I have been meaning to do a clear box out of acetate for ages,but it’s one of those things I just never got around to doing — so when the Technique Lover’s Challenge popped up today at SCS and it was to do a box out of acetate, well, I knew I HAD to!!! I […]

It was a JustRite weekend around my house — my boys were all home, the weather was beautiful, and come Sunday evening I even got to stamp — now, it can’t get any better than that!!! And I got a chance to use one of the prototypes of the 3.25″ round wooden stamper — I […]

Keyword ssnotime48 -There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload yourproject at Splitcoastand/or your Blog, anytime at all! You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!)can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here. We […]

I was up for a triple challenge this morning: Color – Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal and Old Olive; Sketch, and Ways to Use It – using Copics. Here it is: I used a retired SU set, Sun Ripened II. I love this set and the original Sun Ripened. I didn’t seem to have the […]

Today is my Dad’s 77th birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad!!! I made this birthday card for him using the 95 pt. Times New Roman font, with some50 pt. letters thrown into the mix. JustRitehas their Harmony Rectangle Stamper coming out in September, but I just couldn’t wait any longer, so I made due with what I […]

I really wanted to do the Color Challenge at SCS today, and when I woke up to see the fabulous colors I was ELATED!!! Elegant Eggplant, Taken with Teal and Old Olive. I LOVE these deep and rich colors and, even better yet, I had an image already colored that would work, so my daywas […]

I’ve had the pleasure of running into Joan Fricker twice in the last month, and seeing as she is from Indiana and I’m from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula well, that’s pretty amazing! On our second visit we had much more time to sit and talk, and I learned so many fun things about Joan. Joan has […]

Keyword ssnotime47 -There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload yourproject at Splitcoastand/or your Blog, anytime at all! You (and that means anyone and everyone, blogger or not!)can play as many times as you like!!! The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Please link back here. I […]

There’s been several things that I haven’t done in ages — boxes and accordion fold cards. Thought I would start today by doing an accordion fold card — love these!!! They are so fun to make, to give, and for the recipient to display!!! And yes, I must admit, I was dying to use up […]

LOVE this 10 minute card — and you know why — I used something I NEVER, and I mean NEVER, use — stickers!!! YES, that gorgeous floral image is a Penny Black sticker. I had received a full sheet of stickers as a gift about 1 1/2 years ago and never touched them until today […]