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Category Archives: Cardmaking
Oh yeah, Baby!
As promised, I have the pics from some recent baby shower cards that I made. With both of these I was experimenting with somehow incorporating wraphia in the card design. For the Baby Shower Buggy card I chose a plaid … Continue reading
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Tagged cardmaking, Color Box, Crafting, embossing, Fiskars, K & Company, Kimberly, Marvy, McGill, Michaels, pop dots, Recollections, Stamp Stuff
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Welcome, Baby
A little over a month ago a friend told me about her upcoming baby shower. I hadn’t seen her in awhile and I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to make a “Welcome, Baby” card. It’s been quite some … Continue reading
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Tagged baby shower, cardmaking, Color Box, Crafting, design, embossing, Fiskars, Kimberly, Me and My Big Ideas, Scrapbook Adhesives, Stamp N Stuff, stickles
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Look Ma, I’m cable-free!
I have to confess — when the conditions are right (i.e. gloomy weather, slow day, some additional time on my hands, etc.) I enjoy a good movie in the middle of the day. Whether it’s watching Barbra Streisand drive Yves … Continue reading
Posted in Cardmaking, Cool Tool, Crafting, Technology
Tagged cardmaking, cool tool, movie classics, movie streaming, Netflix, Technology, Watch Instantly, Wii
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Happy Easter!
In years past my family and I would celebrate Easter attending worship services, “opening” Easter baskets, feasting on a delicious dinner, and spending the day gathered at my parents’ house. For the past two years, however, we have spending the … Continue reading
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Tagged cardmaking, Crafting, family, Fiskars, K & Company, Kimberly, Marvy, masking, pop dots
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Thank You to The Muses
Being unemployed can be incredibly discouraging — not only the main element of not having a job or income, but even the hopelessness of searching for jobs and not finding possibilities. Or finding possibilities, and then facing the daunting and … Continue reading
Posted in Beading Jewelry, Cardmaking, Community, Crafting, Exercise, Health, Personal Journey
Tagged ABBA, beading, blogging, book club, cardmaking, church, Crafting, EatPrayLove, Elizabeth Gilbert, Etsy, Exercise, faith, family, iTunes, Joy of Stamping, kgarnerdesigns, Lisa See, Moxie girls, My Pink Stamper, personal journey, Shanghai Girls, shopgirlregi, unemployment, Wanderlust, Weight Watchers, well-being, women
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Gift! For me or for them?
Two of my aunts have birthdays this month, so in honor of the occasions I thought I’d take the opportunity to flex my cardmaking skills. For these cards I tried out using peekaboo windows, masking, and my new watercolor colored … Continue reading
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Tagged cardmaking, Color Box, Crafting, Fiskars, Joann's, K & Company, Kimberly, Marvy, masking, McGill, Michaels, Paper-Source, peekaboo window, pop dots, Recollections, Stampendous, stickles, Target, well-being
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Free to follow!
One of the many blessings of unemployment (and believe me, there are some) is the freedom to move through my day as I like. Knowing that I need structure, I build it in, but within that, the direction of each … Continue reading
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Tagged cardmaking, Color Box, Crafting, embossing, Fiskars, Joann's, Kimberly, Marvy, masking, Michaels, Paper-Source, pop dots, Recollections, Stamp Stuff, unemployment
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