The new Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini starts tomorrow and it’s chock full of fun new stuff! 
As a Demonstrator I got to pre-order and the very first thing I knew I had to have was the the stamp set Oval All and the coordinating scallop oval punch.  This is just a super simple, quick card […]

Around Mid-day Saturday, Curt went outside and realized that it was such a nice day that we should go somewhere!  So he asked if I wanted to go to the Flower Fields in Carlsbad about an hour away.  I said “sure!”  We hadn’t been there in about 10 years because the bloom season only lasts […]

Happy Friday!  Time to play with another one of Taylor’s fun sketches in the weekly Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge (cupcakes not required).  My Stampin’ Up! Club order arrived earlier this week so I had some fun new toys to play with including my very first Big Shot dies and the stamp set Sip by Sip.  […]

Yes!  He finally called and 20 years ago today I was positively giddy over our 2nd First Date last night. 
For those of you have hung in over the past two weeks - thanks - it’s been fun to have you along for the ride.  For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking […]

 Hey there - just a  post to share a card that really makes me smile.  Ever since I saw the Flower Soft booth at CHA with their adorable samples, I’ve wanted to use black Flower Soft on a penguin image (which I have plenty of!)  I needed a birthday card for work today since it […]

I loved this sketch and the white on white concept so much that I had to make a second card.  I wanted to send get well wishes to a friend who had surgery recently so this is what I came up with.  As you can see I’m hooked on Flower Soft at the moment and […]

So…Anna tagged Val and Val tagged Lori and Jenn who BOTH tagged me!  I was told to go to my digital photo files and pick out the 6th photo in the 6th folder.  My photos aren’t nearly as organized as I’d like, so I wasn’t too sure how this would work.  I had to laugh […]