Aloha, all! I’ve had several friends over for crafting sessions the past couple of weeks, and each of them has something they really want from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog (next week!). But I’ve had lots of fun helping them understand that there are many ways they can already start making this year’s cards… [Read More]
Die-cutting and Embossing
A Belated Birthday Wish!
Aloha, all! I have spent the past week just crafting away, not that you’d notice from my posting here. But it was craft or post, and craft won. In the midst of all that not posting, I missed the fourth of the birthday cards that I mentioned last week, but it was actually the first… [Read More]
Birthday Week – Part 2!
Aloha, all! Once I got my masculine cards out of the way for the group of upcoming birthdays, I was on to making cards for the two women on my list. At this point, I’d not yet put away the Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper (DSP), and I started rummaging through the pretty magnolia designs in… [Read More]
Birthday Week – Part 1!
Aloha, all! This past weekend I realized that I had a busy week ahead of me AND that there were FOUR birthdays bearing down on me all of which required a handmade card: My sister, a grandson, a nephew and a BFF. Yikes, I’d better get rolling on this one before life takes over! Two… [Read More]
One More Sale-a-Bration Reprise!
Aloha, all! My last post included two cards that I’d made using paper from this past winter’s Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration brochure. Today’s post is a quick look at the third card I made when I had that paper out, and also includes another sneak peek into the upcoming Holiday Catalog and the Peaceful Boughs Bundle… [Read More]
A Sale-a-Bration Reprise (With a Sneak Peek)
Aloha, all! You might be aware that it’s just a bit more than 3 weeks until Stampin’ Up!’s 2019 Holiday Catalog is released. But you may already have seen many demonstrators show off some of the Holiday Catalog product that they bought as part of the demonstrator pre-order program (yes, demos get to buy stuff… [Read More]
Island Hopping with Seaside Notions!
Aloha, all! I am finally back in Hawaii after more than two weeks away from home, the last week in the 109 degree plus temperatures of the desert southwest. Yep, in Las Vegas. I am SOOOO happy to be home out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, whose currents do a wonderful job of… [Read More]
