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Holy Smokes! The Hills are on Fire!

Monday, July 11th, 2016 Posted in Babbling and Observations | No Comments »

I live in Southern California and basically it is nothing but a dried up desert in the summertime.  So wild fires are a reality for me.   Being in California ... Read more..

Beach Themed Cards

Monday, July 4th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking, Crafts, Simon Says Stamp Card Kit | 7 Comments »

I have been challenging myself to finish old Simon Says Stamp Kits.   Of course I had no interest in doing Christmas cards or Valentine cards.  So I was lucky ... Read more..

Annual Pool Party 2016

Monday, July 4th, 2016 Posted in Babbling and Observations, Digital Creations, Dogs, Outdoor | No Comments »

Yesterday was my annual pool party.   I use to do the annual Christmas party but it was getting so hard for everyone's schedule.  There were too many activities to ... Read more..

2 More Patterned Paper Cards

Sunday, June 26th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking | No Comments »

I wanted to try to add two more patterned paper cards. I felt really unproductive today and making cards will automatically make me productive.  Right?? My first card was a overlay of ... Read more..

Reverse Stenciling Sympathy Card

Sunday, June 26th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking | No Comments »

I wanted to try the reverse stenciling card on the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge #253. I thought it would be easy. I was wrong. I started with the Hero Arts Bold ... Read more..

Hello Beautiful

Friday, June 24th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking | 4 Comments »

On the Simon Says Stamp blog I saw a pretty card made by Yana Smakula that was just sooo pretty. I had the Hello Beautiful stamp from the February 2016 card ... Read more..

Camp Create Wrap Up

Friday, June 17th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking, Crafts | 1 Comment »

Well I had fun doing the Camp Create by My Favorite Things!  They are such an awesome company.  They do so many things RIGHT and the customers like me, know ... Read more..

Camp Create – Day Five Shaker Cards

Friday, June 17th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking, Crafts | No Comments »

  Final day of camp and I am jazzed with my final card.   When I saw the designers rainbow card, I kept thinking how would this tie into my camping theme.  I ... Read more..

Camp Create – Day Four Die Cutting

Thursday, June 16th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking, Crafts | No Comments »

For this card I wanted to do layers of a forest with the different animals on different layers.   From this angle it is hard to see the different levels of the ... Read more..

Camp Create – Day Three Watercolor

Thursday, June 16th, 2016 Posted in Cardmaking, Crafts | 1 Comment »

I had to think long and hard about this one.  I was not sure what to watercolor that looked like Camping.   I finally decided to paint the bear with ... Read more..