Masculine Cards – Best Catch
I’m a girlie girl. But…I love my fishing. Trout fishing. I caught my first cutthroat trout when I was in 3rd grade along the Rio Grande with my Dad while my uncles and Grandfather looked on. I was the eldest Read More
Masculine Cards–Keep it personal
GEARED UP GARAGE Birthday or Father’s Day creation I’m fixated with masculine cards…namely because I sell my cards at a local boutique “La Bona International Boutique” here in Pensacola, FL. So I like to ensure the shop is stocked with Read More
Magnolia Lane Wreath
Living in Pensacola Florida is very much the grand south and having beautiful magnolia trees on my property is proof. So I was immediately drawn to this suite and I couldn’t resist this project! If you loved my Butterfly Wreath…then Read More
Everything is Rosy!
AVAILABLE until 31 MAY! This exclusive, LIMITED-TIME collection of coordinating, petal-packed products has everything you need to let your creativity bloom and is totally coordinated and with endless possibilities! When you consider the amount of products (i.e. 60 embellishments, 48 Read More
On Stage Make & Takes
ON STAGE 2019 I want to share some of the new products that we had the opportunity to use while at ON STAGE in Charlotte with 1,200 of my closest friends! Here are the cards and I also added some Read More
Butterfly Wreath
Butterflies are just perfect for spring! I used the Butterfly Beauty Dies to create this wreath. I was inspired by Cheri Stojkovich’s watercolor coloring technique featured on Cheri’s Cards. Thank you Cheri for the inspiration. I wanted to take it Read More
“His Grace” Easter Card evokes Spring
I am always inspired to recreate the cards presented by SU’s Artisan Team and add my own creative twist! Using the HIS GRACE stamp set evokes the feeling of spring and reverence that is so characteristic of the Easter Season. Read More
Country Floral Ideas
I have featured the Country Floral Dynamic Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on several projects on my blog. I was anxious to try the “wet” embossing technique. Steps for Creating Effect: (1) Take the embossing folder and using an Read More
A Tea Rose in a Tea Cup makes for perfect Tea Together-ness!
I was inspired by the card from the Occasion Catalog on page 49 using the Tea Together stamp set and Tea Time Framelits Dies (FREE during Sale-a-brations with $100 Purchase). I decided to put my spin on it by using Read More
Origami Frame Fold
#simplestamping I’m always looking for fancy folds that can be used to transform a card easily. Take a 4″x4″ square piece of DSP and fold point to point; turning back the last points to create the frame. This technique is Read More
Lasting Lily for All Occasions
The easel card is the perfect “fancy fold” for special occasions. Here is a simple tutorial to demonstrate how to use the Sale-A-Brations stamps and coordinating framelits to create a variety of sentiments with just the change of a stamp! Read More
Birthday Easel Card
I couldn’t resist the challenge of re-creating the birthday card shown on page 6 of the the Sale-a-bration Brochure using the HELLO CUPCAKE stamp with the new CALL ME CUPCAKE coordinating FRAMELIT Dies which are now available on my ONLINE Read More
Flowering Desert Beauty
#simplestamping I was born in the desert southwest and these projects speak to my heart. Not only is this simple stamping in the most purest sense; what is great about this stamp set is the versatility this set offers. Below, Read More
Watercolor Technique for Nursery Creations
The PERFECTLY PAIRED stamp set featured in the 2019 Occasions Catalog inspired me to create a congratulations card that is good enough to frame for the nursery! What you need: The PERFECTLY PAIRED stamp set Whisper White card stock cut Read More
#simplestamping Baby Card
Fast and easy baby card using the simple stamping technique! #simplestamping is all about INK to PAPER to fabulous! I was inspired by page 10 of the Occassions Catalog’s FIRST STEPS stamp set. But I wanted to create a project Read More