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Hi all! I've been perseverating for the past 4 months about what was worthy of being a first post in my LONG disappearance from blogging. I was so uptight about getting this first one done that I lost perspective -- my stamping friends have told me they just want to see a post, with or without details!One of my close girlfriends had a baby last weekend, an adorable baby girl (her fourth girl!!) who is truly a gift! I made a quick card and thought I'd share that with you. Tomorrow I hope to...

Today, we remember our veterans -- those that have died for our country, or have given tremendous sacrifices to fight and protect our freedom. My prayer is for peace, and my card, although not specifically red, white and blue, speaks of this and looks for peace. This is actually last week's Blogger's Challenge -- a patriotic theme. Although I finished it early in the week, I didn't find time to post until today.Below, you will see some close-up photos of the card. I used Crystal Effects on the...

My last project that I shared on the Royal Blog Tour featuring the stamp set Sweet Season is an absolutely adorable Christmas Tree ornament! *(YILMP! see below for the "interpretation"!) This is larger than the Milk Carton die that Stampin' Up! sells, and it has a great detail that I absolutely love about it! I purchased the tutorial for this milk carton from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho, probably two years ago, and I use it consistently.(* YILMP is adapted from Janine Tinklenberg's (Stamps,...

This adorable apron Cookie Swap invitation is one of my favorite projects for the stamp set Sweet Season that I featured for the Royal Blog Tour. (Oh... who am I kidding ... I loved every one of my creations for the tour!!) A used a template for the apron card that I printed out from Mirkwood Designs. The invitation fits into a large Whisper White envelope. I enlarged the provided template 135% to get the size that I was looking for. I needed it small enough to fit into an envelope, but large...

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for visiting my castle on the tour, and for returning for all the details on all the projects I prepared for the Royal Blog Tour! As I said, the stamp set that I'd chosen to spotlight is called Sweet Season. It contains 4 stamps. They're perfect for gift-giving, which is what I'll show you again! My first 2 projects are perfect for packaging and delivering homemade goodies for the holidays! I made a small cranberry nut bread and created a bread wrap to showcase it....