Archive for January, 2009

My last index card – Sweet Stems

My last index card I needed to make for Splitcoast Stampers was for the stamp set Sweet Stems.  I was hesitent to buy this set because I had bought and regreted Pocket Silhouettes, another small flower set.  However, after looking at the stamp set and all the coordinating items (besides the stamp set you have [...]

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And now for a little bit of muzak

Well, I finished my last index card last night and had a lot of fun with it.  It is one of my rare, very simple cards.  No layers even!  Unfortunately, I waited until this morning to try to take a picture of the card before work (I’ve found the early morning light tends to be [...]

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Thank You Kindly Index Card and the Philosophy of Card Fronts

For a while now, I’ve been a member of the card front club.  That is, someone who participates in card front swaps and who creates card fronts when making new card projects.  I always told myself, “I’m saving cardstock this way” and some folks say it saves a lot of room when storing your cards.  [...]

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Blast from the past cards

Yesterday, I was invited by a nearby demo to come stamp with her and a couple of her ladies in a casual afternoon of card making. (thanks, Lisa!)  I had never met her before, but I was excited to meet other stamping ladies from the area.  First off, I am so jealous of her workspace. [...]

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My first blog award!

So, this last week, I was honored to be nominated for my first blog award!  Thank you, Tracy, for the award, it really made my day!  
Here are the rules for this award:

Add the logo to your blog
Link the person from whom you receive the award from (hi Tracy)
Nominate several people
Leave a message on [...]

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A stamping snack to tide you over

I finished my first week on the new job and then saturday did a day trip to Seattle to hand off some stampin catalogs and then go to the geekiest of all concerts – Video Game Live.  Yes, it is a concert at one of the large broadway theaters where there was a choir and [...]

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A Splitcoast Stampers Index Card – Game Night

Ok, so I’m not making any promises about how often I’m normally going to post during the week, but I have an interesting challenge ahead of me and I just had to get started last night. 

If you have ever been to the splitcoaststampers website, you may have seen that they have a gallery of project [...]

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A new job and a couple cards

Its only been a day and a half and I already feel bad that I don’t have a blog post planned.   I started a new job yesterday and between that and racing home to place my first new catalog order, I didn’t get any crafting done.  So, today is just a quick post [...]

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A non-traditional valentines’ day card

 As part of my SCS blogging group, each month one of the members issues a challenge to the group.  For January, we were challenged to make a Valentine’s Day card without using red, pink, or white.  What a challenge!  I had a hard time wrapping my head around the idea that you could do such [...]

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Last day for retired accessories and Inventory Blowout prices

Just wanted to put out a brief reminder that Sunday is the last day to order retired accessories, retired stamps, and get the Inventory Blowout prices. 
 
I’m even going to throw in a one day special savings for you!  I am offering an extra 10% off any retiring stamps or accessories!  So, double check your wishlists [...]

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