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I always thought that I would grow up to write a book someday ... the title of my post today sounds like a mystery waiting to be solved! Alas, that's not what I'm writing about today so I'm sorry if I led you on!! LOL!"Case" is an acronym that means "Copy And Share Everything". That's the heart of Stampin' Up! You see a sample, it makes you want to imitate the creation to come up with something as good or better than the last sample you made! I just loved the cover of Stampin' Up's new Holiday...

Good Morning All! I'd love to say that I have some pictures of my open house this past week, but I think I was too preoccupied, flitting from guest to guest, to take any photos this year! It's so wonderful to get together with my wonderful friends, many who can't make it to classes, to visit and talk Stampin' Up!I managed to get several samples done, most notably for my card classes for the next 6-8 weeks! Yay!! It feels so good to be that far ahead of the game! This spring, I barely got the...

I wanted to design a fun class for my ladies using an adorable swap card I recently received through SSUS from Laura Lipe. Laura used the Floral District paper to make a fabulous pinwheel card that my ladies all ooohed and aaahed over! Well, one thing led to another and I decided that "Pennants and Pinwheels" was an extremely catchy and fun class title! So ... I had no problem coming up with pinwheels (and I still have oodles of ideas!). The trouble was that I didn't know what to do for the...

Yep, the Sunday after Father's Day and just getting this post up! I found the tutorial from Lori Heiller here. It matched one of the cards I did for my Father's Day card classes. (BTW, the gorgeous African Violet in the background is one of my mom's prize flowers. She has such a green thumb and the flowers, inside and out, are a treat to behold!)The stamps are from the Totally Tool stamp set that just retired. Since my dad, my brother, and my brother-in-law are all woodworkers, it was the...

Good Friday morning all!It's been so long since I've posted that I don't think I'll lack for post material for at least a couple of months! So ... I'll start backwards!I'm part of a group called the Sensational SU Swappers (SSUS for short!) -- I participated in a weekly sketch challenge and thought I'd share my creation with you very quickly.Here's the sketch -- part of Taylored Expressions Weekly sketch challenges which look to be no more. In the meantime, I have about 150 weeks of sketches...