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I had a One-Day retreat last weekend, here in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.  Luckily the weather held up for is, dropping several inches of wet snow only in the last hour or so.  It's very hard to transport paper and paper crafts through a wet mess!  LOL!Anyway, I wanted to share a class that I developed for the event:  the "Bee Happy" Wall Organizer.  My New Year's resolutions were many, but they started out with organization.  (Best of all, I didn't write any down...

I had so much fun creating this fun little gift card! Have you seen Snowman Season in the Holiday Catalog?!  Have you played with the matching Snowman Builder Punch?! So cute!This little gift card features a small strip of the Brightly Gleaming DSP, topped with just a smidge (just a dab 'll do ya!) of Puff Paint!  I stamped two snowmen, and cut the base off of one to create Junior!  Then, all that was left to do was decorate ... uh, dress my snowmen! Oh yes, and the...

I've been trying to show you all that embossing makes your handmade cards that much more special! Now I'm going to show you two cards - one with embossing, that embosses ... with a special twist!My first card is beautiful (in my humble opinion) but still rather plain.  The little birds on the branch are so darn cute!!  Do you have the bird bundle from Stampin' Up! yet?!  The image is stamped on one of the new nested label dies.  I colored them in with blends.  The...

It's time for me show off another embossed card!  I made this card specifically to show off the difference that a little embossing can make. Check out this card.  So simple to make -- I'm going to call it a #simplestamping card because it really took me just a few minutes to create.  I was inspired by a swap card that I received, which I will show you in just a moment.The stamped flower shown here is from the stamp set called Healing Hugs and is such a great thinking of...

On my Facebook Live today, I shared some cards I "stepped up" with just a bit of embossing.  The cards were simple and beautiful to begin with, but with just an extra step, it goes from great to WOW!Here's the first card, before embossing:This card base is the new Terracotta Tile color.  Isn't it beautiful? I was thinking that it was Calypso Coral!  Very close!!  I love the new Mosaic Mood specialty designer paper.  If you remember, I had featured some fancy fold cards...