I would love to show you the card I made; however, the blog powers that be wouldn't upload the photo. Numerous attempts repeatedly...

If you're a customer of Art 'n Soul in Lacey, WA or you attend consumer scrapbooking shows somewhere in the U.S., then you probably have...

While undertaking the major cleaning of my studio, I came across a catalog from Gump's; it's a fabulous store in downtown San Francisco...

Lisa Yang, the creator and owner of Local King Rubber Stamps, always inspires me. Her stamps and dies are easy to work with, at Lisa's...

While beginning the 'serious' clean out of my studio, I rediscovered my Zig Clean Color Real Brush water-based markers from Kuretake....

It's the first day of March. Based on the stormy weather, probably one of the worst of this winter, this might prove to be quite a month....

A leap year day! Mine started with a trip to the veterinarian because our soon-to-be 15 year-old puppy has developed a yeast infection in...

What a grand start to the day! Taking a card class from Linda Presley, owner and creator of Rosie's Roadshow stamps, can make any day an...

At the suggestion of a friend, I ordered Caran d'Ache Luminance colored pencils; they're made in Switzerland. I only ordered a set of 20...

I've always loved the stamp designs from Magenta. Luckily, Art 'n Soul has been Magenta's Retailer of the Year for the past several...

The last of the 3 birthday cards features an older stamp from Hero Arts that I've always loved embossing with. Hero Arts Background Stamp...

The lunch today was too much fun! We enjoyed a somewhat healthy menu of apple & butternut squash soup; roasted vegetable tossed salad...

Today I am hosting a casual birthday lunch for 3 friends who celebrated back in late November and early December when I was out of town....

I am slowly wading my way through the stacks of mail, to-do lists, and other must-do's since our return from LaQuinta, CA almost two...

I'm wondering where January disappeared to. I'm still reeling from enjoying our two granddaughters, ages 2 and 4, from December 9 to...

More fun making Christmas cards! This first one was very easy. I used the Hero Arts' Ombre`Ink (Pool to Navy -- AF3008) on 118# Conqueror...

Exciting! Exciting! Each month, Tim Holtz has offered up a Tag of the Month for the entire year. Now that the 12th Tag has been revealed,...

Have you been perusing the Black Friday sales that began before Thanksgiving Day was over, or the Cyber Monday sales that started before...

One of the fun artsy activities is to stroll around the internet and see what folks are up to by looking at the various blogs. I've...

My Friday and Saturday this past weekend was spent at the Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Convention at the Greater Tacoma Convention...