Did you catch my August tutorial on the Sizzix Blog? In that post, I mentioned wanting to use the same tools in another crafting session to make some yummy stamps. The floral die in particular stood out as prime candidate for a homemade stamp! Prior to our trip, despite the chaos that always accompanies our … Continue reading
Over the past few months, I have fallen really hard… for California native plants. Last year, I planted a few Ceanothus aka California Lilac, a few Mimulus aka Monkeyflower, and some others. After they got settled their first year, they have flowered and grown beautifully in this, their second. But here’s the most amazing … Continue reading
I spent the last 2 weeks with my niece, Mimi. This is our third year spending her Spring Break together at my house. I’m so thankful that we can offer her a positive experience and that as she enters her teens, visiting us is something she is interested in doing. As is our tradition, there … Continue reading
Folks, I’ve been lame about blogging this month. We got back from Vegas and immediately went straight into preparations for hosting Christmas, which was no simple task. There was wall painting we had to do in the family room, and this one job took us days. The room is now a beautiful, uniform, neutral putty … Continue reading
Oh boy with a lot of stuff going on in my personal life – no worries, it’s all good – I forgot to post a link to my last tutorial with Sizzix. I whipped out a pad of cork paper and had some fun getting some Christmas action in the studio! There is some homemade … Continue reading
My nephew, Gregory, has a birthday coming up. Really soon. My present will probably be late – ruh roh. Well, you know what they say, and so I shall mail off a little something later today along with a card I whipped up last night and cross my fingers that it gets there in time. … Continue reading
Hello, my friends! I’m still stamping up a storm with my homemade stamps. Have you been making stamps with your dies, too? I have a stepped out tutorial on the Sizzix Blog today for this oblong card. Really diggin’ the long format these days! Hope you’ll visit me at Sizzix today! -V Sizzix Thinlits Die … Continue reading
Hello, friends. I have video tutorial to share for this project on the Sizzix Blog today. In it, I share a ridiculously easy way you can use your dies to make stamps! Hope you’ll check it out! FYI, since making this project, I’ve been making my dies work double duty for me and creating stamps … Continue reading
Welcome to a LOVEly blog hop with Clearsnap and Ann Butler Designs! Last month at the CHA trade show, we released a new collection of foam and rubber stamps with Ann Butler Designs, called Background Basics, to compliment her line of ColorBox Crafter’s Inks and her existing faux quilting stamp lines. Today, our teams are … Continue reading
Hello, friends! I hope you’ve been well. What’s new with me? I’ve been working on yet another draft of my one act play, and boy oh boy, muddling through some unpleasant notes gave me a such a nasty headache that by late afternoon, I threw up my hands, popped an Aleve, and escaped to the … Continue reading
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