Aloha, all! When I’m having the kind of a day (week, month?) where I just cannot get started on any kind of card-making project at all, I look online for something to CASE (Copy And Share with Everyone). Early last month when my friend, Donna, was in town and we were crafting a bit, we worked together to… [Read More]
Handmade Cards
More Fun With “Follow Your Art”!
Aloha, all! I hope you read my last post showing the sampler that I made using the Follow Your Art Suite of products in the upcoming 2019-2020 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. If you didn’t you might want to check it out before you wonder what I’m talking about in this post! Click HERE. And a brief… [Read More]
A Fun Pocket Card!
Aloha, all! I’m not sure I’ve mentioned this much, but I’m actively putting together a new eBook with greeting card patterns. I’m aiming for a July 1, 2019, publication date, and that’s not all that far away. So I’ve been scrambling recently to make cards in all the designs I’m going to include in the… [Read More]
A Retiring Stamp Set I’ve Never Owned…
…but wish I had! Aloha, all! When I visited my sister-in-law, Deb, last month, we had a really good time crafting in her wonderful craft room. She was trying out techniques for her upcoming stamp camps and I was trying out stamp sets and colors that I didn’t have at home. This is a stamp… [Read More]
Stamping With Stitching?
Aloha, all! Many of you who have crafted with me over the years know that my first crafting love was needlework. I was all into that hobby, entering competitions, attending conferences, and gathering with friends for stitching sessions. But when the stamping bug hit me in the mid-1980s, my stitching rather quickly retreated into nothingness…. [Read More]
Looking Through My Stash! – Part 4
Aloha, all! Many of the cards that were exchanged in the swap at last month’s Stamp Camp on O’ahu, led by fab Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, Cindy Baughman, were made using products from the Stampin’ Up! 2019 Occasions Catalog. Even though I bought a few sets from that catalog, I was pretty sure that I’d been using… [Read More]
Happy Birthday – With Spring Colors!
Aloha, all! I am just so grateful that finally my life has reached the point where I can do more about paying attention to other people than to the work of getting myself situated into normalcy. I’ve been trying to make sure that I get out to see local friends more often – though not… [Read More]
