Prairie Rose

Look what’s starting to bloom right outside the kitchen window — our Prairie Rose (Rosa setigera)! I just love this rose.  It’s our native rose, so you can just plant it and watch it grow — no fuss.  Just look how the petals fade so there’s all different pinks — some even spotted Love how […]

Three grids!

As soon as I saw Kristina’s Color Inspiration Challenge this week I thought it was super cool!  Little did I know that it would be super hard!  It took me a while, but here’s what I came up with I played around with three grids — is it “one” too many?  Or should I say, […]

A sweet mini treat!

Look what my sweet Jason brought home for me today at lunch! Mmmmmm, it was so good.  I noticed the crumbs after I took the picture and ate them too!  YUM. Thanks J, love you!  (Even MORE than decadent chocolate cupcakes with dreamy vanilla frosting with more chocolate on top!) Oh and!  He got it […]

Dots, dots + more dots!

Sally is the featured blogger on the Hero Club Blog this week, and her theme is DOTS!  She asked me if I wanted to play along, and it sounded like fun so I said YES!  I ended up making two cards… Of course I just HAD to use my favorite stamps from the Spring Catalog […]

My Grandma loves red…

…but I find it hard to work with. So when I spotted a package of chipboard with red poppies I snapped it right up! And, for once I made a red card in a jiffy! Woo hoo! The hardest part was picking out the ribbon. Supplies: All stamps, notecard and black gems by Hero Arts […]