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Our next door neighbors have just have their first child, and they are, of course, overjoyed. I wanted to be sure to have a card and gift ready to take when they are up to a visit. I found the... Continue reading

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Love Letters

Once again, I'm coming to The Paper Players Challenge right at the end of the challenge. I had a terrific trip over the weekend, and our group flew home from Jacksonville Sunday just ahead of the big winter storm and... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at random reflections

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Penny Black Birthday Card

It is now a very unusual day as this is my third post. As I wrote in the previous post, I'm due at the airport tomorrow at 5:15 am, so there's no hope of posting it tomorrow. This is a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2025 at random reflections

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Flies in the Air

It's not often that I post twice in a day, but I have a few Christmas cards I haven't shared, and this one is perfect for the AAA Card Challenge: CAS; optional Flies in the Air. The Greetery's Nordic Bird... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2025 at random reflections

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Color Hues 102

Stef has chose the new colors for the mid-January Color Hues Challenge: Typically when I see a color combo like this one I reach for one of my geometric stamp or die sets. I really wanted to branch out this... Continue reading

Posted Jan 16, 2025 at random reflections

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Cards for Guys

Yesterday Tracy was skiing with my granddaughters so after church I had the afternoon to craft away. I needed three masculine card for birthdays at the end of this month. I made two of the first card, and then a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 13, 2025 at random reflections

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Time To Party

Time got away from me again, and I needed a birthday card for a two-year old quickly. Luckily, I had the Jane's Doodle stamp set, Greetings. The little boy is fond of cars, and I'm guessing he'll be happy with... Continue reading

Posted Jan 11, 2025 at random reflections

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Happy Anniversary

I spent most of yesterday on paperwork and unpacking and organizing cardstock. Before we left for Wisconsin, I emptied a large carton that I had hauled to the basement while my craft room was renovated. It had been sitting there... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2025 at random reflections

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Winter Birthday

My nephew celebrates a birthday in early January. The occasion was an opportunity to put my Simon Says/Gina K Designs Stay Cozy stamp set to good use again. Early in December, I used the set to create two cards-one for... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2025 at random reflections

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Color Hues #101

Sheri is the hostess for our first Color Hues Challenge of 2025. She chose Red and Kraft, and it was a perfect combination for putting two of my very recent purchases to work. I couldn't resist ordering the Frosty Buds... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2025 at random reflections

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Christmas Penguins

I've loved and enjoyed using several of The Greetery's Hey, Honeycomb products, and there was no way I could resist the Hey, Honeycomb Penguin released in November. Betsy had created stand-up versions of the cards (there were also a snowman... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2024 at random reflections

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Happy Birthday!

It's not unusual for me to have difficulty posting during the holiday. Now that I'm at Sarah's for awhilem I'll have time to do a little catch-up. Today is both Hannah and Caleb's birthdays. We're waiting for friends to arrive... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2024 at random reflections

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Merry Christmas!

Posting on Christmas Day is a bit of a novelty, but today is also Woodblock Wednesday for December. Since I'll be on the road tomorrow, it's best to post and link to Amy's blog today. This month's woodblock stamp turned... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2024 at random reflections

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Nordic Ornaments

I was out of appropriate thank you notes for the holiday, and found a group of Waltzing Mouse images I had stamped several years ago when I got together with friends to share stamps. All the images had small ornament... Continue reading

Posted Dec 21, 2024 at random reflections

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Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday was my son and daughter-in-law's anniversary. We were lucky enough to have our three granddaughters here last night while they went out to dinner. And then the girls returned today to make sugar cookies. It's been a lovely weekend.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 15, 2024 at random reflections

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Time is Flying By

The days are flying by so quickly, I didn't realize how long it had been since I had posted. In the last four days, however, I've gone from almost no shopping done to being finished with the shopping. Tracy always... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2024 at random reflections

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Masculine Birthday Cards

Today is my brother-in-law's birthday and a week from today is my brother's birthday. I almost always do duplicate (or almost) cards for them. When Simon Says hosted it's STAMPtember event where they offer exclusive designs from major stamp companies,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2024 at random reflections

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Color Hues 100!!!

Our fabulous leader, Nancy, has chosen the wonderful colors for this amazing 100th Challenge for Color Hues. Since this is our 100th challenge, Woohooo... there will be a fabulous prize offered to one of our winners. You can read all... Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2024 at random reflections

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Christmas Ornaments

This post was made possible by the kindness and generosity of a fellow blogger--Darnell. When I commented on the beautiful papers she had used to create some lovely Christmas cards featuring an ornament, she sent me an envelope full of... Continue reading

Posted Nov 29, 2024 at random reflections

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Woodblock Wednesday-November

Woodblock Wednesday snuck up on me this month. It's been hard to get to everything that needs to be done after being away for 10 days. I'm making progress, but had to hop to it to get this card made.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2024 at random reflections

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Happy Birthday, Ella!

My middle granddaughter turned 10 yesterday. She's always been the fashion conscious glamour girl, and I had so much fun making her birthday card. She asked for a gift certificate to Athleta, so the card ended up being just perfect!... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2024 at random reflections

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Flourished Christmas Tree

It's not unusual for me to purchase a Christmas stamp, or in this case, a hot foil plate one year, and not put it to use until the following year. This Spellbinders hot foil plate, Flourished Tree, is one of... Continue reading

Posted Nov 24, 2024 at random reflections

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CAS Christmas

The Paper Players have a challenge that is right up my alley: CAS Christmas! I'm running close to the end of the challenge, but we were in Wisconsin for ten days helping Sarah while Adam was away for a week.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 21, 2024 at random reflections

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Color Hues #99

It's mid-November (where does the time go?) and Marcia has a wonderful color combination on the Color Hues Blog for the next two weeks: Pink and Aqua. These colors were perfect for the Hey, Honeycomb Balloons, by The Greetery. I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2024 at random reflections

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Festive Friends

I've done a pretty good job resisting all the new holiday stamps and die cuts that have been released this year. I did break down and purchase the Festive Friends die cuts from Spellbinders. It was the October Die of... Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2024 at random reflections

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