crafting in such a wide variety of places?  On July 4th, I spent the afternoon playing in the pool with my grandsons.  One of their close little friends came over with her parents for swimming and the hotdogs & watermelon that followed.  Well, she [...]

I think it’s time for a little splashy fun!    It’s already turned into a hot summer in Texas, and my Grandsons have been enjoying time in the swimming pool.  One of them was complaining a few days ago that he didn’t get to swim because it was raining at his house … boy, was he [...]

  I’ve decided to share my latest vintage look … but first, I’ll explain (or re-tell) a bit about the inspiration behind this one.  I have a box of old patterns, ‘McCalls’, ‘Butterick’, and more.  They belonged to my Mom, and are all at least my age or older.  Now for those of you who have [...]

  This is such a sweet week for Gina K fans!  Tonight many of the design team will be sharing previews of the new “Sew Pretty” set and the new “Welcome Home” set … both to be presented during Thursday night’s Release Party over at Stamp TV! Designers Participating in Previews tonight:  Gina Krupsky Jessica [...]

  Welcome to Tuesday!  I had the pleasure of creating one of the samples for this week’s Teapot Tuesday Challenge (MMTPT87) over at SCS today.  Be sure to read Mothermark’s descriptive story about the confused Brutus the bunny.  That little guy needs some serious help due a terrible identity crisis!  You’ll definitely want to check [...]

  Thanks for excusing me from blogging recently.  I needed that.     I’m back today with my version of the SCS Free For All F4A5 challenge, The Great White Way.   Huh?!?   That equates to creating something related to a favorite musical … “not” using the tradtional A2 card shape.   Considering the fact that I adore the [...]