When Heather sent me this set several weeks ago I laughed and laughed and laughed. I love the sentiments! I couldn’t wait to play with the set! This weekend was the perfect chance, what with our crazy weather and all. We needed a little warming up around here! SSD Tropical Birthday Here’s Kim Teasdale’s Sketch Tuesday SSD02 for Skipping Stones Design: And here is my take on the sketch. It’s a simple, yet fun card. I have a hard time…
But the snow is so delightful? Uhm… sorta… the jury is still out on that one. After a LOnG and crazy day in Salt Lake doing this with Mrs Georgia White and her daughter Sue …. …. this is what I came home to: Sorry for the blurriness.. it’s difficult to take a decent photo at night while you’re shivering to death. Brrr. I could barely get in my driveway…. I had to back up to the curb across the…
I’m headed in to work today to take a client (Georgia White) up to Salt Lake City so she can set up a Christmas Tree at Primary Children’s Medical Center, tie loads of toys and goodies on it, and watch the kids faces light up. It’s a tradition. I‘ve been almost every year for the past 10 years. We woke up to a white wonderland this morning! We’ve got 5” of snow down here at home and about 6+” in…
Every year Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) in Salt Lake City holds a Festival of Trees. The purpose of this festival is to raise money for families who have loved ones at PCMC and need help with their medical bills. From their website: “For 39 years, the Festival of Trees has been a “Gift of Love” to children at Primary Children’s Medical Center. The Festival is organized by a volunteer board of 84 women who enlist time and talents from…
This is my take on the Skipping Stones Design Sketch SS01. I had a lot of fun with this sketch.. it made me think a little and then it was screaming “CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS” at me so I couldn’t resist. Afterall, it IS that time of year again. Here’s the Christmas Swirls stamp set: I wanted to do something a little out of my box and decided to try a somewhat monochromatic look with metallic shimmer cardstock. I have such a…
So I’m in my Studio today finishing up some projects that I started on Wednesday, one being a made to order gift for my aunt to give her friend, another being the final touches on the SSD Sketch SS01 and photographs and another being finishing up the tags that I started at Sue Neal’s Christmas tag box class last night. I had hoped to get the final touches on my SSD card last night but the class went longer than…
Hi all! I’m back from the annual trek to Iowa to spend Thanksgiving with my family. It was quite the crazy trip this year as we had 11 adults, 5 kids under the age of 3, and 2 dogs at dinner this year. I’m surprised Mom’s house did not explode with the amount of crazy energy going on inside last week. LOL! Tuesdays are Sketch Tuesday at Skipping Stones Design. My fellow “stamp tramps” (what Heather is calling her DT)…
A while back I mentioned that Heather Timmins from Skipping Stones Design asked me to be on her Design Team. Well, now it’s official. I am a “Stamp Tramp” (that’s what Heather is calling her DT members.) for Skipping Stones Design! My fellow Stamp Tramps are: Amanda Gauer-SewellAngela Thomas So what exactly is a Stamp Tramp? Glad you asked… here’s the information from the SSD website. Don’t worry, it’s nothing naughty. Remember, while I am a little spunky and crazy…
It seems that I’ve got the jewelry bug. I’m smitten with making handmade jewelry and trinkets. Over the past week or so I have whipped up a few more necklaces and a bracelet and some charms (which I’m still working on tweaking a little). Here are some photos of what I’ve been making. Red & Gold – a gift for my grandmother (who doesn’t have a computer, so it’s safe to post) for Christmas. I used FOUR strands of beads…
We’re coming up on one of the holidays that seems to have the BEST leftovers… stuffing, turkey (or HAM in my case), mashed potatoes, rolls, and PIE… Often in papercrafting and scrapbooking we have TONS of leftovers. Remember that Christmas album that you only used 75% of the entire kit to make? Or that super cool Basic Grey pad that you used most of and have bits and pieces left, but the paper is so darn cute and you just…