Hi Honey.

Dear Friends & Readers,

We are making good progress with our kitchen project and on Tuesday I was able to get our sunroom in order and organized a bit to serve as our kitchen, well, a cooking and eating area. This is our school room, so we are sharing the space with books, violins, and now a hot plate. Life is beautiful I am excite for our project and soon all will be completed.

I am finding some time to escape the project and do a bit of crafting. Today I worked on a card using Dostamper Stars 239 as the inspiration. I am positive that once you have tried the new Hexagon DTIEF you will be amazed on how well it works and how beautiful the texture is. I love it and used it today for my card. The foliage is from Jar of Love stamp set, the little flowers from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set, and the bee from the lovely Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and matching framelit. Now, for the hives, I used a piece of Hello Honey cardstock and after I run it through the Big Shot, I cut using the texture as a guide. Super easy and cute. I made a smaller version to use as a gift note enclosure. Love those too!

Thank you for your visit today. Please come again. Be well

Miriam




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Spring Sampler

The first day of Spring has arrived and it appears that brought Spring weather along. Beautiful sunny days has bathed us and the birds are happy making nests, singing, dancing in the air. What a blessing to wake up, hear this wonderfully beautiful music, seeing all the beauty around us, and having an eternal hope for a fantastic season.

In a glorious homage to Spring, I made this card to participate in the DoStamper Stars 223. A sampler of what Spring will bring forth. The Best Birds stamp set provided the beautiful and delicate cherry blossom, the Detailed Dragonfly thinlits gave the bee new heights;  the Birds & Blossoms thinlits brought the bird in search for the ideal place for its new nest; the Flourish thinlits reminded us of all the leaves that soon will show its spectacular hues of green; the Beautiful Wings Embossilit, retired, but still fantastic, gave me the right size butterfly, and the final touch came from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, also retired. All of them perfectly nested in the Swirly Scribbles thinlits. Oh, I love Spring and Summer. I have been watching a couple of birds making a nest in our back porch. They are busy at work and we sure are happy and honored to have them so close to us.

Thank you so much for visiting today. Happy Spring to all. Be well

Miriam




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It is coming!

The good weather has come and visited us and brought so much sunshine and warmth that we were all so happy and excited. For February this is very unusual and greatly appreicated.

Sunshine, warmth, birds chirping, and some greenery dictated our weekend and we made sure to spend time outdoors getting some of that Vitamin D into our system. Fabulous! But I also spent time indoors, in my craft room, doing some cards and putting some nature in my cards. Today's card is for Mojo Monday 485 and it has a bit of nature that we enjoyed so much the past few days. Dragonfly Dreams set and framelit gave the images along with retired Bountiful Borders.  Banners framelit made easy to cut the banner and the Island Indigo Baker's Twine added the finish touch. A sunny and happy card indeed.

Thank you for visiting today. Be well

Miriam


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Dragonfly Dreams

Hello my dear friends and readers,

The busy time of the Holidays tend to get me out of my craft room and I miss you dearly. I got a bit of sinus infection / cold and I am still not feeling my best. However, my husband is on vacation, so he is home and has been a tremendous help. He took the children out and I got a bit of a break and went to my craft room. I sure needed that time as I have not played much with the supplies I got from the upcoming Occasions catalog. I believe you have already received your copy, but if not, let me know and we can certainly arrange to rectify that.

The Dragonfly Dreams set caught my eye right away, and I knew this would come in my first order. Howe can one say no to this set? The Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits that bundles with the stamp set is so pretty and it is indispensable. For today's card I used both the stamp set, the thinlits, I used the new Avant Garden stamp set, which you can also get it for free during Sale-A-Bration, as well the Awesomely Artistic stamp set. I kept the colors mute as I want the dragonfly itself to pop and make an statement. I did not stamp it, but instead cut with the thinlit and then cut the wings again using velum. I gave a coat of Wink of Stella in both the body and wings, which sure made a dramatic difference.

I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Holidays Season. I appreciate all your support, comments, friendship, and times spent together. I look forward for a beautiful and crafty New year. Be well

Miriam


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