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A Mason Jar of Flowers

August 17, 2021

Hello friends! This is our first blog post in several months and we apologize for that. Life has gotten in the way a bit combined with some long-overdue travel to visit our kids in various parts of the country. It definitely feels good to travel again, but it was absolutely Heavenly to see our children in person after too many months apart!! Today we are sharing a card…

Floral Graciellie Design Shaker Windows Winter

Warm Winter Wishes

November 23, 2020

Hello and welcome!  We are so happy that you dropped by today. Today we are sharing another project that features the stunning “Christmas Wishes” digital stamp set from Graciellie Design.  We were feeling inspired to create something a bit different and decided that the beautiful poinsettia image would look wonderful as the backdrop in a shaker tag.  Here’s the steps we followed to create our striking and elegant Holiday…

Dry Embossing Floral Rachel Vass Designs

Be Grateful

November 20, 2020

Hello and welcome! We are happy you stopped by. Today’s card was created with the new Gratitude digital stamp set that is part of Rachel Vass Designs‘ November release.  We think it is a beautiful image with the versatility to work with any card theme.  Focal Point: The floral image was printed on watercolor paper with a laser printer The sentiment was printed onto vellum with a laser…

Autumn/Fall Diecutting

Hello Toadstools

October 22, 2020

Hello and welcome!  We are happy that you stopped by. We recently bought several new stand-alone layering die sets from The Greetery and finally had time to play with them.  We absolutely love how easy it is to create layered dimension with these beautiful products!  Today we are sharing a card that we put together featuring a few of these new die sets.  We are entering this card…

Autumn/Fall Diecutting

Grateful For You

October 18, 2020

Welcome!  We are grateful that you stopped by and hope you are well and staying safe.  It was another beautiful autumn day here in Western New York so we thought it would be fun to play with the Pumpkin Patch stamp and die set from Honey Bee Stamps.  Our post today is all about having fun with die cuts and while this was not a fast card to…

Birthday Critters Diecutting

Go Wild

August 12, 2020

We have a soft spot for adorable critters and these peeking giraffes by Whimsy Stamps are just too cute for words! The Foliage Frame slimline die from Trinity Stamps set the lush jungle scene and the stitched alphabet die from Heffy Doodle paired well with the overall look we were going for.  Focal Point: This stamp set comes with three adorable giraffe images. We stamped them onto white…

Diecutting Floral Scenes

You Light Up My Life

August 9, 2020

Hello friends and welcome!  We have had quite a bit of happy mail delivered the past few weeks (Shhhh….) and have been itching to try out our new products.  This gorgeous foliage set from Papertrey Ink called “Growth” was first on our list!  It is absolutely perfect on a slimline card, and we are so happy with the finished project!  Focal Point:   The plants, pots, lamp and…

Critters Dry Embossing

Toad-ally Awesome

July 26, 2020

Hello and happy Sunday!  Today’s project was created using a few new products that we recently ordered from Rubbernecker and Miss Ink Stamps.  We think the result is TOAD-ALLY adorable. 😊 Focal Point: The frog and mouse images were stamped onto white 80 lb cardstock using My Favorite Things Extreme Black ink which is copic-friendly. The images were colored with alcohol markers and shading was added with colored…

Diecutting Floral

Congratulate with Flowers

July 14, 2020

Hello and welcome crafty friend!  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at our blog post today. We were chatting via Skype earlier today about fun products that we are looking forward to playing with once this social distancing order is lifted.  We both agreed that the first thing we want to do is use our alcohol inks.  The last time we got together and pulled them…

Birthday Critters Dry Embossing

It’s Your Birthday

June 29, 2020

Welcome friend!  We are so happy you stopped by. As a sister-team, everything we create is a collaborative effort.  The only exception is when we create cards for each other!  It was Maureen’s birthday last week so we are sharing the card Michele made in in honor of that occasion.  Whimsy Stamps has some of the most adorable images and we think this penguin made the cutest card.…