Warmest Wishes

Hey there, Phew!  Now that holidays and birthdays have passed for now, maybe I can get some Christmas cards made.  My goal was to make one Christmas card a week starting in January.  I sure have a lot of catching up to do.  I think I've made four, counting this one!  I wanted to do …

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Any Day I Dabble in Ink!

Hello, hello! Boy, have I been busy!  That's a fact, not a question.  🙂  It's been hard to keep up with The Daily Marker's March 30 Day Challenge, especially when most of the days I've made a complete card.  I didn't even have time to meet my Sunday blog deadline yesterday.  Besides making a card or other sample, …

Sunday Sample: Winter Birthday

Happy Sunday, Our best friends visited us from Florida between Christmas and New Year's.  In Florida they live in a housing development.  We live in a woodsy area in Georgia.  Patz was fascinated by the variety of birds in our yard , so she spent enjoyable times birdwatching from our kitchen windows.  Patz' birthday is tomorrow, so I decided to make …

Vellum Overlay

Hi there, January is a big birthday month for people in my life.  It includes my mom's birthday, my husband's, my best friend's and our daughter's birthday, plus many friends whom I think of this month.  I made this card for my mom who turned 88 this month.  We are so blessed to still enjoy her presence.  On the …

Sunday Sample: A Hug in a Mug

Hello Everyone, I haven't done Sunday Sample since the first Sunday in December.  I gave top billing to Kassidy, who as some of you know, was in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Designer Spotlight for the month of December 2016.  I need to learn how to "bump" the most significant posts to the top of …

Simon Says Stamp Designer Spotlight, Make It Sparkle

Hello Everyone, It's Wednesday again and time for another Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  It sure is cold where we are, and I know that many are you are experiencing the same, some worse than us for sure.  We live in the southeastern part of the U.S.A., so our winters are mild.  However, it is still …

Simon Says Stamp Designer Spotlight, Gift It

Hi Readers, Granddaughter Kassidy is a guest designer again this week in the Designer Spotlight for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  Kassidy is so happy to do this and wants to do well and please.  When she is crafting, I enjoy seeing how focused she is, how she knows the look she is going after, and how …