There is nothing like starting my morning with 5 Minute Crafting, and the easiest way to do that is to start with a full sized stamp. This is a long-retired stamp called Sweetbriar Rose. I stamped the panel in Sahara Sand and colored with alcohol markers. The striped papers are part of the Color Collection…
To finish up the month of First Frost I want to share this Beautiful Card Set in 30 Minutes! Oh my goodness do I love the rose images! See how they look like they have been water colored by hand? Not a single technique used to get this image, just ink up and stamp! I have…
Building, now, on the cards that we were making last week, I want to cover Adding Embossing to a Clean Card. I posted these in our Facebook private group, and then asked on Instagram, which do you prefer? This Layered Leaves embossing got a few votes but was a resounding “NO” in most cases. Although, everyone…
I’ve made a few of these alternatives to the usual sympathy sentiment, You’re In My Thoughts Quick and Easy Cards. These are also a great way to show that you are still aware of someone’s loss. After the initial loss or injury, it’s so nice to show you still care and may not know what…
Getting healthy this year, I’ve decided that the blah blah blah of “this isn’t a diet, it’s a lifestyle” has got to make sense to me. I am not going to go to the gym every day and zone out on a treadmill. I’m just not! My exercise is coming from gardening and that means…
When you focus on some simple stamping, just plain ink on paper, there is a Subtle Elegance in Handmade Cards. Sometimes the message inside your card is much more important than the card itself, and the outside needs to just be pleasant. I will be showing the ladies in Cardmaking how to add onto the…
Did you know that our Toby came from Cavalier Rescue USA? We absolutely love him and he’s just what my sad heart needed to take away the pain of losing my Katie girl in 1995. She was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel from a breeder in Washington State. I bought Katie and brought her home…
This week’s Gardening News is all about the front yard. The garden is a year and a half old now and there have been a few plants that have shown themselves to not be worthy of the water bill. I learned how to garden in Colorado. Most of my experience came from failures, and some…
I had such fun last year that I decided that “Feeding Your Body with Organic Vegetables” was going to be my exercise program, too. This year I have moved within the garden beds to be right across from the Nursery where I volunteer twice a week. It makes it a lot easier on those days…
