It's been far too long since I've posted and here it is the end of the year. WOW! I did make Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cards; however, I was far too busy to sit down and post them . . . it does take time to compose the script, edit and post the pics, and tag the supplies and tools. Since I last posted, we spent 2 weeks in Italy at the end of August, 12 days in London in early October and 5 days later, 2 weeks in Hawaii. We returned from Hawaii and 2 days later we

There is always something new and exciting to discover when you have the time to "surf" the web and read through the various blogs out there on card making. I've seen many new stamp lines that I never knew existed before. One of them is THE TON STAMPS. I saw this card on their blog and thought it was just beautiful; the combination of the stamp design, watercoloring technique and new embossing powder color was a "wow" factor for me. I just had to try it. I tried to follow the

Card #2 in my collection of Christmas cards for the nursing home patients. My niece and a good friend both love dachshunds, so I couldn't resist this Hero Arts stamp. I stamped it onto a white Swatch art square from Inchie Arts, that was then layered onto a scrap piece of hot pink paper and a scrap piece of black paper. I colored with Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers, and used special glitter pens for the ribbons and bows. HERO ARTS: Holiday Dachshund G6108 MAGENTA: Merry Christm