Normally I wouldn't subject you to three days of projects using the same stamp set but for the new limited availability Blended Seasons I decided to make an exception. Partly because it arrived 10 days later than I'd originally expected, but also because I wanted to make sure you saw the at least some of the versatility of the stamp set and coordinating Stitched Seasons Framelits before these go on limited release on Wednesday. These Framelits are amazing and even if you don't get the stamp ... VIEW POST
The strangest conversation
Yesterday evening hubby and I witnessed the strangest conversation taking place on our front deck. We were listening to one of our resident song sparrows and watched as it hopped from deck post to deckpost and then onto the steps of our deck, chirping away quite happily. It was then that we noticed our cat Houdini lying not 6 feet away, sunning himself on the stone slabs responding to the bird! We must have watched this 'conversation' for a good 10 minutes, the bird chirping and then ... VIEW POST
Wonderful Moments
Every now and then I wish I wasn't a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Now don't get me wrong I love being a demonstrator, it's brought so much to my life; creativity, new friendships, travel opportunities, more than I could have ever imagined. No, the reason I sometimes wish I wasn't a Demonstrator is when I see a great joining offer and think, wow, if I wasn't demonstrator already I'd definitely want to take advantage of that offer! Well today was one of those days. It's Tuesday, the day that ... VIEW POST
Beautiful You meets Letter Board Messages
One of the things I love about creating projects using stamps is the ability to mix and match images and sentiments from different sets. This morning I decided to create another card using the Letter Board Messages Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! and when I saw the 'Just miss you. That's all' sentiment one particular image came immediately to mind. So out came the Beautiful You Stamp Set and a few Stampin' Blends alcohol markers and away I went. I knew that I wanted the outline of the ... VIEW POST
Window treatments
Last month in my blog post Stained glass, I showed you a bookmark created using some of the amazing Graceful Glass 6" x 6" Designer Vellum. On that occasion I coloured the image using Stampin' Write Markers but I thought it would be useful to do a little comparison. So for today's project I have two Graceful Glass Designer Vellum gift cards for you. Both gift cards started out with a 3" x 6" piece of Whisper White Card scored at 3", folded along the scored line with the crease ... VIEW POST
One year on
It hardly seems possible but it was exactly one year ago today that we heard the devastating news that our son had died aged just 31. We're planning to spend the day quietly as a family and so I'm writing this post ahead of time. Today I have a 'thinking of you' card. I began with a piece of the sepia leaf design from the Nature's Poem Designer Series Paper (DSP) and used a light Old Olive Stampin' Blends alcohol marker to colour in all the leaves. Then I attached the piece to a ... VIEW POST
