Good Day friends! I'm popping in with some Happy Mail for you today! How are you? I hope you survived the giant heat wave this past week. I can't believe the temperatures we were seeing on the news. Here in Sacramento it is often over 100 degrees, but this month we haven't had any days over 100 yet. I think we will today though. I hope my East coast friends are doing fine. Yuck!! I had a quiet weekend at home. I didn't feel good for a few days and just took a break and slept and relaxed with my... Continue reading

Hey Lady! That's something I say all the time to my friends! It's a term of endearment and excitement, usually when I'm greeting a friend! I am not a quiet person, so it's like HEY LADY!! Followed by a big ole hug! (I'm a hugger, and I'm squishy too)... So when I went to make this card, I had that in mind. I love these adorable ladybugs stamps and dies from Honey Bee Stamps. They are so much fun to color! Happy Saturday my little ladies! I hope you have a fantastic weekend planned. This card has a lot going... Continue reading

Hi friends! Are you hungry? Do you like sushi? I have a cute and funny card for you then! I'm still sharing cards made with the images I colored during the color challenge and this is one of them! Adorable stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn, with a clean and graphic card layout. Oh, and lots of Copic coloring! Yes! I hope your week is going along great! I used these fun sushi images from Lawn Fawn, and a little bit of gingham paper....lots of white space.... The finished card is A2 size. I started with a white card base,... Continue reading

Hi crafty pals! I'm going to have you humming 'under the sea' by the end of this post! Happy Monday and a happy Summer Monday it is! We hit 100 degrees over the weekend, and the State Fair started, so, yep, it's Summer! I'm already starting to get Fall and Winter stamps in the mail for design assignments, but I'm holding on to Summer crafting for a little bit longer! I like to start thinking about Fall in August! Do you agree?? I hope you had a nice weekend! Today I'm sharing NOT a card! LOL. I made a cool... Continue reading

Updated 7/15/19 PRIZE WINNER SELECTED! PATT H! THANK YOU EVERYONE! Ho Ho Ho! Happy Holidays!! Yikes, yes, it's time for Christmas in July already! Today I'm sharing my first Christmas card for 2019! I'm showing you brand new stamp sets from Scrapbook.com just perfect for Winter Holidays!! I combined the stamps with a brand new paper collection from Authentique to create a vintage feeling holiday card. I hope you're ready for Christmas! LOL. CLICK HERE to see the brand new stamp release from Scrapbook.com. Something for everyone!! I love everything vintage for Christmas, and this new paper collection had beautiful... Continue reading

Greetings Special Friends! How are you? Are you crafting anything fun this week? I hope you get in some creative time - I feel like that's so important. Even if I don't create, I make sure to come in my studio every single day. Sometimes I just organize or look through things, sometimes I don't think I'm going to create, but the mood strikes me once I'm in here! I've thoroughly enjoyed doing the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge this time around. I didn't make something every single day, but I tried!! It's coming to a close in a... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you had a fun weekend! I got in lots of crafty time and relaxation. Not too much going on around here actually. The weather has been amazing lately. I'm looking forward to a good week. Getting my hair done and meeting up with some friends...Tuesdays Together Meetup, Crocheting... Good stuff. Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have an awesome week! For today's post I'm featuring the brand new, gorgeous, Hello Sunshine Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs! I was sent this awesome collection as part of my design work for Scrapbook.com. I'm new to... Continue reading

Hey everyone!! Happy 4th of July, Independence Day! Happy Birthday America! What are you doing today to celebrate? As of right now, writing this post, I'm not sure what we're doing! It's going to be perfect weather and there are lots of things going on around town... We just haven't decided! I hope you and your family have a perfect day! I have a very patriotic and festive card to share today. I always love vintage Americana style...So that's just what I did here for today's project. The finished card is A2 size made from woodgrain paper from my stash.... Continue reading

Hi everyone!!! Happy weekend again! I hope you had a fantastic week! My week went by so fast. I was really busy making lots of things and going here and there. The weather here has been perfect!! Nice to be outside. Today I'm going to a Convalidation Ceremony for one of my friends and a party after to celebrate. Really looking forward to it! What are you doing this weekend?? Whatever it is, have fun!! Today I'm sharing a card sure to make you smile!! It's a pool party! LOL! The absolutely cutest stamps from Avery Elle!! I colored these... Continue reading

Hellooooo! Today is day two of the launch of a brand new AMAZING product from Taylored Expressions! Did you see my post from yesterday? Did you order some brushes? If you don't know what's going on, I'll explain here! Okay, so what's going on??? Blender Brushes!!! Taylored Expressions has brand new, beautiful blender brushes in a set for you to use for all your crafting! They are perfect for ink blending, stenciling, coloring over embossing folders, and so much more. The specially designed features of the new blender brushes include fine, white bristles (so you can see what color you're... Continue reading

Hey everyone!! I am SO SO SO SOOOO excited to write this blog post and share with you today! I am part of the team launching a brand new AMAZING product from Taylored Expressions! I know you're going to love this just as much as I do!! I have been keeping this secret for a very long time. I was fortunate to be the person who created all the launch and packaging photos!! (Yes, that's my job!) When Taylor wrote me months ago I knew this was going to be a huge hit. I couldn't be happier for the crew... Continue reading

Howdy friends! Happy Weekend! And, officially, now Happy Summer! Did you have a good week? My week went by so fast!! I had a lot more to do and didn't get it all done... I guess there's always next week. Ha! I've been working on coloring every day for the Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I was on a roll but then I had a few days where I wasn't home. I'll get caught up! How about you? Are you joining in with Kathy and everyone on Instagram?? It's a super fun way to challenge yourself to do something... Continue reading

Hellooooo friends! Feeling fruity and fun today here on the blog! I have a couple of cheerful fruity shaker cards to share with you! I feel like Carmen Miranda all of a sudden. LOL. I sort of love anything that is fruit themed. Lemons, oranges, berries...love it all. It seems like those things just make for the cutest cards. Today's cards are made with the most fun Shaker Card Kit from Queen and Company! If you've never crafted with one of their kits before - I highly recommend it! They have found a way to make making shaker cards SUPER... Continue reading

Hi everybody!!! Happy Monday!!! And it's a goooood Monday indeed!!! Today starts the new release countdown for The Greetery June 2019 products! Yahooooooo. It's very hard to keep a secret around here. I'm happy when I can finally share. Betsy has created another smashing new release and I'll be sharing a card today on day one of release week. She will continue showing projects all week and the entire release will be available for purchase on Friday 6/21 at 10am EST. Be sure to check in daily on The Greetery Blog to see all the pretty samples we've been making... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Happy Weekend! It was a busy and fun week. My husband was off work this week and we've been doing chores and hanging out...and we even went to Yosemite! Great way to kick off the Summer season in California! I posted a lot of pictures from our trip on my Instagram Stories if you want to check them out. You can find them in the highlights section. I'm very happy and excited to be the guest designer today on the Sunny Studio Blog! I'm always delighted to work with the beautiful and fun stamps and dies from Sunny... Continue reading

Hi everyone! Welcome to my page and my stop on this awesome two day, blog hop extravaganza!! The blog hop is to celebrate the beautiful tropical themed new release from Pretty Pink Posh! Yipppeeee! It's been tough to keep this release a secret, that's for sure! But today, we're all sharing cards and projects to inspire you with the new release. It has everything perfect for summer! I made two colorful cards to share today. I hope you've got a mai tai ready and your flip flops on! Here is a photo of both of my cards together. Both are... Continue reading

Hey everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you have an awesome week planned! It's going to be H O T here in Sacramento so my goal is to stay cool! We had a fun weekend. Saturday was World Wide Knit in Public Day so I went to the park with a bunch of crafty gals and we sat around all afternoon eating snacks and yarning! It was big fun. Then hubs and I had date night! YAY! Yesterday was for chores and crafting! You know I'm on a quest to use all my awesome stamps that haven't been inked yet. This... Continue reading

Hi crafty people! I have a treat for you today! I cute little cupcake! How was your weekend? We had a good weekend here in Sactown. My husband has every other Friday off as his work schedule so we usually try to go do something on his 'off' Fridays. This time we went to the ocean - yay! OMG allergies have been so so so relentless this year here where I live. The only way to escape is to get away to the coast. It instantly makes us feel better and I love the ocean anyway! So it's a win/win.... Continue reading

Inspired by the groovy fashion of the 70's, I combined die cuts from several companies into fun summer cards. Handmade with paper and dies. Get creative! Learn how on my blog. Continue reading

Hi everyone! Nice to see you today. I hope you're enjoying the first weekend of Summer and that you had some time to regroup and recharge your batteries. My husband and I have been busy out enjoying the beautiful weather and taking photos... Yesterday we went to this amazing French Flea Market in Sonoma. WOW. I was blown away by this wonderful event. On Saturday I spent the entire day at my Local Stamp Store and took a wonderful Vintage Garden Book class. It's so nice to craft when someone else has lovingly prepared everything for you!! Friday we visited... Continue reading

Handmade card with stamps and dies from Hero Arts as part of their anniversary blog hop! Vintage feel to this card using San Francisco stamps and lots of distress inks. Learn how I made this card on my blog. Continue reading

Handmade Tropical card with distress inks and Altenew Hibiscus Garden Dies. Learn how to make this bright and cheerful card with stamps and dies. Crafting, cardmaking. A Blog Called Wanda. Continue reading

The new stamp release is now available from Scrapbook.com! I made a cheerful, colorful birthday card with lots of sentiments and embossing. A little sewing too. Learn how to make this card on my blog. Continue reading

Picket Fence Studios is celebrating their one year anniversary! I made a card using their beautiful stamps, dies and stencils! Created an underwater scene. Learn how on my blog. Continue reading

We're celebrating Reverse Confetti's 6th Birthday with a big blog hop. The May new stamp release is so pretty. Think cake, confetti, champagne and ice cream. Sharing two handmade cards. Directions on my blog. Continue reading