Friday Simple Stamping – Nature

 September 25th, 2020 This week the theme for Simple Stamping is Nature.  I chose this theme because the calendar of days indicates that tomorrow, September 26th is Hunting & Fishing Day.  Not too many men in my life that hunt and fish but Stampin’ Up! has some great stamp sets that fall into that category. Continue reading “Friday Simple Stamping – Nature”

Upcoming Challenges and Studio Class

Thursday, September 24th, 2020 These are the challenges for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can choose to do only one, two, or all three. Make it an even bigger challenge and combine all three. Sometimes I do and at other times I don’t. Creativity is all about having fun and playing with materials and toolsContinue reading “Upcoming Challenges and Studio Class”

Paper Pumpkin Play Date

HELLO PUMPKIN Today I created a couple of alternative cards with this month’s kit: HELLO PUMPKIN. This is a timely kit perfect for creating favors for Halloween and/or Thanksgiving. It is a little too early for me to make Halloween goodies for the my neighbors. I used a few of the stamps included in theContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date”

News You Can Use – Current Updates

September 22, 2020 NUMBER ONE WAIT DON’T ORDER…THERE IS A FLASH SALE…24 HOURS ONLY…WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 – 12:00 am to 11:50 pm (Mountain Time) Here in the East, we are two hours ahead. So that is 2:00 am to 1:50 am These are the cling and photopolymer stamp sets from the 2020–2021 Annual Catalog thatContinue reading “News You Can Use – Current Updates”

Sunday Sketch – SS021

 September 20th, 2020 “Just” A nice sketch with a little dimension.  I love doing Sketches.  Half of the guess work is already completed…deciding what to make.  Now all you have to do is choose the colors and the stamp set and get to work! Instead of a 2½” x ”2¾” square, I chose one ofContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS021”

Saturday Keep Stamping – Quadrangle Cut Pattern

 September 19th, 2020 This week my challenge is to cut a Six by Six (6″ x 6”) sheet of Patterned Paper in what has been coined the “Quadrangle Cut”.  Cut in four and create four cards. I chose to use one of the sheets from the Boho Indigo Product Medley and from there chose theContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Quadrangle Cut Pattern”

Friday Simple Stamping – Thinking of You

 September 18th, 2020 This week the theme for Simple Stamping is “Thinking of You”.  Did you know that the week of September 21st to September 27th is International Thinking of You week? In anticipation of this event:  SEND A CARD – DELIVER A SMILE, get a start on creating seven (7) cards, one to sendContinue reading “Friday Simple Stamping – Thinking of You”

Upcoming Challenges and Classes

Thursday, September 17th, 2020 These are the challenges for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can choose to do only one, two, or all three. Make it an even bigger challenge and combine all three. Sometimes I do and at other times I don’t. Creativity is all about having fun and playing with materials and toolsContinue reading “Upcoming Challenges and Classes”

Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Grown with Kindness

September 17, 2020 Out of the cupboard and out of the box came the FEBRUARY 2019 – GROWN WITH KINDNESS kit.  This kit featured Succulents in photo realistic images and a great stamp set with lovely sentiments and a wonderful planted teacup image. Two of the original kit colors, Fresh Fig and Lemon Lime TwistContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date – Grown with Kindness”

Joy

September 16, 2020 Global Design Project – GDP258 – Wrapped in Christmas Trying my hand at another challenge.  This one is new for me.  I have followed the creativity of the Designers and participants of GDP for some time now and it was time to play along. Check out the Global Design Project blog forContinue reading “Joy”