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I had a bit of trouble coming up with the name for this week's card class (tonight is actually a repeat of last week's class) but pretty is exactly what I think these cards are!I made up a combination of Mothers' Day/Wedding/Baby cards for this class -- 5 cards in all. For the lady that is without a mother, the sentiment for the Mother's Day Card could be substituted with any other sentiment.Check out my cards closer-up:The first card here is one of my wedding cards. You'll see that I used the...

Well, I appear to be improving on my timing a little bit. I once again participated in Mary Jo's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge -- again with a card for my brother-in-law's birthday ... since I decided that last week's card was more fitting for my dad's retirement coming up in June!Here's this week's sketch:Here's my take on the sketch. I'm not a big purple fan, but I loved how the purple seemed to go with the image -- masculine, but not overdone -- a clean and simple card.I used the Forever Young...

It's May 2nd and I placed my first pre-order for items from the new catalog yesterday afternoon -- it'll get here by Thursday p.m.! Yay! I can't wait to play with the new in-colors and try out the new ink pads! I only pre-ordered a couple of stamp sets and designer papers, just to give you all a sneak peek.In the meantime, catalogs will start shipping out to my customers on May 14th -- are you on my list? Email me today for your own copy!I thought everyone would benefit from having all of the...

Last weekend, on the Cape Retreat with my other demonstrator friends, my upline challenged us to participate weekly in Mary Jo Price's Sketch Challenge. I forgot about it until today ... that gets me in just under the wire since the sketch is released weekly on Mondays!!TechnoStamper's SketchMy "take" on the SketchI feel like the options were endless! But, since I needed a birthday card for my brother-in-law for this upcoming week, I decided to use The Open Sea and the Nautical Expedition DSP....

Hi guys and gals!What a super-gorgeous day here in my small little suburb north of Boston! Lovin' this weather!Last night I had my Summer Smooches card class -- I have to say, there are not enough days in the week, or weeks in the year to promote all of the wonderful stamp sets available in the Spring Mini Catalog that retires next Monday, or the stamp sets in the giant Idea Book and Catalog that finishes up on May 31st! Couple that up with the Retired Accessories list that was just released...