Happy New Year's Eve everyone!  Seriously...where did this year go?!  It is crazy how life just seems to fly by so quickly.  It feels just like yesterday that I was struggling to write the correct date, and here I am...a day away from having the same struggle again. Crazy! This has been a wonderful year! ...

As I look upon the sentiment of the card I have to share with you today, I can't help but feel that it is my sincere thanks to all my card making friends and blog readers.  Over the years, this hobby and the people in it have touched my life in so many ways, and I am so thankful for that.  So, as you read my...

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Well....yesterday I went out and finished all the Christmas shopping that needed to get done.  So, that is a big old check.  Today I have a lot of baking and cleaning to do, and then we have friends coming over for dinner.  So- that should be fun.  Oh- and I have to make...

Happy Monday everyone!  I just realized that I hadn't scheduled my CPS card from last week to post, and wanted to share it with you today.  I love this card....it is one of my most recent favorites! Like I said, this card is for CPS Sketch 197.  I tend to change the long and skinny sketches to a normal...

Well, hi strangers!  I am home from Kenya, but super busy right now.  So, blog posts are going to be sparse through the end of the year.  Today though...I helping with the re-release of Jane Beljo's stamp set called Jane's Bakery!  They are super cute clear stamps that are for sell in her Etsy Shop...

Happy Thursday, friends!!  As this posts today, I should be on the 3 day long safari that is at the end of our time in Kenya.  Hopefully I will be photographing lions and giraffes and zebras and such.... Today I have my card for CPS Sketch 196 to share with you.  No sponsors during the month of December,...

Hi there!  So, this post marks where my blog will wind down for a bit until I get home.  Basically, you will only see a post each Thursday with my CPS sketch until I return. This card is for CPS Sketch 195.  We were sponsored by The {Stamps} of Life this week, and I got a couple of super cute Christmas...

Well, today is the last day of sneak peeks for Lawn Fawn this month!!  This latest set is called "Hello Friend" and it has so many amazing Friendship sentiments in it!  You are going to just love it...and it will definitely be a must have!! Here is the card I made using this new set! "If Friends Were Flowers..."...

Hi there!  Another day means another Lawn Fawn sneak peek!!  Today we are featuring a new set called "Fly Free".  This is a fairly small set, and I would daresay that I used all the stamps in it. ;) I went with some teeny, clean & simple cards for this stamp set.  I think they are so cute to hang...

Hi there!  Today brings another Lawn Fawn sneak peek!  Yay!  Today we are sharing a new Valentine's set with you!  It is super cute and full of puns...you will just love it! Here is my card using My Silly Valentine: "Some Bunny Loves You" supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill BasicsPaper: My Mind's EyeStamps/Twine:...

I have written about this before, but the texture in GCD Studios patterned paper is to die for!!  I just adore it!  A lot of the techniques that I have done in the past are about this textured paper, and I have yet another one for you!!  This month, I want to show you how stamping on this textured paper...

Hi everyone!!  Today starts the Lawn Fawn sneak peek, and up first is a new item that Lawn Fawn is introducing.  It is called "Lawn Trimmings", and they are the cutest little packages of ribbons and trims all bundled together!  They are super cute! Here is my card using the Lawn Trimmings! "Wedding Wishes"...

Happy black Friday, everyone!  I hope that today means you also had an amazing Thanksgiving as well!  Sorry I have been so sparse...just been getting ready to go to Kenya.  Can you believe that my flight leaves Missoula tomorrow at 8:10am?!  I am so excited, and a little nervous.  But, I know it...

{Sigh} I just love that sentiment...even though I am not a fan of winter, I always welcome the spirit of Christmas in my life.  The birth of my Savior....a time to reflect on that....a time to be with family and friends....giving & receiving...such a wonderful time of the year.  I will be in Kenya for a large...

....tee hee!  While I like to think that, it is also just the title of one of my cards to share with you today! So, how have you been on this fine Tuesday?  It has been gloomy and gray out all day long....so I holed up in my room drinking some hot peppermint coffee and making some cards.  Mmmm....like a...

Happy Thursday!!  I hope that your week has been a wonderful one so far, and that it is even better now that we are so close to the weekend! I have my card for CPS #192 to share with you today.  CPS is being sponsored by Paper Pretties this week, and they let me pick out a cute little set to make my card with. ...

Hi all!  Sorry I haven't been around...been a little bit busy with some things.  All good things though...I promise.  I will catch you up after my card! I got a card done this evening that I want to share with you.  I used 365 Cards: Sunday Sketch, OTWC #32 color challenge, and OCC "Attitude of Gratitude"...

...an Autumn colored any occasion card!  Happy Thursday, everyone!!  I hope that you are having a great day, and getting excited for the weekend!! Today I have my card for CPS #191.  We were sponsored by Stampin' Up courtesy of Catherine Pooler, and she sent me a little goodie bag to make my card with. ...

Happy Wednesday!  Today is the last sneak peek before the latest Lawn Fawn stamp release!! Today we have a new alphabet set to share with you, and I chose to use it with "Harvest Season" again.  I am just in a Thanksgiving mode right now!  I am pretty sure I used every single leaf stamp in the set, and both...

Happy Tuesday, everyone!!  Today I have another card to share with you using a new Lawn Fawn stamp set that will release this week.  It is called "Hats Off to You", and it is so super cute and versatile.  There are about a million things you can do with it!  And while I didn't combine it with "Critters...

**This is post #2 for the day....please scroll down to see my Lawn Fawn "Critters in the Snow" sneak peek!!**  Happy November everyone!!  Can you believe that Christmas is just a little under 2 months away!  Craziness, I tell you.  Well, today I have an inexpensive and easy gift that you can make...