I posted this on Facebook and I am also writing about it today on my blog.  Jen and I have been attending classes at the Farmhouse in the Valley in Rogersville,  Classes we have attended included decorating cupcakes, making food for charcuterie board displays, creating fun Easter cakes and goodies and others!  The Farmhouse in the Valley offers many classes, including painting, basket-weaving, jewelry making and so much more.   Tammy and Bret's Farmhouse also offers shopping for unique and/or antique items.  The Farmhouse reopens after the holiday on January 27th.  It will be a fun day at the Farmhouse!  I am teaching my first card-making class since before our move to Tennessee.  Today's photo is that of the w cards we will be making.  Very excited to have been offered this opportunity. Have a great day!

 Another card I really loved this past year is one of several Christmas cards I made this year. The products used were from the Magical Meadows bundle from Stampin' Up's holiday mini catalog that expired at the end of 2023.  The printed paper is one from the Winter Meadow 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper. I cut a circle on the right side of the paper and layered it on top of another piece of the pattern paper from this collection.  The sentiment is from  the Magical Meadow stamp set, cut out using a deckled rectangle from the die set in Stampin' Up's annual catalog. The prettiest part of the card is the bow.  This ribbon was so pretty and soft.  I wish there were others just like it.  Have a great day!

Happy 2024!  

I have given a lot of thought as to whether or not to continue my blog.  It has been a year since I last added anything and as I looked back at posts, I saw some very pretty cards that I have made through the years.  That being said, I have made some pretty cards throughout this past year but did not post any of them.  Today's card is one of my favorite from 2023. I created this card after Jimmy Buffett died.  His last song to us was titled "Bubbles Up".  I had this paper from Stampin' Up and when I saw the embellishment bubbles from Sunny Studio Stamps, I knew just how I would put them all together.  I typed the sentiment on my computer.  With torn edges, twine and a few seagulls in the sky, this is the perfect JB card.   So here is to a fantastic New Year and "Bubbles Up" to all!

Rainy Days

 While many places are counting inches of snow, I am watching the rain fall.  While watching the rain, I also made a couple of cute cards.  The umbrella and boots on each card were cut using Sunny Studio Stamps' newly released Rainy Days die set.  For the card with the checkered boots, I typed the sentiment on WORD.  I opened a new document, inserted a text box that would fit on the front of a card, typed the sentiment in just about the right places and printed that out.  After brushing light blue ink in the center of that white cardstock, I added the boots and umbrella along with a few rain drops the same color as the ink.  

For the card with the flowered umbrella, I inked the background of white cardstock and then added raindrops, boots and umbrella.  The sentiment is from a stamp set from Simon Says Stamps.  The paper I used on this particular card is from Stampin' Up is long-retired.  That being said, I think that this particular paper collection is my all-time favorite of paper from Stampin' Up.  

Keep dry and warm!  Have a great week!