Aloha, all! If you're wondering where I've been, I've been in my Craft Room getting ready for the new Stampin' Up! Catalog - which is just a week away from being published! Yay!!! So two things have been going on, with many steps involved in each: First, I have been clearing retiring Stampin' Up! … [Read more...] about It’s a Busy Time in the Stampin’ Up! Year!
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Love Birds for the Divas!
Aloha, all! It's Wednesday again, and time for yet another color challenge for the members of the Diva Coffee Break Design Team - and I would be one of those! You know how much I "love" the color challenges. But this week, well, I really did like the color scheme! The challenge colors are Melon Mambo (luscious new pink in the Stampin' … [Read more...] about Love Birds for the Divas!
Happy Birthday, Jadon!
Aloha, Jadon! And a very happy birthday--the first I've been able to celebrate with you! For the rest of you, my son was married this summer to a wonderful woman who has a 6-year old (well, now 7-yeasr old) son, Jadon. I'm off visiting them in the Pacific Northwest as I write this, and Saturday is Jadon's Birthday Party. When I heard that dinosaurs were his current main … [Read more...] about Happy Birthday, Jadon!
The Final Piece of the 90th Birthday Card
Aloha, all! When I made the card for Marian's 90th Birthday, I wanted it to be richly colorful. So I definitely did NOT want to have the inside of the card be plain white or to add another layer of card stock. After all, with the pop up, the card was plenty thick as it was. But writing a note on a color such as Rich Razzleberry would have been a challenge (lots of them in the … [Read more...] about The Final Piece of the 90th Birthday Card
A “No Layer” Challenge
Most cards that are made using Stampin' Up! products include multiple layers of papers and/or card stock, artfully arranged with stamped images and embellishments to create a true work of art! (Hey, I need to start doing more of that!!) For one swap to take place at this year's Stampin' Up! convention, we were challenged to make a card with NO LAYERS! But it was still supposed to be a … [Read more...] about A “No Layer” Challenge
Morgan Dances
My first posts on my new blog will focus on scrapbook pages that I have made for our grandchildren. Morgan has not yet been to visit us on the Big Island of Hawaii--and given her rapidly growing brood of siblings, may not be visiting for awhile. Dear child would love to visit; however, her mother would probably lose her sanity quickly with three under the age of six traveling … [Read more...] about Morgan Dances