Feb
04
2012
Welcome, friends! Today is Saturday so that means another Blog Hop — Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style. Today the design team was challenged to use Ric Rac in their projects. Ric Rac — what does that bring to mind? Well, for me I think immediately of aprons — aprons from the 50′s era decorated above the [...]
Jan
30
2012
Today I wanted to start a stash of sympathy cards. I have none left and unfortunately needed so many in the recent past. I only got one done today, but one is good — it’s a start. I pulled out a beautiful paper pad by Webster’s Pages and saw so many sheets that would be [...]
Jan
24
2012
Today I have a Vintage Valentine Kit to show you that I put together using a product I have long loved — Cotton Scraps by Crafty Secrets. Unfortunately, these Cotton Scraps are no longer being manufactured, so when they are gone, they’re gone. They were a produt that I’ve used over and over and over [...]
Jan
21
2012
Before we begin, would you please all join me in sending HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES to my dearest friend, Deb, who is far, far away in Tajikistan. She is hopping with us today, so you can catch her on the hop or you can scoot over there right away if you wish – you can find [...]
Jan
19
2012
Much to cover again — first let’s announce the winner from this past week’s Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style hop. The winner was chosen this week from Holly’s blog, and the random number generator selected: Betty Neville Huge congrats! to you, Betty. Please email me at ssj@up.net to claim your prize — which is this ribbon [...]
Jan
14
2012
Welcome to our Saturday Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style challenge. Today the design team felt they needed more thank you cards, so we decided to create thank you cards with a twist. We were each to make 2 cards essentially the same, but one being clean and simple while the other one was more decked out. [...]
Jan
11
2012
Today I have a clean and simple masculine sympathy card, but first let’s announce the winner from last Saturday’s Ribbon Inspiration challenge. We worked with a Valentine theme and this is what was up for grabs: Vintage Pink Ribbon Sampler And our winner this week was chosen from Deb’s Blog. The winner selected by a [...]
Jan
09
2012
Just a quick post tonight to let you know that the first release of new JustRite stamps are in stock and shipping. Here they are: Always and Forever Medallion Labels Warm and Cozy Medallion Labels Starburst Medallion Labels Your Special Day Medallion Labels Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty Two Shabby Music Background Stamp {LOVE this!} [...]
Jan
07
2012
Welcome back to our first Ribbon Inspiration challenge for 2012. Today the design team is creating Valentines. Everyone went in a different direction and I think you’ll enjoy the HOP. As always, the Blog Candy will be listed at the end of this post. For my Valentine project today I created a hanging Valentine. I [...]
Dec
12
2011
I needed to come up with a quick wedding card this weekend. Ben and Jessie attended a wedding and wanted a card for a gift of money. I knew exactly what to do as this had to be done quickly as they were due to leave shortly. I asked them what color the invitation was and [...]