I wasn't sure I really liked the chalkboard look when it first came out. But it is so prevalent everywhere in magazines and TV, the more I see it, the more I'm liking it.The base is Whisper White.  The designer paper background is Back to Black, now retired....

Have you heard of My Paper Pumpkin?  It is a monthly subscription through Stampin' Up (and me), whereby you receive each month in the mail, a kit to make cards or gift boxes or in this case, pinwheels.  You get everything you needs from the inks, the stamps,...

I always have trouble with "man" cards. I tend to gravitate to the fussy, frilly, blingy cards.  So around this time of year, when it's close to Father's Day, I am forced to dig deep and look at my stamp sets differently.This is a retired stamp set called Love...

What a sweet stamp set, suitable for Father's Day, Man's Birthday or a man card for any occasion.This is called Moon Lake and features this goose, with the bullrushes nearby.  The water is colored in by hand with Pool Party, Soft Sky, & Bermuda...

Work of Art is a stamp set that is so versatile and so useful, it has become my new "go to" stamp set when I can't think of another thing to make.I did this card entirely using the In Colors from 2014-2016, so on the left margin I used the same "squiggle" in...

I needed a baby boy card and I grabbed this set, which I ordered last June and still hadn't used.  I'm still loving that color combination of Pool Party and Calypso Coral, as you can see.Something for Baby Stamp Set has in it every one of these images and also a...

I think the sentiments within this stamp set, Mother's Love, are so lovely. "Nobody loves like a Mom" and "and no Mom deserves love more than you."  Suitable for a Mom, Grandmother, daughter, friend, neighbor. I dry-embossed Vellum Card Stock with the...

I just love this stamp set, Butterfly Basics, which has the tiny butterfly image, the leafy pattern, the "tracks," a medium butterfly between these two sizes, this and other sentiments and the tiny honeycomb images.Start with a base of Whisper White card stock, add a...

Fun color combinations, Coastal Cabana and Calypso Coral make everything cheery and Spring-like.The Best Day Ever stamp set includes the "You Made My Day" sentiment as well.  The stamp set and these colors coordinate with the Best Year Ever Designer...

The stamp set, Celebrate Today, has beautiful big round balloons to stamp, but here the coordinating Balloon Framelits were employed, just die-cutting designer papers from the Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack called Birthday Bash.The darling little flag banners...