…must have special wrapping!  This altered gift bag and card were made at the request of one of my sons.  Being the only female in a house filled with guys for the last 25 years, I am getting the biggest kick out of my boys now coming home and asking me to make pretty things, […]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE!  Tonight’s Challenge comes a bit earlier than usual because I wanted to extend my Thanksgiving Wishes to you all before the day is over.  I am so VERY THANKFUL to each and every one of you who frequents these blog pages to check out what I’m up to or to see what may be […]

I’ve barely got a start, but I wanted to show you the very first step in the card-making process — for me anyway.  It starts with inspiration, an idea or a specific need.  Inspiration and ideas can come from anywhere — whatever we see in the world around us that tickles our fancy.  And we […]

All Wrapped Up — Since Christmas is just around the corner and many use the Thanksgiving weekend to get a head start on wrapping their gifts, today let’s share gift wrapping ideas.  You may wrap ANYTHING for ANY OCCASION in any way, any form or fashion — just show us some of your wrapping ideas.  […]

It’s Hip to be Square!  Well, with the NEW JustRite Square Monogram products, it certainly IS Hip to be Square.  I had a specific purpose in mind when I set out to create today’s project.  I have over 100 people on my Christmas card list, and as much as I’d love to make them each […]

Matchbook Folds — I’m on a fold kick latey, and today it is a matchbook fold.  With this fold you have one small fold and one large fold so it kind of looks like and opens like a matchbook.  Check out all the DT samples today for some fun ideas and great inspiration with this […]

— with the BIGGER Bow Easy!  Make bows for packaging, gift baskets, wreaths, your Christmas tree or anything that just might need a pretty, big bow!!!  I just today received a shipment of the BIGGER Bow Easy and I have a few sample bows to show you here.  And , YES, the BIGGER Bow Easy works […]

Let’s be Thrifty — I love the simple and natural look of brown postal wrap and/or the inside of brown paper grocery sacks.  I use them often at Christmas to wrap packages, but they would work well in card making, too!  And that is today’s challenge — use either brown postal wrap OR the inside […]

Oh yes, round monograms JUST got bigger and better!!   JustRite’s day two reveal is the 2″ Round Deluxe Monogram product with beautiful and ornate borders!!!  I made a quick gift today to share with you. I am accepting preorders for all the new JustRite product being revealed this week.  And, I am putting ALL JustRite Christmas sets on sale […]

Some women have a shoe fettish.  Me, I have a gift bag fettish.  Though I have hundreds of them here, I just had to buy one more yesterday on my usual Sunday afternoon stroll through Wal-mart.  I entered their Christmas decorating section for the first time this year and picked up a few more little […]