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Quilling Birthday Card
I pulled out all my quilling tools and found a youtube video to guide me in the making of a quilled birthday card. I found out that quilling (for me) is more like knitting. You do a little each day, you don’t sit down and complete it in the same time that you would complete […]
Jo Brooks October 2023 Shoebox Event
For “next year’s” inspiration I have two super cute Halloween cards designed for the October Shoebox by Jo Brooks. . . . Check out the details! The little spider trinket on the first one and the bat punch used, or the smiley bat stamp, all on a spider web background! And the smiling kitty on […]
Beautiful Princesses
My granddaughter turned 5 in September and she loves all things Cinderella, so I purchased a pop up castle from the Karen Burniston collection of dies and several Disney stamp sets. I also shrunk down a picture of my granddaughter in the Cinderella gown her mother bought her for a Christmas gift last year. I […]
Sharon Fincham September 2023 Shoebox Event
I have so much to show you today, so grab a cuppa and a pencil to take notes about the products in the awesome cards that we did at Sharon’s Shoebox Event. . Products: Garden Green cardstock, Pearlescent paper and gold foil paper Merriest Moments bundle with a stamp set, a set of dies and […]
Colorful Colorado Birthday Cards
We were at Steamboat Lake for a week and watched as the colors were changing! It was glorious! The first picture is Pearl lake, another beautiful lake north of Steamboat Springs. The picture captured the various colors and the reflection in the lake. You must have had your daughter’s fancy camera! No, Sal, just […]
Lisa Christensen August 2023 Shoebox Event
It is time to catch up on Shoebox Events before next Wednesday when we have another! In August Lisa Christensen was the designer/presenter and she made two beautiful Christmas cards with kits for each of us to make one of our own. We craft, we laugh, we enjoy being together and then we eat! Thank […]
Christine Dillon July 2023 Shoebox Event
Christine Dillon was our designer/presenter for the July Shoebox swap. There are six of us who take turns designing two projects and make kits for the group which meets monthly. Ummm….it is September 1st you know. Yes, I am behind on posting, but I had some wonderful camping trips! Would you like to see my […]
Cards for the Cooks and BBQ Folks
. . It was my turn for the monthly shoebox event in June and we made the hamburger punch art card you saw in the last post and this apron card using Stampin’ Up!’s retired Apron of Love stamp set and corresponding Apron Builder Framelits Dies. I started by searching my stash of DSP – […]
Father’s Day Fun Cards
Punch art is our fun for today as we punch away to make a hamburger with chips and a pickle! Recipe Base: Thick White, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4 Layer 1 (X2): Merry Merlot, 5 1/4 X 4 Tablecloth: Designer Series Paper in red plaid, 5 X 3 3/4; […]
Joy Meadows June 2023 Shoebox Event & Get Well Card
. What?! Two posts in one week? Are you leaving again soon? Not soon, Sal, but we are having a shoebox event next Tuesday with Christine as our hostess and it seemed wise not to get too far behind in my scrapbooking of cards! Do you think anyone follows you anymore? Well, Sal, on Facebook […]

