Look out, ocean, here we come!

Thanks to my marvelous customer friends, today I officially earned the Stampin' Up Grand Vacation for the year, a Western Caribbean cruise with ports in Jamaica, Haiti, Cozumel and Fort Lauderdale next May. I am SO HAPPY and feeling SO BLESSED to pieces to be able to take my kids to see the ocean for …

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the wee artist

The pink one was at it again, my little incurable arteest, and the whiteboard in her bedroom is currently an advertisement for the 25th anniversary Stampin' Up convention this summer! We were just listening to the cute convention song from last year, and half an hour later I was presented with this masterpiece. Natalie's heavily …

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Spring has sprung

We had the Never-Ending Winter for so long, I knew that when and if Spring ever decided to make her appearance, it would be super short. On the bright side, Mike got his whole allergy season condensed into one week… on the other hand, all the glorious blooming Wisconsin spring lasted just one week! It …

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A Glorious Mess

Oh, we made the Most Delightful Mess today in the third and fourth grade. Every year for the past three I've come in to Mr. Jones' homeroom and helped the kids make their Valentine bags, and today was the day for which they have been wiggling with anticipation! I brought stamps, ink, cardstock, patterned paper, …

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I ‘heart’ Art

Found the perfect shirt for my littlest stamper. Now why don't they make this in mommy sizes? Although I don't think I could pull off the ruffly yellow tulle skirt and the hot pink tights she wears hers with…

Our 2012 My Digital Studio Christmas Card

Merry Christmas, ya'll! Today's post is simple–just our family photo card that I make every year using Stampin' Up's digital papercrafting software, My Digital Studio. This year I went with a traditionally-sized horizontal card with a regular front and back, and then inside the top half was photos of our trip to Disney and the …

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