Inky Smiles
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A list of our family's favorite board & card games. Many of which can easily be played with just 2…
Hello again and Happy Halloween! We have been getting slammed with snow here in the Rockies this week. I think…
Oh goodness.. another post! Can you believe it? I’m trying.. hehe! I started watercolor painting this late spring/summer on a…
I know it has been an eternity since I last wrote anything on this blog. It’s been a crazy couple…
Hello again! This post is a follow up to yesterday’s Frozen Scarf post. I figured with all the photos it…
While much of the country is freeezing their bums off covered in a blanket of snow, here in Colorado we…
And now for the excuses….. I have not died. Or driven off the face of the earth. (Yes, it looks…
I have not been diligent about blogging lately. I’m trying to figure out this house and get things settled in…
So I have already failed my goal of blogging once per week. I have no excuses. Really. Immediately after we…
Wow, I’ve been gone quite some time from the blog. No excuses, just busy living life. Those of you who…
Hello sweet friends! Yes, it’s been a while again. I did not anticipate abandoning my blog again… but sometimes life…
Today I have a fun, folksy, doodly focal point image technique to share with you called Black Magic. I saw…
Hi friends! Today I have a fun technique to share with you! This year at Creative University Tresa had the…
Hey guys! It’s been a LOOONG crazy summer! I know I’ve been MIA entirely too long. We have had so…
I saw an idea for a vintage cone on The Graphics Fairy blog a while back and decided that I…
Yes, belated again. LOL! I was too busy actually PLAYING on NSD too blog about my crafty projects (not to…
I made this cute little E a while back for the wall/window of E’s in my studio. I’m really enjoying…
I love my husband. He is my best friend and he brightens each and every one of my days. He…
I’m starting an online class today called Soul Restoration (part 1). Many of you are already familiar with the Brave…
I’m back with some photos of our Charm Swap from this year’s Creative University. This year Tresa asked me…
{ACK! THis was suppposed to have posted while I was away at C.U…. I opened up Live Writer this morning…
Busy in the studio on the computer still… I’ve been LOVING playing with digital images and and creating fun little…
Hello! This morning I had an email from a friend asking me if I had seen a particular template she…
I had a jewelry making class at my home on Friday night. We had 3 girls get sick, but the…
Hey friends! Back with the promised shabby chic feather birdie tutorial just for you! I hope you all had a…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! We got our first real teeny bit of sticking snow…
So I have been working on a little project and needed a base for it. When Stacey was here we…
Hey friends! Sorry I haven’t been around much this week… I didn’t get more owls sewn or even clean my…
I just wanted to clarify… I know that I said they were completely handstitched but they are MOSTLY handstitched.. lol! …
Hi Friends! It’s been a busy few/several weeks here at the Inky Smiles house. We’ve been CANNING (tomatoes, peaches, cucumbers).…
{This is a scheduled post while I am enjoying time away from the computer with my family – parents, siblings,…
Hey friends! I need to apologize for being away so long. No drama, just life, and when life gets busy…
Welcome to Skipping Stones Design’s Blog Design Team Blog Hop!! I’m so glad to “see” you here today! Today we…
Toilet paper is always fun to talk about on a blog. Some of you may remember blending paper towels and…
Hey friends! I’m back this week. Yay… or something. LOL! Anyway.. it’s been a seriously insane week. It’s 12:41 am…
I had so much fun making my last SSD card and figured I should share with you how I did…
Happy Tuesday Inky Friends! Sadly, today is our last sketch with the awesome Kimberly Crawford, but I really had fun…
Happy Easter, Friends! I hope each of you had a pleasant and blessed Easter yesterday! Brent and I enjoyed a…
I loved Jeanne Tomshack’s post of her Egg Wreath and had to copy it. I love putting different wreaths on…
It’s always a good time for cake, and my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t have…
I’m finally getting around to sorting through my photos from Creative University. Let me just tell ya… I had SO…
Hey friends! I am BACK from Creative University… OHMYGOOODNESSS! I am so exhausted! We had such a delightful, fantastic, exhausting,…
I feel so blessed to get to be a part of this fantastic service opportunity! I am sure many of…
Ahhhh I totally got buried in projects (not all crafty) last week and forgot to post this. I was cleaning…
Are you recovered from the Blog Hop yet? I’m not quite sure I am! LOL! I keep going back to…
Welcome to the first blog hop of 2010 from Skipping Stones Design!! I am so glad you’ve made it to…
We are snowed in here in Utah today. I still feel a little under the weather and ooogy, but I…
I’m sorry that I’m posting this a bit late. I like to have my posts scheduled to go at least…
In my efforts to get back into crafting again (now that I am feeling better and HUMAN) I have decided…
Hey friends! Just a quick note to let you know that I have not died or dropped off the planet.…
Let’s break up the string of cupcake cards and share this fun little project instead. Last Thursday night we had…
Happy Monday! Welcome back to Scrap My Scraps! Here is Card Set #5 This set of cards is pretty awesome! …
I {heart} Windows Live Writer. It makes my blogging life MO BETTAH. Jeanne Tomshack introduced it to me a while…
I have had a few emails asking some specifics about the recent “faux acrylic/plastic” flowers that I’ve had on the…
I’m so sorry for the delay in posting. I got rather busy with work, the business, getting the yard in…
I just wanted to share my excitement with you all! 1.) After 3 interviews, a personality profile test, and days…
Creative Supplies: DCWV Luxury 4×6 paper pad BG Bittersweet 6×6 paper pad Fiskars Lace border punch Nestabilities Ovals CTMH Inks…
I wrote a tutorial this morning… this next week could be busy for me, so I’ve written up a couple…
Thank you for playing the StuffStak game with us! We got a lot of emails and drew one name for…
I’ve been dedicating and spending more time this week to work in the studio and get some artsy fartsy things…
We covered the making of the actual beads in Part One. The post was getting quite long so I decided…
This was supposed to be posted on Friday, but our internet was out (AGAIN) and I spent the morning on…
I have wanted to share these for forevvvvvvvvver! I finished them back before Christmas but couldn’t post them because the…
Hi all! I am just popping in to let you know that I am still alive and kicking… barely kicking…
Today I am grateful for lasting friendships. Some people come into your life for a season, some for a reason,…
Today is day #15 for me on this journey. I have been keeping track of my daily gratitude and compiling…
Here’s a really simple little card… I was playing around with some scraps (from partial embossing the other day) while…
I am quickly becoming a fan of “semi homemade” cards! My Grandma loves to send cards and so Mom and…
“Friends broaden our horizons. They serve as new models with whom we can identify. They allow us to be ourselves–and…
This weekend (before the head cold/flu bug from you-know-where set in) I did a little crafting and worked on the…
I have decided that I absolutely LOVE altering letters! Here’s a fun little project that I made to hang on…
Better late than never…. I DID tell you I was working on a tutorial last week… 🙂 As I type…
Oh man, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. We’ve had a busy couple of weeks and have made some…
Hey girlies! A girlfriend of mine just told me about a HUGE online Clearance sale that starts tomorrow, August 5th,…
This is way late… well late for posting, but you know how it’s been at my house lately… LOL! I…
It’s been a super long day (as usual). I worked today and then came home and went swimming…. not in…
Hi Friends! I have been AWOL for a while now and I am sooo sorry! We’ve been super busy with…
So while we are on the topic of organization, I thought I might share how I organize my digital stash…
I can’t seem to get enough of fun colors lately. Yesterday I picked up some fun stuff at Joann’s to…
I have a few things to post this week. I’ve been remaking some of my fav (recent) projects with different…
As promised, here’s the tutorial for the Multi Fold Card I posted with the Sketch Challenge…. Adore Stacked Flower Card(aka…
Here’s Sketch Challenge {009} for you! Use some patterned paper, a horizontal element or two, TWO stamps only (sentiment and…
{Pics of our trip coming soon} {If I don’t stop coughing soon I am going to FREAK OUT} {I updated…
This is the project from the sneak peek I posted yesterday. I am still searching for the perfect photo of…
First things first. I received a call from Carrie @ Brains on Fire this morning. I did not get through…
I’ve been taking it easy for the last part of this past week because I’ve had pneumonia. I’ve been sick…
That’s Ewe as in Ewe, not “ewwwww”… LOL! 😛 Here’s my most recent contribution as guest designer for Sweet n…
Well, it’s 8:30 pm and I still feel like crud…. It’s been a while since I’ve done a RAK here……
Hey friends! I woke up sick as a dog this morning and just feel like lying around sleeping all day,…
I had some fun last week in the studio & I finally decided on the new color scheme for the…
UPDATED: February 17th, 2008 We interrupt this post for an important message: I’m gonna be PUBLISHED…. well.. at least this…
“What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? ”—Mary Ann Evans…
Simple, yet elegant card based on the sketch {008} . It’s sharp and clean and screams feminine to me.Techniques –…
Scrap Girls has the most fabulous sales! I love sharing them with you…. addiction loves company , right? Oh wait……
I wanted to get something new and fun up here on the blog this weekend, but we had a variety…
Last night, as I was laying in bed after a LOOOOOOOONG day of work (I have to go back today…