I think the two new sets that are the most *me* are Abundant Joy and Heartspeak.  Of course there are lots of other sets that I love, but those two are immediately recognizable as my style.  Here’s my first card using Heartspeak.

The main image is stamped on Confetti White cardstock in Palette Hybrid Burnt Umber.  […]

The good news is…I FOUND HEARTSPEAK!!!  I looked again this morning before leaving for work - nothing.  It bugged me all day!  I knew it was in my stamp room…I knew it!   Tonight I started again by looking in drawers, knowing full well it wasn’t in any of them.  Then I went back to my little […]

What a great day!
We are getting the exterior of our house painted and for much of the day today our doors and windows were covered in plastic.  It felt like I’d been sealed inside.  Now normally that would have bothered me - made me feel claustraphobic, but today I had all my new […]

My new catty order finally arrived today!  WooHoo!!!  I’ve only managed to get one quick (well, quick for me) card done so far.  As I was mounting sets I kept changing my mind about which set I wanted to use first.  I finally settled on Garden Whimsy with some Cutie Pie Designer Paper.

I started this […]

This Saturday morning I’ll be hosting a garage sale at my house along with friends Taylor, Joy, Emily, Jen and Daisy selling retired Stampin’ Up! sets along with lots of other stamping/scrapping/crafting supplies and handmade items.  The sale will run 8:00am to 1:00pm so if you’re anywhere in SoCal I hope you’ll drop by to […]

It’s been a very busy and productive day that started with my bi-monthly Wednesday exile to my stamp room very early this morning.  At first all I could think about was my SU order (that hasn’t even shipped yet), and the I realized just how silly that was in the midst of my fabulous stamp […]

I joined an ATC swap a long time ago.  The postmark date is today.  So guess when I made the ATC’s.   If you said last night, you would be correct!  I actually tried several times previously to make them, but couldn’t come up with a design.  I must have gone through at least 5 or […]