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 Hello to my crafty friends! It's been quite here on my blog but I have lots of good reasons for that!  Our youngest graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Aerospace Engineering on May 15, 2025 and I have been nonstop enjoying time with all 3 of our children (plus new son-in-law)  and also vacationing at our cabin in Canada.  My family!  Thank you to our new son-in-law for taking the photo!  And notice that my daughter is pregnant!  We are so excited! And yes that's me with our new engineer in the family.  And yes, I caught that! lol  We had the best weather: no bugs (yah!), calm winds and beautiful sunsets.   I even had "me time" while the boys fished non-stop!  lol But I know your not here to see all my personal activities so now lets talk about stamping!!  Oh, how I love the Gallery Bloom Bundle ! You know how much I love to color with Stampin' Blends and the color purple, SO I couldn't resist makin...

Hello to my crafty friends! It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps! and this week we have a fun sketch for you to play along with created by Laurie. And here's what I made using products from the Beautiful Gallery Suite found in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog. I chose to showcase the Beautiful Gallery 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper and create a simple layered card.  To create my card, I die cut a square using the Perennial Postage Dies directly into the Beautiful Gallery DSP and added a Basic Beige cardstock layer behind it. This was then placed over the die cut area with Dimensionals. I then stamped the sentiment from the Beautiful Motifs   Bundle using the new In Color Secret Sea onto Basic Beige cardstock piece and cut it down with my paper trimmer. I then added a flower using Pecan Pie cardstock that was die cut from the Gallery of Blooms Bundle along with 2 Pressed Flowers Motifs embellishments to finish it off. To play along with this weeks new chall...

Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!  Today, I am sharing a Mother's Day card I made using the new Pretty Florals Bundle which is part of the Florals in Bloom Suite and can be found in the 2025-2026 Annual Catalog starting on page 40. My floral arrangement consists of Daffodil Delight and Strawberry Slush flowers and Balmy Blue leaves. I love the sentiments in the Memorable Blooms Bundle (retired) and thought this particular one would be perfect for my Mother's Day card. My flower arrangement was added to a Basic White panel that was die cut with the Textured Notes Dies.   To make the flowers pop, I sponged ink onto each of the flowers and leaves. In looking for a simple Balmy Blue background, I decided to create a soft background by sponging White Craft ink randomly using a stencil. My card follows this weeks new challenge at Sunday Stamps! To play along with this weeks color challenge simply follow the challenge guidelines below: Use any b...