I got the idea for this fun simple project from the February 07 issue of Sunset Magazine.  Sunset is a regional magazine about Living in the West.  It has great travel, decorating, gardening and food articles…and apparantly the occassional craft!  If you live in the Western United Sates you NEED this magazine!  As soon as […]

Happy Friday everyone!!!  Thanks for reading my brand new blog!  It just went live last night and I’m pretty excited about it. 
I need to mail a check to a stamping friend and I can’t just stick in an envelope without a card.  So I decided to stamp a quick 6.25″ x 3.25″ card […]

There are times when things just get to you, KWIM?  You know they shouldn’t - logically speaking - but they do anyway.  Last night was one of those times for me.  My feelings were hurt and it was just a really rough evening.  But it is in those times that friendships really have a chance to […]

One of my most basic stamping principles, along with More is More, is Fall Back on Black!  Whenever I’m working on a card and it just seems to “need something” I try adding just a touch of black and it almost always looks better!  Since black ink is so often used to stamp outline images […]

Thought I would share a photo of the projects from my Watercolor Class earlier this month.  I am by no means a watercolor expert, but I sure have learned a lot from ladies like Cindy Lyles, Janine Tinklenberg, Valerie Stangle and others at Splitcoast.  It’s so fun to try different mediums for coloring.  My two […]

I love getting inspiration for stamping projects from all sorts of different places.  One of my favorites is when I’m out shopping and I see blouse or skirt or something with a striking or unexpected color combo.  Here’s a card I made after spying a cute cotton summer blouse at Macy’s - the fabric had […]

I always feel just a little behind the curve on new trends, but here I am finally starting to Blog!  Being a tech-tard (©JulieHRR) I am a little intimidated, but excited all the same.  Join me on my adventures through stamping, papercrafting and life!