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Inspiration Station

It is so fun for me to receive cards from others and then to be able to change it and make it my own. After all isn't that why we do what...

One, Two, Three and You Get Six Cards

Sometimes you just get a great card!!! This is what happened to me. A good friend of mine sent me a really pretty card and I wanted to sh...

Always Thinking of You

I had so much fun designing this card. My mom was in my thoughts as I designed. The colors are some of her favorite. She loves birds and ...

Retirement Means New Stuff

Tools In Color items, Ribbon and Embellishments

Happy Retirement Stamps, Punches, Dies and more

You Don't Want to miss out.

These Are the Moments

Sometimes when we are walking through really difficult times it is hard for us to believe that there is anything we will look back on and...

Spring Has Sprung, The Grass Has Riz...I Wonder Where all The Flowers Is

When I was growing up my dad would make up all kinds of sayings and to be honest I am uncertain how many are made up and how many he "doc...

Celebrate Your Graduate

This has got to go down as on of the most unusual graduation years in our history. Maybe not the history of the United States, but most c...

Look Who's Hatched

Baby cards are some of my favorite cards to design. With that said though, I really like to come up with some that are a little bit outsi...

Where Do You Find Inspiration?

Where do you find inspiration? I find it in so many places; sunsets, flowers, a cute maternity top, birds. I was thinking about coloring ...

When it comes to dads…

When it comes to dads I hit the bullseye. I admit it, I am a daddy’s girl and I am perfectly fine with it. I own it proudly. When I was g...

A Work in Progress

This journal was a gift of love for one of my dearest friends. By now if you have been following along on my blog here, you know that my ...

Tears Welled Up...

My friends are taking their daughter to Europe for her senior trip/family vacation. They have been planning and saving for this trip for ...

Make Your Tragedies a Work of Art

I made this travel journal for a young friend of mine who will be traveling to Europe in April. I personally love having a small travel j...

Nyenaurs...

My grandson is all grown up now and doesn't say really cute words anymore. I mean don't get me wrong I think he is pretty fantastic but h...

I Want a Weather Vane

I love weather vanes and I want one for the top of my roof. Sadly it turns out that I really cannot justify the expense of one. Maybe I c...

You're Off To Great Places

It is no secret that I love to travel. It is also no secret that I love Steampunk and I also really like the movie Around the World in 80...

Spring is in the...bottom of a three foot pile of snow!!!

I was looking through a seed catalog the other day, dreaming of Blue Fescue Grasses, Hollyhocks, Sweet Williams and all things that bloss...

Hope is the Power

I really enjoyed creating this simple but stunning card. My husband and I have been in the planning stages of some more landscape design w...

Thoughts of being "tangled"

This was a fun card to design. It is very simple to make and put together but it makes a big impact. I did look up the various traditions...

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