I'm excited to share the Lighthouse Decor with you!  I made part of this a while back, but finally got the frame finished in time for our classes to begin. I think the High Tide stamp set may be my favorite set from the Occasions Catalog.  I've had such fun using it and I look forward to many more opportunities!  I hope to take some lighthouse pictures this summer and then have even more reason to put the stamp set to use! Here is what we are making in class. Continue reading

I thought you might want to see pictures from Micah's event yesterday.  I know many of you have been hearing about it in classes for weeks now.  The baking may not be Stampin' Up!, but the fun packaging he used is! Continue reading

I had trouble getting started with the Spring Charger design.  (Probably because it was 10:00 at night . . . )  I just couldn't figure out where to go.  I looked through my dies and just wasn't getting inspiration . . . until I saw a set sitting off to the side that wasn't put away.  When I saw the Umbrella Weather framelits, I finally knew where I was headed.  That umbrella is the cutest, and we all know April showers bring May flowers, right? Continue reading

Decorating charger plates is so much fun!  I kicked off my creative juices with the Patriotic design the other week and couldn't resist including some glimmer paper!  Bling is always fun! Want to see the finished product?! Continue reading

Happy Resurrection Day!  I hope this is an extra special day for you and your family as we celebrate what Christ has done for us! We started with the Charger Plate class this week and it's a hit!  The summer plate seems to be a favorite, although I'm leaning toward the Spring design as my favorite. Continue reading

As you know, I always enjoy making cute packaging for any occasion of gift giving.  The Bags & Tags class helps get those creative juices flowing and allows us to stock up on a few handmade packaging goodies. One of the bags we are making this time is a purse made with Sweet Sugarplum colored DSP. Continue reading

As always seems to happen at this time of year, we have gotten a little off with the class schedule, partly because of weather and health and partly just because.  So, I'm just now getting to share the Spring Decor project with you. The good news, you can still make it!  I am extending the class dates, which will be listed below. Continue reading

My 12 year-old son has been baking up a storm lately!  Many of you know that he likes to bake, and now he's experimenting and trying new things for his vendor event in April.  We've had lots of sweet treats around the house lately (It's a good thing I don't like cake!) On Friday he decided to try a different way of making cake pops.  There were a lot of cake pops!  So, naturally, I figured they would be would make the perfect gift for our hostess at that Stampin' Party yesterday.  Of course I had to use some Stampin' Up! packaging for those goodies! Continue reading

Micah and I tried something new last Friday, decorating cookies with Royal icing.  What fun!  We needed to take a dessert for an event and we decided to get creative with it. We had some cookies leftover after the event, so I decided to use those for an award I had promised to my Sunday School class.  So, in typical fashion, I decided on Sunday morning that they needed some handmade packaging (after all, they were to be taken home to be consumed).  So, I hurried to package them up. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the whole pile, and the one I did get a picture of doesn't Continue reading

I think I've mentioned before that I like to keep a little stock of various bags and boxes that are ready to decorate.  That stash came in handy for me this weekend! I had my sons make their valentines and was feeling all prepared for Sunday . . . when I suddenly realized I hadn't done any valentines for my Sunday School class.  Yikes!  My husband and I team teach the 1st - 3rd grade class.  Oops!  I'm not sure where my brain was! Anyway, here it was, about 8:20 on Sunday morning . . . I'm so thankful for that drawer of bags and boxes  . . . and the good supply of gummies in the Continue reading

I'm not typically one to purchase many of the kits, I tend to like making things for myself.  Recently my upline was looking for volunteers to make the Vertical Garden kit, however, and so I stepped up to the challenge. I made a few changes, but nothing extreme.  I wanted to still use the base that was included with the kit, I just left out the flowers, and added some shading and aquarium stones to the project. Continue reading

My favorite My Paper Pumpkin kits are those with 3D projects.  The January kit is a fun one with little valentines! Continue reading