Hi everyone! I'm up on the Doodlebug Blog today! And sharing my projects here too! Today I'm sharing a sweet birthday suite! A card, envelope and pillow box gift card holder that all match perfectly! The "Made With Love" collection is a great choice for birthday cards. And I always love using cupcakes as a theme for birthdays. Everyone loves cupcakes! These new Doodle Cuts are so fun and fabulous! Cheerful, happy and sweet! Hope you enjoy today's projects! Here's a close up of the paper layers on the gift card holder. I made the gift card holder using the... Continue reading

HEEEELLLOOOOOO! Just like the card says! Hello friends! I have a bright and pretty card for you today! The idea came to me in my sleep the other night. I haven't been sleeping much lately but I'm laying there awake with all the ideas floating around my head... Hoping for the days when my anxiety rests and I can rest too. It's been a crazy year. I don't even know what else to say about it. Sleepless nights and crafty ideas I guess for now! Hope you are doing well and enjoying a nice weekend. I'm praying hard for sunshine... Continue reading

Hey guys! Popping in real quick today to share an organizing project!! I always have these grand ideas in my head but then I often put them aside and craft instead! A week or so ago I was watching a movie in the craft room and thought - yes - today's the day I'm going to finally make my Alphabet Die tag project!! I LOOOOVE alphabet dies and they are scattered around my craft room sorted by company, so sometimes I forget what I have. This project now hangs off a hook on my desk so I can grab it... Continue reading

Hi everyone! I almost typed Happy Sunday....but it's Monday! It really feels like a Sunday - maybe because my husband is off work for President's Day....or maybe because I made us pancakes for breakfast! LOL. Anyhoo it's a nice gloomy rainy day and Lucky and I are getting caught up in the studio this afternoon. I hope you are doing well and are healthy and happy. Spring is arriving fast here in Sacramento. Our garden is blooming and we are sneezing... It's time for a new season, and some hope that we'll all be out and about soon. Just really... Continue reading

Hi everyone! I told you this was going to be a busy week! Whew! Today I'm guest designing for Sunny Studio Stamps! It's been a while since I guested for them and it makes me smile. Happy Saturday everyone! I'm always happy and excited to be the guest designer on the Sunny Studio Blog! I'm so delighted to work with the beautiful and fun stamps and dies from Sunny Studio! I'm in love with this awesome most recent stamp and die release. I mean who doesn't love hot air balloons and otters?! I had so much fun creating two cards... Continue reading

Helllloooooo! Yes! It's me again this week! SO MUCH going on! And it's all good! Today is my first project for the Doodlebug Design Team and the Doodlebug Blog! I had so much fun making this project to share with you. I hope you love it too! Something different than a card, but still so much paper goodness! I am featuring the newest collection from Doodlebug called Made With Love. It's a baking theme with the most adorable images and the prettiest color palette. Everything you love about Doodlebug. Pink and aqua and yellow...perfect for Spring. And smiling whisks and... Continue reading

HEY HEY HEY!!! It's time to launch a brand new card kit from Taylored Expressions! WOOHOOOO! I look forward to these so much! Fun fact: I get the very first kit every time since I am the one who takes all the product photographs! It's very hard to keep this secret and I'm always so excited to share my project and the kits with you! Today is a pleasure - the new kit is a partner kit to another kit!! This one is called Field Notes 2! Another gorgeous floral image...classic but modern.... The kit this time includes a fantastic... Continue reading

Hi friends! Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio February New Release Blog Hop! There are a lot of us in the blog hop today and it's going to be so much fun! We are celebrating a gorgeous new release from our friends at Pinkfresh Studio. All of the new products are available for shopping now in the Pinkfresh Studio Store. They have the most gorgeous and classy florals and amazing dies...Can't wait to show you my card for today. I used the brand new Choose Hope stamp/die/stencil combo and the AMAZING new Curvy Leaves dies...and the new Happy Birthday sentiments. You... Continue reading

HEEYYYYY! Happy Friday crafty people! It's time for a big blog hop today! We are celebrating the brand new release from Waffle Flower Crafts today! The release is called "Hope" and it's wonderful. Pretty florals, some faith based stamps (which I absolutely love), more Stitchables....and even more! CLICK HERE to shop the new release - it's available now. But, be sure to check out the blog hop too! Loads of inspiration and fun and a giveaway. The Waffle Flower release is full of stamps, dies, and stencils that celebrate the hope and joy of Spring! Did you arrive here from... Continue reading

Hellloooooooo! Today on my blog it's a cute bug invasion! A whole swarm of bees and ladybugs are whooshing by with some Valentine flair! I looooove making cute treat boxes, bags, and envelopes to give some sweets to my friends. I finally bought the tiny treats box from Lawn Fawn a few months ago...and almost all of the little animals that add on!! EEP. These are sooooo much fun to make. I was smiling the entire time!! There is no stamping, just die cutting and easy assembly. I am going to try to do a little trip around town next... Continue reading

Hi friends! Happy Monday! How about we start the week (and the month) off on a good note?! I've been keeping a secret for a while and today I can finally share with you! EEP. I am SO very excited to announce that I will be joining the 2021 Doodlebug Design Team! Can I get a woooo hooooo? I am thrilled and delighted to know that I will get the opportunity to create projects and share with you - one of my favorite companies. I have a long history with Doodlebug Designs. They started business in 2000 and I was... Continue reading

Hi friends! Happy Monday! How about we start the week (and the month) off on a good note?! I've been keeping a secret for a while and today I can finally share with you! EEP. I am SO very excited to announce that I will be joining the 2021 Doodlebug Design Team! Can I get a woooo hooooo? I am thrilled and delighted to know that I will get the opportunity to create projects and share with you - one of my favorite companies. I have a long history with Doodlebug Designs. They started business in 2000 and I was... Continue reading

Hellooooooo my lovelies! I have a fun treat for you today! How are ya? I'm having fun in the craft room making lots of projects. Today's card is out of my normal color palette, and I love it! I was so happily surprised last week to receive a package from Nina at Waffle Flower, and it contained the most amaaaaazing new stamp set! It's called Love Letters!! OMG! It's from their latest product release. And the very cool thing is that it is a suite of products - stamps, dies, word cut outs, outlines and stencils that all go together.... Continue reading

Hi friends! Just a couple more weeks until Cupid pulls back that arrow and shoots ya! I'm loving making all the Valentine things lately! So many cute ideas and projects to make! This year I'm more into it than I normally am so I've been decorating with hearts all over our house. LOL. Here's hoping maybe we can at least go out for a coffee on Valentine's Day this year. Hope you're having a good week so far! XO Today I'm sharing a sweet cross stitching project I finished a week or so ago. It was a fun and quick... Continue reading

Hello there my sweet crafty friends! Happy Friday to you! We don't have anything planned for the weekend (of course)...but the sun is shining and we're all still healthy and creative here. It's almost Valentine's Day and I have so many ideas this year. I'm pretty sure I won't get to all of them, but I'm going to try to share some fun projects with you. Cards and treats, and stitching and who knows what else!? How are you? I hope you are doing well. I thank you for spending a little of your time here with me on the... Continue reading

Hi friends! It's an exciting week! It's Release Week for the beautiful Nature Lover Collection from The Greetery! Today is day two of the product reveals and all the new stamps and dies will be available at 10am EST tomorrow! Yay! It's full of gorgeous hearts and florals that are perfect for Valentine's Day or any other occasion too! I love how Betsy made it so versatile... I had a joyful time creating two cards to share with you today featuring new products. There is a full list at the bottom of my post with all the links for today!... Continue reading

Hi sweethearts! It's time to get ready for Valentine's Day and all the stamp companies are releasing cute releases with love and hearts in mind! The newest release from Pretty Pink Posh is soooooo sweet! I made a fun Valentine's card using some of the new stamps and some of their older dies and stencils. It's a confectionary concoction full of pink, red and gold. The perfect palette for hearts day! All the the new products are already available now! I'll be participating in a fun Instagram Hop tomorrow and we'll all be featuring the new release. Lots of good... Continue reading

Hi crafty pals! How are you today? I hope your week has started off on a good note! I have a busy week this week getting business-y things taken care of that were waiting until after the holidays. Feels like it takes a couple of weeks of the new year for everything to get back on track. Especially with this weird year, right?! I've been really organizing our home and getting rid of things. We got new fresh curtains for our kitchen and the whole place feels brighter. My husband painted my bathroom a pretty shade of green and that... Continue reading

Hi friends! Happy 2021! I have something really fun and cheerful to share with you today! Are you familiar with Catherine Pooler Designs? If you're not, I seriously suggest you check them out! Their stamps are happy and beautiful and such a delight to stamp with...and don't get me started on their amazing ink pads! Well, I loooooove Catherine and Erika over at CP Designs - they are about the cutest stamping duo out there and they are delightful to work with. When they reached out to me a while ago to see if I wanted an advance peek at... Continue reading

Happy New Year's Day! 2021 is here! Wowza! Time for a fresh new start on things and I'm here for it! Today is the last Feature Friday for the December new release from Concord & 9th. Thanks and shout out to the lovely folks at C9 for inviting me to be a guest this month. I love working with them! Today I'm featuring the newest addition to the Turnabout collection - The Botanical Turnabout! It's a lovely and lively floral spray and its gorgeous! I stamped it in pretty shades of pink and green and made a birthday card. Let's... Continue reading

Greetings and Salutations my dear crafty friends! Happy New Year's Eve 2020! I hadn't planned on posting a card today, or even saying anything at the end of the year.... But, my husband is repainting our bathroom today and he likes to work alone.... So I found myself in the craft room with Lucky, and the mood struck me to create a New Year Card. I have on some classical music and it's kind of gray outside. And it's weirdly quiet in our neighborhood today. In the quiet of my warm studio I created a card and thought about the... Continue reading

Hey there! How was your Christmas? I hope you had a lovely weekend full of joy and Christmas spirit! I can't believe another Christmas has passed. And this week is a new year! We had a quiet Christmas at home. It was a nice rainy day and we watched about 500 Christmas movies all day!! Thank you to everyone who sent me a contribution based on my post from Christmas Eve! You all richly blessed me and I am so grateful. THANK YOU! BLESS YOU! Last week, we didn't do Concord & 9th Feature Friday because it was Christmas Day...so... Continue reading

Merry Christmas 2020! Thank you for all of your support and love during this crazy year. A weary world rejoices today indeed! From the bottom of my heart I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Bless you! MERRY CHRISTMAS 2020! From the Guess family! Continue reading

Happy Christmas Eve! I woke up this morning feeling inspired to use some of my new Christmas supplies that haven't been inked up yet this season! My husband bought me several Tim Holtz stamp sets for my birthday and I was so sad that I never had time to use them. As I was having coffee, and contemplating putting all the crafting things away for the season, I decided to sit down and make one last tag. Peace on Earth to all of us this beautiful Christmas Eve. Blessings to you and yours. XOXO I have one last request for... Continue reading

Hi there crafty friends! Today's project is kind of a recipe, kind of a photo shoot, kind of a treat idea... One of my favorite treats at Christmas time is Peppermint Bark! As much as I love everything Pumpkin Spice in the Fall, I love everything Peppermint in the Winter! And, chocolate and peppermint is the best combination!! I usually make at least one batch of homemade Peppermint Bark each season. It's easy to share, and it lasts a while too! I just got this pretty new marble cake stand, and that called for a photo shoot! I've been really... Continue reading