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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, &q...

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...