I really am part of a fun Stampin' Up! group. This was our group "selfie" today! Debbie was kind enough to host us at her house.  We share with each other. We support each other in our business. We laugh, a lot.  If you would love to join this group of fun loving gals, contact me today! 

Here are the final cards made with the One Sheet Wonder technique. see also  for instructions on one sheet wonder Stamps: Sealed with Love photopolymer 142815 $21 Occasions 2017 Catalog Inks: real read, black archival Papers: cherry cobbler, whisper white 100730, gold foil item code 132622 $4 Accessories: sweet and sassy framelits 141707 $35 Occasions 2017 Catalog,  Happy Heart embossing folder item code  137364  $7.50, triple banner punch 138292 $23, classic label punch 141491 $18, Sweet & Sassy framelits,  I am dashing out the door in minutes to our monthly downline meeting we call Diva Day for some stamp sister creative fun time.  I still have many more projects for Valentines I need to share with you before Valentines day. A) I made so many projects b) time got away from me c) I should have started sharing them back in mid January. Expect to see a bunch more posts on Valentines in the next 48 h...

Saturdays have me thinking guys and dads that would spend the day fixing things around the house and tinkering in their tool shed. My husband is a more modern sort who's idea of fixing means optimizing the internet and playing GTA 5 on Saturday mornings drinking coffee. My own dad was definitely of the spending the day tinkering sort. He loved that sort of thing. When he passed away a few years ago, I came up with the quote "he could fix anything, not well, but he could fix anything." And boy was that ever so true. As long as whatever it was worked, drained, had electricity or otherwise stayed glued together we were good.  We won't talk about the pipes that we have found that are only resting together and not connected. They drain. Surprisingly they do not leak much, but they are not to code and certainly wasn't the best work.  Card CASEd from the Occasions 2017 page 46 Stamps:  Urban District • 9 rubber stamps 143068 $27.00 ...

Stamps: Whelp, can't find which stamp set the greeting is from Papers: Urban Underground 142783 $13.00, silver foil, basic black cardstock, very vanilla card stock,  Accessories: Build It Framelits 143230,  Lucky Stars embossing folder  135817  $7.50,  Urban Underground Embellishments  142786 $6.50,  Classic Label 141491 $18.00,  I prefer to call this suite Tool Time or Nailed It, but it is listed in the Occasions 2017 catalog as Urban Underground, pages 46-49. 

Have you found your brand new photopolymer stamps not always inking and stamping the entire image? There is a reason. When the stamps are manufactured there is a residue left on the outside of the stamp, which is normal and expected. The sticky residue can make stamping difficult without some basic prep. Ways to Set Your Photopolymer Stamps Clean your stamps with the Stampin' Mist cleaner item code 102934 $4.50 and the Stampin' Scrub cleaning pads item code 126200 $17.00. I have heard some just rub their stamps on their jeans or pants.  Stamp repeatedly on scratch paper to remove residue. Photopolymer stamps and StayzOn ink do not always play nice with each other. The residue is the problem.  If using StayzOn and haven't cleaned your stamps with the cleaner, just keep inking your stamp until the residue is gone and stamp is no longer sticky. Of course it is likely to be permanently black now, but that is okay too. Does not effect the usability of the s...