That's MISTER Cardmaker, to you!

Oooooh, doesn't that sound mysterious?  Nah, don't get your sleuthing hopes up. No double life for THIS card maker.  I barely can ma...

I found this photo of my Mom's Mother's Day card, and I realized that I hadn't shared it with you here at the blog.  I am having...

I watched THIS TUTORIAL  about color blocking with Beate at Splitcoast Stampers a while back, and I decided to give it a go.  I liked what I...

Back again with the July 15 Oozak Challenge Blog , where we are doing "Anything goes with TEXTURE!"   I made this--     ...

I am RUSHING to get some things posted, so I can enter a couple of challenges.  I have been on the lean side of posting this week, so sorry ...

Well, around here, it's not so summery.  I and when the sun comes out, it is beautiful, but oh, my lawdy bees, it has been SUCH a wet su...

Oh, Oozak, the things I DO for you!  (No, you will NOT have to suffer me in a push-up bra and sling-back heels. You deserve so much better t...

I made some cards to enter into a special issue of Paper Crafts Mag that deals with masculine cards.  Well, that sorta didn't work out f...

I made a card for niece Jessica's birthday, recently, and I entered it into the CARDS Blog sketch challenge.  And, I was a winner!  Yay!...

Well, my computer died this week, and I went through MAJOR withdrawal symptoms.  I have a shiny new laptop now, so I am in the process of le...

Dead computer. Super ARGH.  Already spent the money for the new one, but it'll be 48-72 hours before the data transfer is done. Stay tun...

So, cancer sucks.  Yeah. Someone close to us was just diagnosed, and that also sucks. Not only for him, but for those in the house who ta...

I have been playing a bit with my Claudine Helmuth stamp set called "So Retro" a bit lately. I guess I have been wanting more su...

Don't you love it when you get a new toy tool, and have to play work with it the second you unwrap it? Well, when I got my hearts tr...

Sometimes, things just work out.  And sometimes, weird works.  And sometimes, you just go on with your bad self. I had that kind of day, r...

Well, the nephew Jason is a graduating kind of guy.  He's finishing up, having a last summer at home, then off to college in the fall.  ...

Well, I was given some stamps recently, by a Ms. Windy Ellard.  I made THESE cards with them, and I LOVE the stamps so much.  She included...

Well, as of 9am EDT, today marks the OFFICIAL start of my tenure as a DESIGN TEAM MEMBER at Oozak.com Challenge Blog!  Uh, excited much?!  U...

Well, a milestone has been reached in my card making career-- I am on a DESIGN TEAM!  Now, I have been a "featured Gallery" ow...

You know how sometimes you get an idea in your head, and it just won't leave you alone until you do something about it?  I bought th...

Well, it was a good long week of gardening, from carting and laying down much, to planting a new cherry tree, to filling the window boxes an...

One of the lovely ladies in my Stampin'Up! group is Windy Ellard.  I was interested in a small group of stamps that came with the Paper ...

Well, who'da thunk it?  Two years!!!  It all started HERE , and two years later, here I am, having the time of my life, and just so hap...

Well, I seem to have lost control of myself on these cards.  More, MORE, MORE seems to be the watchword here, and it just has GOT to quit! ...

Wow, what a beautiful weekend here in Michigan.  The sun is shining, the temps are WONDERFUL, and we were able to get out and do some much n...

Well, after my tirade (tirade, rant, whatever...) last Friday about using bright, saturated colors on masculine cards, I decided to put my ...

      Do you ever find, in your stamp collection, that sentiment stamp that you look at and say, "WHAT am I going to do with...

So, it has come to my attention that too many "masculine" cards are prisoners.  Prisoners of drab color.  I cannot TELL you how v...