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As you read this, think of me, as I returned to the classroom today.  The creative burst that I had for the last few days will drastically decrease again, as my life will be overcome with grading papers, meetings, lesson planning, inservices, covering additional classes, and all of the other less important…but needed to be…

Snow Much Fun!

I am so excited to begin my second run with Heart 2 Heart Challenges!  I so enjoyed it the first time and was so happy to receive another opportunity to participate again.  Every term at Heart 2 Heart has had a wonderful and inspiring design team, but I’m particularly honored to be among this particular…

Pirouette Card

Today’s post features the third of a set of cards I created for next week’s Card’s, Etc. Workshop and it’s probably my favorite.  (Details about the first two cards were in yesterday’s post.)  I wasn’t sure how the color combo would work, but I think it turned out really pretty. I used a little inspiration…

Avonlea Card Workshop

My winter break is coming to a close waaaaaayyyyy to quickly.  Unfortunately, my break wasn’t as planned, as I had several medical issues that kept me from “wasting time away” in my craft room.  But I’m pleased to say that I managed to have fun today getting the cards completed for next week’s Cards, Etc….

Enjoy Life

The stamp set that I’m featuring today is called Enjoy Life and it has a great masculine feel to it. The first creation was a card that I created for one of my cards workshop and then recreated for the card swap at Convention.  You can read more about this creation on this post. Inside…

Rosy Regards

Ok…here’s another stamp set that’s going to be retiring at the end of the month.  It’s called Rosy Regards. It’s been almost exactly one year since I created the card below and I still love it.  I can’t put my finger on it.  Is it the pleated ribbon? The way the flowers are cut? The…

Diverse Background

Well, I’m feeling a smidge better today….and I mean a smidge.  But it definitely feels good to get out of bed for awhile.  After checking some of my “go-to” sites, I discovered one of my favorite things…a new “Clearly the Best” videos from Close To My Heart.  It’s actually great timing, as the first two…

Heartfelt Treasures

I had hoped to post some more projects using soon-to-be-retired stamp sets, but I rang in the new year sick…and NOT with a hangover.  I started having a scratchy throat last Thursday evening and pretty much felt like I had a minor cold up through Saturday night/Sunday morning.  But since then, I started getting worse….

Kick Back

Over the last two days, I shared with you two of my absolute favorite stamp sets that will soon be retiring, Remarkable Wreath and Simple Memories.  However, there are some more projects that I want to share with you that use some of the other wonderful stamp sets that are retiring soon. Today, I’m going…

Simple Memories

Continuing on with looking at some projects using soon-to-be-retired stamp sets…today, I’m sharing with you projects that I made using another one of my favorite stamp sets…”Simple Memories” This card was created for last year’s Crazy for Cards workshop and then recreated for Convention swap cards.  The labor into making this card was low, but thanks to…