It’s Holly Jolly July!

We’re jumping on the Christmas in July trend for CASEing Coast to Coast this month.  If your new here, Karen Hallam out West in CA and myself, here on the East Coast in PA come together once a month to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) each other’s project.  This month it was Karen’s turn to decide our direction and she chose the theme: Christmas in July.  I don’t usually think about making a Christmas card during…

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A Tea for Two Get Well

Today I’m sharing a cheerful Get Well card featuring an older Papertrey Ink stamp and die set, Tea for Two.  As an avid fan of all things tea related, I’m revisiting this set and can see so much potential for more projects.    I’m hoping this card will be as comforting as a hot cup of tea! This is a mini slimline (my favorite) card measuring 6″ x 3 1/2″.  I’ve recently become a little…

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Totally Digging You!

Hello!  I hope you’re enjoying the second official day of summer.  I absolutely love summer!  It wasn’t always my favorite season.  It quickly became the favorite when I started working in a school…for understandable reasons.  Well, I’ve retired from the school library this spring, so perhaps another season will now become the favorite…we’ll see.   Today’s card share is another fun, mini slimline that I created for my grandsons.  Even though they’re pretty young (5…

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A Friend like Gnome One Else

I’m having a great time pulling out some fun stamp sets that haven’t gotten nearly enough play.  Today’s set is definitely one of them: MFT’s You Gnome Me. I know there have been so many newer gnome sets since this set was released but there’s just something about these little guys that make me smile…hope they make you smile too!  Not to mention, that they’re really fun to color too.   I followed the sketch challenge…

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