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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’ve been procrastinating making this card all day long. I also had to postpone the next reveal of Scrap My…
We’re up to Reveal #2 today in the Scrap My Scraps II challenge. This is so fun for me getting…
I’m starting to get the photos in from the players in the Scrap My Scraps Challenge part II. I was…
Hey friends! I realized that I did not put an announcement date on the blog candy, so I figured I’d…
Well this HUGE, HONKIN, BIG OLE, GRANDMAMMY OF THEM ALL post is a few days in the promising… to Jeanne,…
I loooooved playing with the Skipping Stones Design Chick Chat set!!! I made a couple of extra birthday cards while…
I’m finally getting around to sorting through my photos from Creative University. Let me just tell ya… I had SO…
OOOH I am still TRYING to recover from my “vacations”.. I seriously need a vacation to recover from my vacations.…
Hey friends! I am BACK from Creative University… OH MY GOOODNESSS! I am so exhausted! We had such a delightful,…
{Scheduled Post} Ok so don’t pass out. LOL! I PAPER scrapped last week. Ay yi yi… I can’t remember the…
{Scheduled Post} Hey friends! Remember when I did the Scrap My Scraps challenge last year? We had some fabulous fun…
Happy Tuesday! Today while you all are having fun reading blogs and surfing the web I am at work slaving…
I feel so blessed to get to be a part of this fantastic service opportunity! I am sure many of…
I know I said I would show you more Bling a long time ago. I’m just now getting around to…
{Brent has been unsubscribed from my blog (for now) and has sworn not to look at the blog until Sunday..…
Hey friends! I was working on some Valentine’s projects yesterday in hopes of getting everything ready to give this weekend. …
Happy Tuesday ya’ll! Today we’re playing with another fun sketch from Belinda Chang Langer of Bleu Bella Paperie. Here’s today’s…
Can you believe we’re 10 weeks into Skipping Stones Sketches? Wow, time is FLYING by and I’ve been having a…
I received this darling card from Kay Demonbren last week. What a bright it was in my week! Kay won…
Mostly I’m naughty… I think…. at least with sketches. I like rules because they give me boundaries and usually I…
I have been buried under piles of beads and jump rings for the last couple of days. I have found…
Good morning friends! Or, good afternoon, or evening, or middle of the stinking night, whatever time it is that you’ve…
Ahhhh I totally got buried in projects (not all crafty) last week and forgot to post this. I was cleaning…
Good morning my Inky friends! It’s that time of the week again to play with sketches. I spend the weekend…
Are you recovered from the Blog Hop yet? I’m not quite sure I am! LOL! I keep going back to…
Thank you girls for playing along with us with the sketches on my Cupcake Cutie giveaway! The following girls played…
First of all I want give you all a big fat THANK YOU for participating in our blog hop! What…
Welcome to the first blog hop of 2010 from Skipping Stones Design!! I am so glad you’ve made it to…
Skipping Stones Design is GEARING UP for their first BLOG HOP and BELIEVE ME you are NOT going to want…
Thoughts for Thursday – back? Well sorta. I don’t really want to commit to an every Thursday TFT episode cuz…
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…
I think one of my favorite phrases is “better late than never”. It seems to be my life’s motto lately. …
So far this month we’ve had 4 sketches from Skipping Stones Design. I’ve had loads of fun using them as…
I’ve been a busy girl this past week. I have a lot of schtuff to upload to share, but the…
I was working on a lot of projects this weekend. I can share two of them with you after Thursday…
When Heather sent me this set several weeks ago I laughed and laughed and laughed. I love the sentiments! I…
But the snow is so delightful? Uhm… sorta… the jury is still out on that one. After a LOnG and…
Every year Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Salt Lake City holds a Festival of Trees. The purpose of this…
This is my take on the Skipping Stones Design Sketch SS01. I had a lot of fun with this sketch..…
So I’m in my Studio today finishing up some projects that I started on Wednesday, one being a made to…
Hi all! I’m back from the annual trek to Iowa to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was quite the…
A while back I mentioned that Heather Timmins from Skipping Stones Design asked me to be on her Design Team.…
It seems that I’ve got the jewelry bug. I’m smitten with making handmade jewelry and trinkets. Over the past week…
This year the “holiday” season has really snuck up on me and caught me off guard. I am soo not…
In my efforts to get back into crafting again (now that I am feeling better and HUMAN) I have decided…
Today I have spent hours sorting out photos on my computer so that I can get ready to back up…
Happy Halloween, friends! It’s been a looong day, today we were up bright and early to do a final blitz…
Before Brent left to go out campaigning (door to door visiting) this morning he told me “You HAVE to put…
Hey friends! Just a quick note to let you know that I have not died or dropped off the planet.…
Sorry, couldn’t resist. The Infinity Board I saw this online at Gina K’s Stamp TV site. Click anywhere on this…
Hey all! I disappeared again for a bit. No excuses other than life happening and priorities being lined up, etc. …
Let’s break up the string of cupcake cards and share this fun little project instead. Last Thursday night we had…
Where did the weekend go? It seemed to fly by so fast this time! We were busy doing “outdoors” type…
Hey all! It’s been a wonky week again. Summers are usually this way for us and we usually end up…
When my sister was here, my niece, Squid, and I made a bracelet and necklace set for her (see this…
When I get to visit with my family I love to do things with my niece, Squid. Squid LOVES jewelry,…
I went to Curves this morning and came home hoping to crash…. well, I barely had time for a “break”…
Do you ever have days/weeks/months where you feel like this? Seriously… July has been INSANE. Anyway. Brent is at city…
So while my sister and her family were here earlier this month (and I was COMPLETELY M.I.A from the computer)…
So it’s FINALLY beginning to look like SUMMER here in Utah. We’ve had a constant stream of rainy days (no…
Sadly, we are at our last set of Scrap My Scraps Cards… I have enjoyed this challenge IMMENSELY. It’s been…
Happy Monday! Welcome back to Scrap My Scraps! Here is Card Set #5 This set of cards is pretty awesome! …
I’m here sitting at the computer having finished Card Set #3 and thought I’d better get a couple of posts…
Sorry for the delay. I have not been feeling well and have finally been able to haul myself to the…
First of all… I have to tell you something that might shock you. Please sit down. I can not be…
A while back when I was cleaning out my closet I came across a bunch of packets of card “guts”…
I’ve had some questions about some details in the Studio Tour (and the sneak peek collage from a while back)……
Reporting in…. So I started Curves in April. I went on vacation in May for a little over a week…
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…
Music has always touched my soul. I played trumpet & baritone junior high through high school and trumpet in college.…
I needed a simple and quick card to send to my friend, Kathi, with a packet of goodies for a…
Hey, so I scheduled this post before I left… let’s hope the other two actually work, too! LOL! A while…
…….I just can’t wait to get on the road again….. da da da daaaa daaa… something, something… I can’t remember…
I joined Curves almost a month ago. I finally decided that I needed to something about all this extra hamburger…
Teaser….! Can you guess what this is? LOL! I just wanted to share a sneak peek and show ya that…
So now we’ve made it through the details of how I organize and function in this space… here’s the full…
I’m so sorry for the delay in posting. I got rather busy with work, the business, getting the yard in…
{Forgive me if my typing is a little wonky.. I just got back from the eye dr and my eyes…
I graduated the Inspiration Phase: I learned what inspired me and I began to gather up my inspiration ideas and…
I am FINALLY getting around to sharing the revamp of my studio. It’s been a long time in the making.…
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,…