A clean and simple gift card holder that is masculine, seasonal (autumn) and personalized with the recipients initials.  I used a collection of varying stamps on this simple little project, but they all blended wonderfully.  Here it is: Leaf image is from A Year of Leaves by Melanie Muenchinger for Gina K. Designs (copic colored).  […]

I was so pleased to be able to play with a new Gina K set this week. Melanie Muenchinger’s newest set “A Year of Leaves“ is now available for purchase! (You can see the full set under “What’s New!” at Gina K Designs.) This is a year round set including an assortment of leaves and nature images […]

Keyword ssnotime93 – There is no time limit. You can play this challenge and upload your project 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 […]

I needed my fix again — it’s been a while!  I wanted simple and pretty and, of course, I wanted quick.  This card is only 4″ wide because that’s how wide this piece of blue dotted Crate paper was, so I cut my card down to fit it.  And the black mat is a 3″ […]

I have two things to show you today. Here’s a little peek at a portion of my post over at the JustRite Blog — it is Day 4 for me over there — WHEW!!! That’s a busy place and I’m having a hard time keeping up — LOL!!! But what I did over there today […]

One simple image, one little word, one luscious ribbon — a card of absolute simplicity — and I love it!!! I used a new set out by Gina K., A Year of Flowers, illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger. What a gorgeous set!!! And I played today’s Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS featuring the fabulous work of […]

I’ve been wanting to play Cindy Motherway’sTeapot Tuesday Challenge for the last couple weeks, and today I finally got around to it! I loved the little miniaturetea setshe is featuring this week, and although my card isn’t at all close to the inspiration piece, what I took from it were the mauve and green colors, […]

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 […]

Hi everyone — had a really great weekend!!! This weekend was the 1st ever Stampin’ in the UP event. It was so well organized and run ina fabulous facility with LOTS of room to work, eat and socialize AND a wonderful in house restaurant where we ate many meals! We had a small group of […]

Well, it’s hard to believe that the Michigan SCS stamping event in Birch Run/Frankenmuth has come and gone so quickly and everyone is home again. All the planning, waiting and anticipation, and in just the blink of an eye, just like Christmas, it’s over. But a good time was had by all, and many are […]