My 2018 Favorite Craft Tools

There are some craft tools that I’ve had for years and they are still serving me well.  Then there are some new tools that I’ve discovered in the last year that I don’t know how I crafted without for so long! I always love seeing the crafting tools other people love and use.  I decided that I should… Read More »

Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop and Sale

Welcome to the Kat Scappiness Blog Hop and Sale to benefit The Coffee Oasis and their Center for Homeless Youth. I’m delighted to be a part of the Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop today.  I love that the blog hop benefits The Coffee Oasis and their very worthy cause. Learn more about Coffee Oasis: Coffee Oasis is a… Read More »

Winter Skies From Lawn Fawn

The news is that we are potentially getting some more snow here soon.  It seemed appropriate to create a night sky scene with these fabulous bears from Lawn Fawn. This stamp set is called Winter Skies and I elected to use a variety of ink mediums on this card.  I’ve used distress oxide inks for the sky, Copics… Read More »

Classic Christmas Color Card

I ran out of day before I ran out of things to do today!  My card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew ended up being a little rushed, but I got a chance to use a couple of stamp sets that I recently purchased. I decided to go with the classic Christmas colors and I used Catherine Pooler’s… Read More »

Dimensional Bow And ABC’s

I’m making a project for the new Altenew Academy class that I’m taking called Easy as ABC.  The class is about using alphabet stamps and letter die cuts in fun ways. I’m creating a simple Christmas card using Altenew’s Bells and Bows stamp and die set.  I LOVE the dimension on this layered bow stamp. I used Altenew’s… Read More »

Less Is More: Clean And Simple Christmas Cards

I have a video for you today to show you how I created 3 clean and simple (CAS) one layer Christmas cards using the same basic layout for all 3, but each uses a different coloring medium. I am participating in this week’s Less Is More Challenge which is Old Holiday.  They are also having a design team… Read More »

Favorite Punch Challenge

Stamp Ink Paper is having a Favorite Punch challenge this week and luckily it is acceptable to use dies also. I did a podcast several years ago about how I prefer punches over dies.  I just found them so convenient because I had them in a storage unit right on my desk and they were within reach and… Read More »

Copic Coloring Practice

One thing is for certain, if you want to become good with Copic markers, watercoloring mediums of any kind or any technique in general, you need to practice. I took an online class at My Creative Scoop called Winter Pup.  The image is purchased from Whimsy Stamps and it is adorable.  As part of the technique, we added… Read More »

My Favorite New Product Challenge

This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a challenge to use your favorite new product. I’ve tried so many new products this year that it really is impossible to pick just one. I decided to share my favorite new products of the week! How adorable is this little penguin on the snowy hills under the night sky? What… Read More »

Organizing Q&A: Converting Stampin’ Up! Stamps To Plastic Sleeves

I did a blog post a few days ago about organizing my stamp sets.  I have been using this system for almost a year after watching a video by Jennifer McQuire and then subsequently several videos recommending the same storage system by several other stampers.  It is really working for me! I converted a good portion of my… Read More »

Sunny Studio Christmas Cards + CyberMonday Deal

Sunny Studio Stamp Company is one of my favorites.  I’ve been happy with everything that I’ve purchased and I’m just loving the cute stamp and die designs that they carry.  I love their 6 x 6″ patterned paper stacks as well.  They also carry my favorite Studio Katia embellishment mixes. Plus, they carry Versa Fine and Color Box… Read More »

Black Friday Sales and Small Business Saturday Sales

Hello my friends! All of these wonderful stamp companies are having Black Friday sales and many of them have started already.  You will find coupon codes and special prices on the websites.  These are the stamping stores that I shop at and LOVE. Treat yourself or hand over your wish list to your family and let them know… Read More »

Merry Critters With Kat Scrappiness

I found this stamp company that I just love.  Have you tried Kat Scrappiness? I found it when I was trying to get the Gina K Wreath Builder kit and she was all sold out.  I poked around the internet and found that a stamp store by the name of Kat Scrappiness still had it in stock and… Read More »

Stamp-N-Storage Black Friday Sale Starts Today

The Stamp-N-Storage Black Friday Sale starts today through Monday, November 26, 2018. 15% OFF Sale (excludes Starter Kits and Holiday Bundles) and Free Shipping for all domestic U.S. orders starts immediately following the Facebook Live. (Sale runs through Monday, November 26, 2018). FREE SHIPPING is a huge savings along with the 15% off sale.  Shipping is often at… Read More »