For your Halloween planning, today's project is Stampin' Up! Halloween Monster Munchies in a Coffin! How cute is this? Wouldn't this be fun to put on each dinner plate? The "mummy" is actually a small size Sugar Daddy wrapped in the 1/2" Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon. The eyes are punched out of Whisper White with […]
3 Days until the World Card Making Day in Minnesota!
Its only 3 days until the World Card Making Day in Minnesota! I hope you will join us! Here is one of the fourteen totally different, but all beautiful, cards we will be making: ……but before I show you, I just want to remind you that today is also the first of the 12 Weeks […]
Tuesdays with Tim: An Apple Recipe for Fall!
We have an apple tree in our backyard which usually gives me lots of apples to cook with. This year, there are very few so I guess I will treasure what we get. I can't eat eggs or dairy, so when I looked for a recipe for bars to take along camping, I found this […]
Stamping Up North in Minnesota!
I spent time at our church's Women's Retreat stamping up north in Minnesota! One of the many cards we made was the card pictured below made from the Happy You stamp set. We spent plenty of time outdoors hiking and sunning as well! What a perfect weekend! Sitting in these chairs overlooking the lake at […]
Moving Forward with World Card Making Day in MN Oct 6!
Yes, we are Moving Forward with World Card Making Day in MN Oct 6! Join us in Eagan MN on that day! More details later in this blog post. This is one of the fourteen different cards we will be making. Lisa Wellman made this beautiful card with the Moving Forward stamp set. This set […]
12 Weeks of Christmas Stamping Projects Are Coming Soon!
My, how time flies! I know it seems early now, but the 12 Weeks of Christmas stamping projects are coming soon! In fact, it starts next Wednesday! This is my free gift to all of you who are on my mailing list. You will get a new idea each week for a Holiday card, gift, […]
Tuesdays with Tim: Camping with Friends
Two ways of marking time for me is the State Fair and camping with friends. We have been married for 38 years and we started camping with these friends even before then. The Austs and the Westvigs and the Tituses have camped through all the stages of raising 11 children combined and now its just […]
Perfectly Preserved Jar of Buttons!
This card brings back memories for me. Its a Perfectly Preserved jar of buttons! Did you ever play with old buttons as a child? If your mother or grandmother was a sewer, you probably did. Of course, most women used to sew out of necessity in the 50's so if you are as old as […]