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Weekly Dinner Recap #1

21 Sep

Over the last few years I've realized that there are several recipes that Steve and I love to make but we forget about them for months or even years at a time.  So I figured, if I'm trying to get better about blogging in general it'll be an easy blog post to recap our weekly dinners and an even ... View Post

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cooking, holiday, recipes, weekly dinner recap

More cards for the PTI Make it Monday Challenge #180

17 Sep

So I thought I was finished with that challenge...but I was clearing out some stuff in my craft room today and found my huge stash of paint swatches from our house-building time and thought they would look neat woven together. They're pretty similar so I won't spend too much time describing them ... View Post

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papertrey ink, pretty pink posh

Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #180

16 Sep

To continue my goal of participating in more challenges I put together this card for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge.  The challenge required the use of a Papertrey Ink product and paper weaving! I started off by stamping the lines from the Ombre Builders set onto three different pieces ... View Post

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Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #179

14 Sep

Well, I'm cutting it a little close on the deadline but I've decided to start trying out some of the various stamp company challenges and here's my entry for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge! This week's challenge was using die cuts to aid in an embossed resist technique!  I used the ... View Post

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A new look!

14 Sep

Please bear with me as I work through a new blog layout...hopefully it will all be up and running by Sunday evening! ... View Post

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Fox-y cards!

11 Sep

I recently received several stamp sets from Avery Elle and Papertrey Ink and it took me awhile to find time to play with them...but O.M.G. I LOVE these sets!  That fox...I want him as a pet.  Maybe I could dye Archimedes... Anyway for the first card I used the Avery Elle More Stories stamp and ... View Post

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avery elle, distress ink, heidi swapp, hero arts, papertrey ink, pretty pink posh, ranger, watercolors

Jessica Lynn Original Design Team Debut!

10 Sep

So, as I announced a few weeks ago I was chosen to be on Jessica Lynn Original's new Design Team!  This is my first design team appointment and I'm super excited to be sharing some of my creations today! The first is a card that I created using the free digital Brentwood Owl stamp that Jessica ... View Post

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distress ink, jessica lynn original, lawn fawn, pretty pink posh, rubbernecker stamps, simon says stamp

The big 3-0!! (part 2)

10 Sep

So after we finished at the craft festival we headed off to the National Aviary in downtown Pittsburgh.  I didn't quite know what to expect but I certainly was not prepared for what we saw!  There were a few birds in cages or behind glass; but for the most part the birds were in open, natural ... View Post

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