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I'm so excited about this 24 hour Birthday Sale!!  One of the stamp sets, Another Wonderful Year, is the stamp set that we'll be using for our 9th Annual Stamp Out Breast Cancer event this coming Saturday.  In case anyone wants to donate, I'm including the link HERE.  With your $20 (or more!) donation, you'll get a free tutorial by email that uses this stamp set and the Broadway Bound DSP.  The cards are super-simple but cute!  100% of the profits go to the Making...

I've been featuring the Take Your Pick tool from Stampin' Up! on my website all week.  What a fabulous tool!!  It scores, it picks up sequins and jewels, and picks up glue dots, all in several different ends of the tool.  Here's a picture of thee tool:Do you see all of the ends?  They pop in and out of the ends with a simple twist-and-lock mechanism.  Wow!!  Here's a Halloween card that I received it in a swap last week, made by Shannon Criado.  I LOVE...

I've been so busy planning for next week's one-day retreat with my upline, Marilyn SanClemente but thought I should give some sneak peeks of what's happening!Below are a few pictures taken at past events:We're so excited about this event's "goody bag" -- $25 of pure Stampin' Up! goodness!!  Check out the photo below! And that's only part of our day!  1/2 package of the Joyous Noel specialty DSP, some of the new Merry Merlot and Copper 5/8" reversible ribbon, a yard of the Tranquil...

Hi everyone!I have to be honest.  When I first saw the new Blended Seasons bundle available only in August, I decided I didn't need it.  After all ... another limited time special, a wish list that's already a mile long ... did I need another bundle?!I've changed my tune a bit. I've seen so many samples.  There are so many pinterest ideas out there!!  I LOVE this bundle!!  It covers all of the seasons, not to mention that I love the matching framelits!! I also love to...

Saturday, June 16th, 2018 marked our 4th Creative Crafting Escapes (with Jeannie and Marilyn) since last June and boy, did we have fun again!  Many have said it was our best yet! I wanted to share some pictures of the card class I taught as well as a few pictures I remembered to take before or during the event! This is the "cover photo" for my In Color Techniques and Textures class: I did emboss-resist with VersaMark, embossing with the heat gun and embossing powder, then...