Hello, hello crafty friends!  It's time for the Christmas in July Linky party at {BYSHC}, WOOT!  WOOT!  We have a great lineup of sponsors for our hop again, which you can see in the blog post HERE.  Take note of the dates on the graphic:   Here is my card:   I used a sponsor's product on this card, but you can't see it!  It's called Sticky Lines, and it's from Therm-o-Web.  I had never used the Sticky Lines product before, but I am definitely a fan!  It is supposed to be used to adhere ribbons and borders, and it works absolutely pe ..read more

Hello friends; welcome back to my blog!  My Squirrel Sisters and I are back at it again, hoping to inspire you to dig out your supplies, old or new, and get creating!  This month's theme is  FAVORITE HOLIDAY If you've been around my blog a while, there should be NO QUESTION in your mind what my favorite holiday is: CHRISTMAS!!! As long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed the festive season, the brightly colored lights, the smells of yummy goodies baking, the fun decorations, all of it.  I haven't forgotten The Reason for the Season, but all the other "stuff" just mak ..read more

 Hello my friends!  It's time for another new challenge at the ABC Christmas challenge blog!  This month's themes are: N is for No Stamping and O is for Off the Edge I was really hoping to get a card made for both letters this month, but sadly I only had enough time to get one made for the No Stamping theme: I don't know the name or maker of this die, but it sure is pretty!  I die cut it and the JOY sentiment from my favorite Pen + Gear white glitter cardstock, and simply adhered them directly to my card base on which I ink blended Gina K Sea Glass ink.  I think this ..read more

 Hello crafty friends!  It's June already, and it's time for another prompt at the ABC Christmas Challenge!  I am the hostess this month and we are now up to the letters L & M: L is for Lantern & M is for Music I created a card for each prompt this month, and here they are: Looking at my first card now, I am thinking that my lantern is more of a lamppost, but this is the image that came to mind when I started the creative process.  I really love this image from the now defunct Whimsie Doodles shop.  The snow people are just too cute!  To create this ..read more

Howdy, crafty friends!  The time has come for my Squirrel Sisters and I to get together and use some of our supplies that have been languishing in our crafty areas.  We call this the:  This month, we tasked ourselves with using supplies that were at least 2 years old that had never been given any love.  I even went so far as to check the dates of when I had ordered what I wanted to use to be absolutely sure that I was following our prompt to the best of my ability.  Here is what I created: I have been really loving using stencils from A Colorful Life Designs t ..read more

Hello, crafty friends!  It's time again for the linky party hosted by the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers.  This linky party is a great opportunity to get a head start on your holiday card stash, if you haven't already.  And just because this linky party is hosted by {BYSHC}, that doesn't mean you have to use one of Crystal's fabulous sketches to participate. We just want to help you get your holiday card stash built up!  But it is easier for me to have a great sketch to start from, so I'm using one. ? And here's my card: I used products from Linky Sponsors Lawn F ..read more

 Hello, crafty friends!  Welcome back to my blog.  It's time again for a new challenge at ABC Christmas, where it's letters H and I we're being inspired by: H is for HATS I is for INKY And here is the card I created: I killed 2 birds with 1 stone making this card; I got inky by blending Gina K's Turquoise Sea ink through the awesome Pile of Presents 6x6 stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, and the adorable print & cut elf from Stinkin Cute Paper Piecings (Silhouette Design Store) is wearing the classic elf hat.  I added further detail to the presents by offsetting th ..read more

 Hello crafty friends!  I'm dropping by really quickly to share what I created for this month's ABC Christmas challenge, which is  E is for EMBOSSING F is for FAUX G is for GINGERBREAD Since gingerbread was my suggestion, of course, I chose that for my card: I apologize for the quality of the photo, but my new phone changes what some of my pictures look like after they are taken, and I haven't figured out how to fix it yet. Anyway, I finally busted out the MFT Gingerbread Greetings Card kit that I bought when it was released.  So, so cute!  I do need to re-do the sen ..read more

Hello again, crafty peeps!  I'm back on the blog today to share what I created as the guest designer for The Paper Funday challenge for March, where the challenge is: The DIES have it! (use dies/die cuts in your design) Here is my project: Aren't they adorable?  I created these sweet ginger bunnies using dies from My Creative Time.  These cutie patooties are the Giant Ginger (left side), and Giant Girl Ginger.  Emma, the owner, is always coming up with such awesome stamp and die sets, you really should check out her shoppe!  I die cut the ginger bodies from Almo ..read more

Hello crafty friends!  It's finally time!  My crafty Squirrel Sisters and I are BACK!  We took a hiatus over the holidays which ended up stretching out just a *little bit* longer than expected.  While we were off, we took some time to contemplate what our next moves were going to be.  I still don't think we have it all completely settled, but HEY, one thing at a time! For now, we are back with the theme of: NEWEST SUPPLY For me, that could mean any number of new things, but I chose to work with this ADORABLE chicken from Peachy Keen Stamps. ACK!  Isn't this ..read more