Today is my mom’s 59th birthday. In celebration of the woman who, through ups and downs, helped lead me to who I am today, I made this excellent card for her using Ink Road Stamps HFB dies, Lawn Fawn paper (Cilantro and Noble Fir), and a little Catherine Pooler ink blending. Sweet butRead More
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Making Decisions with Limited Information
Recently, I spent a week and a half serving on a jury for a murder trial. I was excited to be selected to serve because I’ve wanted to learn more about how our justice system actually functions and I’m all about doing my civic duty. Over the course of the trial, we heard from witnesses,Read More
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Valar Morghulis
Thanks to Kindred Stamps for creating the Heirs to the Throne stamp set and Dragon Scales stencil that allowed me to create this excellent representation of the strength of women! I used a spritz of Pixie Spray on the back of the Dragon Scales stencil to hold it in place on the paper. Using blendingRead More
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Support Design, Not Crime
I wrote this post to share in various stamping and card making Facebook groups I’m in. I wanted to share it here as well to get the word out even more! Since then, some of the smaller stamp companies have put together a website with more information, which you can find here. I know aRead More
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May the Card Open
When I first started stamping and card making, I wasn’t so sure about how much use I’d get out of the hobby. I loved creating, but most of the major companies almost exclusively made cutesy, floral, and/or spiritual stamps. I was able to find enough that suited my style to keep me interested, but itRead More
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Approaching an Anniversary
Trigger Warning: This post gets pretty dark related to my past experience with the Camp Fire and fears/trauma associated with that. In my introductory post, I mentioned that my family and I lost our home to the Camp Fire last November. As the anniversary of this trauma approaches, I’m finding myself falling deeper into theRead More
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A Trip to Stars Hollow
I have LOVED the show Gilmore Girls for years and watched the whole thing beginning to end at least 5 or 6 times. So when I found the Ink Road Stamps Stars Hollow stamp set, I couldn’t resist! I wanted to keep it simple, so I took a full 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet ofRead More
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A Little Bundle is On the Way
Wait… no… not me! We have one Bean and we’re stickin’ to it! I made this cute card to go with a baby shower gift for a good friend of mine as she was expecting her first (and only) kiddo. I started with the Lawn Fawn Little Bundle stamps and dies as well as theRead More
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Baby Shark Minis & Floral Thank Yous
We recently experienced the end of an era – our Bean said goodbye to his first ever daycare. (He’s loving his new one already, by the way!) We wanted to leave in style, so I made these sweet floral Thank You cards for his favorite teachers and a mini Baby Shark card to give toRead More
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Meet The Bean
I mentioned in my introductory post that I have a son. We call him The Bean. As of now, he is just shy of 18 months old. That means he’s just hit the point where he has enough of a brain to do some really awesome things, but not enough to keep from killing himselfRead More