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I like what I see when I see people do cards on Kraft card stock.  Usually it's some fun, simple thing with a good bit of the kraft left...

A while ago, I did a posting or two about all the lovely things my buddy AJ Otto sent me to play with.  Paying it forward, she said.  Well, ...

There's a point in the summer when the wet, sticky air has been so hot for so long, the ocean lays back and decides it calls himself, ...

If you've got ten minutes, you can have a card.  The Free for All Friday challenge at StampTV this week was to make a card in ten minute...

Two of my clients just bought a new home.  They are particular favorites of mine, having been with me almost the entire time I've been a...

I am always on the interwebs, looking for instruction and inspiration, learning new ideas all the time.  What I like BEST is finding those s...

So, I learned to paper piece recently.  Not pierce, with an "r". I kept rereading the tutorial, looking at the pictures for the cu...

I have to confess, it never is a fast process for me to make a card.  I can throw something together sometimes, but for something I really l...

 You may have heard that I am a major fan of my Cuttlebug, that cute little machine that does my die cutting and embossing.  Well, I have ...

Father's Day is Sunday.  I love how making cards to commemorate events now has me aware of when things are happening.  I usually have a ...

So, I just started doing this recently, and although most of us probably already do this sometimes, I thought I'd throw it out there. ...

Remember my first prize winning set of stamps that I won from GinaK Designs?  I made this  from it, and I had some colored shells left over....

A few weeks ago, StampTV did a challenge that called for two designer papers to be used in a card.  I found at MARSHALL'S, of all places...

Sunday I went to an AWESOME stamping party, with my friend of too-many-to-mention years, Stephanie, and her great friends Laura an...

 I made this card for a flower challenge at StampTV.  The image and sentiment are from GinaK Designs Enjoy the Sunshine set.  I real...

Inspiration.   This is a photo from a Pier 1 ad. It was posed as an inspiration challenge at StampTV.  When I finally came up with my idea,...

I needed a birthday card for little Ethan's first birthday.  I have some baby announcement stamps from Stampin'Up (SU), and since ...

So, when my FREE stamp set arrived form GinaK Designs, I was so geeked to get started stamping!  These shells are from the Gifts from the ...

Ok, so I just won my first prize EVER from entering a card contest.  Ok, it was a random pick sort of thing, but I still WON!!!  Special th...

Well, I am SO excited to see that I have some really terrific comments, and even two FOLLOWERS in just one day!  Thanks, Ladies, for joining...

So, this is sort of an accidental start, of sorts.  I have been following myriad cardmaking blogs, and participating in many of the chal...