Butterflies Are Everywhere
Last year I had a fabulous time creating a set of beautiful spring butterfly cards, and then I offered them as a class in Champaign, …
There’s Something Wrong With This Stamp
It’s like one of those magazine pages made for 6 year olds (and I’m an expert at those ;-) Can you spot what’s wrong with …
Mounting Your Stamps: A Stamping 101 Tutorial
If you’re already a stamper, this may seem pretty fundamental to you. But if you’re new to the world of rubber stamping, sometimes it’s tricky …
Scrapbooking with 250 Princesses
Key words: BRING GLITTER! This past weekend I had the privilege of making scrapbook pages with about 250 little girls at the Champaign Park District’s …
Where Did I Put That Roll of Ribbon?
Do you ever get going on a project, only to realize that you don’t have the right color of ribbon/brad/button/whatever on hand? One solution would …
“Mom, Can I Use Your Cell Phone?”
When you’re 6, your Valentine’s Day awareness is pretty much limited to a fun class party. You get to hand out all the valentines that …
How to Cut Cardstock: A Stamping 101 Tutorial
It’s one thing to look at fabulous card ideas in the Stampin’ Up! catalog or here online, but another thing to actually be able to …
“Here Birdie, Birdie!”
Actually, I’m not sure this would really hold up for much of a bird… we had parakeets for years, and I’ve realized that birds are …
Give Me an L, Give Me an O, Give Me a V…
What does that spell? “LOVE” of course! Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us, so I wanted to get my quilted pennant banner ready. I’m not …
Keep Your Stamps Clean: A Stamping 101 Tutorial
If you’re already a stamper, this may seem pretty fundamental to you. But if you’re new to the world of rubber stamping, sometimes it’s tricky …
Warning: Intense Cute Factor
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned, but a good friend of mine has an anti-cute radar. She’s a stamper too, but her stamp collection and …
Wait a Minute, That’s Not Cardstock
I have to say that I am SO SO SO SO SO excited about this project! My sewing machine came out of storage, where it’s …
What’s Better than Cute Projects with Chocolate?
What’s better than a cute stamping project? Why, a cute project with chocolate, of course! And what’s better than a cute project with chocolate? Why, …
I {Heart} Using Heart Stamps
The name of this stamp set is just too funny… Really… “I {Heart} Hearts“. You have to love it. What are those little bracket things …
How To Use Scissors: Stamping 101 Video Tip of the Week
I know, I know… all we need to know we learned in kindergarten, right? Well it turns out that we probably DID learn this one …