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I have another card to share today, again using the Beautiful You stamp set!  Once again, I used the classy lady but I paper-pieced her even more elegantly!I used the Affectionately Yours Specialty DSP to stamp her dress and hat -  same technique as yesterday, called Paper Piecing.  Notice the Copper Foil mat and the copper embossing at the bottom?!  Save this card for someone special!!  That reminds me!  Please leave me a comment with your birthday, because...

The new Occasions Catalog and the Sale-a-bration catalog went live today!  I'm so excited!  I was able to pre-order in December, and one of the first stamp sets I bought was Beautiful You.  It's such a gorgeous set -- the ladies are SO stylish (unlike me who lives in scrubs or yoga pants!!).  I wanted to share one of the swaps I made with this set. The cardstock I used is Soft Sky with Sahara Sand.  I used the Softly Falling embossing folder for some texture.  Do...

I was so blessed to have Lyndsey home for a few hours on Friday to help me prepare for my first craft fair at the Dolbeare School in Wakefield!  She took a picture of me and the setup right before she left. I kept "tweaking" the table to make everything look appealing, but I had a constant flow of traffic -- kids loving the candy wrappers, adults loving the cards displayed and the bargain bin of my $2.00 cards from past years' classes and card swaps! Here's a picture she took of me....

I resolve every year to start my Christmas cards in January so I don't get behind, and every year in the beginning of October, I start to panic as I realize that it's almost Christmas time and I still haven't made a dent in mu Christmas card stash!!  Are YOU like that?I did a Christmas-in-July card class,  missed August, then started up in September with the different Christmas card offerings.  I was involved in several different swaps with the new catalog, so it's been fun and...

I wish I had a photo of the card I created for my daughter Lyndsey's 21st birthday, but I think I didn't save it!!  WHAT?!  I loved the card, but since I don't remember what it looked like, it was time to create something new for her girlfriend Rosie's 21st birthday!  As someone at church said regarding an anniversary on 9/11 ... "At least something good came of that day!"   Well, that's true for her friend Rosie as well!  Another something good came of 9/11! I decided...