On My Way 51

Hi Everyone! I will be well on my journey to the far East when some of you may be reading this :) My dear sister will be camping out at my home while I am gone to take care of my dogs & other pets we have. My trip really inspired me to ink up one of my new favorite Waltzingmouse Stamp sets: Asian Gardens.Several of you guessed the correct destination spot that my hubby & I will be spending the next few weeks - China :) Many of our friends...

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Thinking of Betsy Ross 30

Hi Everyone! Since I finished all my necessary projects ahead of time, I have time to play with some of my favorite products :) I mentioned in yesterday's post that I will be traveling out of the country in a few short days. To make this card, I played along with this week's JustRite Stampers Friday Challenge #024. The challenge is to combine the sketch below & use Red, White and Blue.When I saw these colors, I thought of Betsy Ross stitching...

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Almost Travel Time 30

Hi Everyone! There has been some changes in my crafting corner of the world - you may have noticed I am no longer on The Play Date Cafe DT - I stepped down simply because I am going to do a lot of traveling this summer & I will be exploring other crafty opportunities. I am going to miss creating along side ALL the talented girls at The Play Date Cafe but I will surely visit & play along when I can & I hope you do the same :)As I previously...

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Father's Day Gift Set 43

Hi There! Hope you are all having a great weekend :) I have a Father's Day gift set to share that I made for my dear husband Scott. Not only is he the BEST husband but he has been the BEST step-dad over the past 10 years to my children & of course, the BEST dad to my step-children :) He is the biggest supporter of my papercrafting hobby & would not be satisfied unless he received a homespun creation of sorts :)Scott has an enormous sweet...

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sweetie pie...WM June Waltz 56

I have 2 posts today - if you are looking for my Play Date Cafe post, please continue to scroll down :) ThanksGood Morning! Today I am waltzing along with Claire, Owner/Designer of Waltzingmouse Stamps, her DT & friends in the June Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Waltz.This month, the theme is to make a masculine card.I made a card for a coworker who recently welcomed a beautiful baby boy :)For sketch inspiration, I played along with this week's...

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hello...PDCC34 48

I have 2 posts today - if you are looking for my June Waltzingmouse Stamps Waltz post, please scroll up :) Thanks!Hi Everyone! I have been a lil' busy these days & can't believe it is time again for a new color challenge at The Play Date Cafe. This week, Limelight Paper Crafts will be sponsoring the challenge & has an awesome gift for one lucky participant!Julie chose this week's fun 'Color Splash' for the PDCC34 challenge. From a bird's...

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What NO stamps?...JUGS37 52

Hi Everyone! This post is a little bit different than the usual JUGS challenge post for me because this will be my farewell post as a Just Us Girls Design Team member. I would like to thank ALL the JUGS girls, the players & friends of JUGS & all of you who visit my blog for sharing all the fun over the past 9 months with me! I have had an awesome time creating along side all these talented girls. I have decided to pursue other creative opportunities...

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Recipe Share with Just Rite Stampers 39

Hi Everyone! Today, I am joining along with the JustRite Stampers Recipe Challenge #022 which is sponsored by Spellbinders™ ;) where the challenge is to share a favorite summer recipe project featuring the use of a JustRite stamp or two.First up, I have my sweet sister's Tina's Spicy Salsa Recipe to share that you see here adorned with a darling tag that I stamped using one of the images from the JustRite Preserves Borders & Centers Round 2 3/8"...

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Summer Fun...PDCC33 51

Hi There! Time sure flies when I'm busy papercrafting - how about you? Thursday already & time for a new challenge at The Play Date Cafe. This week along with The Play Date Cafe DT, Courtney Baker, Owner/Designer of Practicing Creativity Designs will be sponsoring & playing along with this challenge! There is an awesome prize to be had so be sure to visit The Play Date Cafe for complete details :)This week I had the pleasure of selecting...

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Birthday Wishes 43

Happy Birthday Andrea! Today, the Just Us Girls DT is celebrating Andrea's Birthday, (one of our newest DT Members) I hope your special day is as wonderful as you are :) Please hop on over to BOTH Andrea's blog & the Just Us Girls site to wish her a BIG Happy Birthday :) I created the circular window using a Spellbinders™ Nestabilities S4-114 Standard Circles LG die template. First, I cut the window out of the DP, then adhered a circle cut...

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