Happily Hybrid!

One of my favorite things about digital stamps is how I can use them with my traditional supplies and get more bang for my buck. I used the cupcake stamp from my new Love grows here digital stamp set and the sketch from 2s4u, assorted rubber stamps and bits of wrapping paper to make this [...]

Make a Photography box!

A gal from Oriental Stamp Art asked me how I photograph my cards and artwork, she was curious about the handmade setup I had. Well I thought I would share it with everyone here on my blog. To kill a couple of birds with one stone I decided to use the card I made with [...]

Love is in the Air {and freebies too!}

I hope you all had a lovely holiday! Today out Christmas decorations come down and I get geared up for Valentines day, I just love the red and pink pretties around this time of year!  Here are some Valentines made with my new Love Grows digital stamp set from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff: The stamps in [...]

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Just popping in quickly to wish you all a merry Christmas. this is my last Christmas card this year and it used stamps from About Art Accents: Have a wonderful day and till next time happy crafting!

A gift bag quickie!

So, how are you going to wrap all of the little odds n’ ends and gift cards that you bought for presents this year? Don’t run to the store to buy a gift bag. make one instead like I did with the cute Warm Winter digital stamp set from Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff: This project was [...]

Gifts for Crafters

OK, todays post is not for my regular readers, it is for their husbands, boyfriends and non crafty friends. It’s 3 days before Christmas and you are wondering what to get your crafty loved one. Here is a list, print it and take it to the craft store or if you have one your locally [...]

Right on time!

I am actually (knock on wood) ready for Christmas. I finished my Christmas gift calendars, did a bit of cooking and knitting and a lot of online shopping and I am all set. Last week I showed you have to make a calendar (click here for instructions) and now I have the rest of the [...]

Jackson’s Pollock Pretzels

My son Jackson’s teacher asked me to make a sweet treat to send into school for the Christmas party, here is what we made: The kids loved drizzling melted chocolate over the mini pretzels. When My husband saw what we made he sad “wow, that’s pollocky!” And Jackson Pollock pretzels were born (and it is [...]

A Sparkly Heart Freebie!

Hello friends I heard an awful rumor that Christmas is next week! Tell me it’s not so! LOL!  I’m wrapping up my shopping and homemade gifts this week, one of my most popular gifts is my scrapbook calendars. Here is a page from this years using my Colored Calendar Page Toppers and paper from the [...]

Feeling a bit Challenged today…

…but in a good way! I had a chance to play in my studio this morning with my new pile of “rubbah” from About Art Accents (I so needed to get inky) and I got 2 challenges done! The first is this weeks sketch over at 2s4u: I know the simple sketch would showcase the [...]