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Hello Everyone! Today I have another swap card to share.  I love sharing these as they are ideas that I wouldn't necessarily come up with and they quite often have stampsets I don't own.  This one definitely falls into the latter--I loved this stampset, but didn't purchase it--yet! Besides the wide range of stamps in this set, I absolutely adore that sentiment!  I love you & all your stuff--it suits this house (and it does go both ways!). This swap is from Keri Blake.  I love that she used the stamps to create her own background!  And since Keri was...

Hello Everyone! Today I have a swap card to share with you using the Big on Birthday's set. This card is from Elaine Schader: I love how feminine this card is with all the pretty flowers bursting over the sentiment that were coloured using our watercolour pencils! I also love the gold foil accent piece running across the bottom!  It's those little added touches that take a card and make it great. I hope you enjoyed this share!  

Hello Everyone! Oh my!  I can't believe a whole week went by!  Bentley has decided that sleeping is overrated this week.  Unfortunately, I usually work after he goes to bed--but he hasn't been falling asleep until after my bedtime!  Hopefully we're back on track this week!  If nothing else, today's card is a good reminder of what I need to do! Thank you to everyone that made it to the catalog launch party and BOGO events!  It was great to see everyone--and everyone seemed to be happy with the deals they got! I wanted to share the make & take...

Hello Everyone! I wanted to share with you a little challenge we have going on at the Stamp & Create Facebook Group right now! I saw this sketch on PageMaps and thought it was perfect for either scrapbookers or card makers: Isn't it a great one?  Using it as my inspiration, I created this card at last weekend's crop with Crop Kingston: It's funny, because my first instinct was to create a scrapbook layout--until I realized I didn't pack a single punch and I was out of whisper white 12x12 cardstock!  But I really love how well this card turned...

Hello Everyone! Wow, this week has gotten away from me!  I sat down to write this post last night, and there had been an update to my web page and I couldn't get it to do what I wanted.  Sadly, I clued in tonight, when I tried to do it again, that I just needed to adjust the zoom!  Oops! This last year I have spent a lot of time building and training my team.  I decided it was a) something new to me, and b) about time I focused on them!  And I have to tell you, I have...