Susan Harwood MissQsCraftingContinuum

Hi Stamping Friend, Have you seen the new Eden's Garden Suite yet? I'm sure you are seeing samples everywhere. It's quite beautiful, don't you agree? I was making a couple of swap cards and took a moment out to make this card for my blogpost today.  This delightful and desirable collection includes early-release products from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog, a bundle of stamps and dies that’s blooming with beauty and bounty. Plus, exclusive products you can’t uncover anywhere else—a pack of paper patterned with green and gold, a set of specialty sheets for gift-giving and textured touches, and a sparkling set of gleaming gems! Unfortunately the gems were temporarily unavailable when I placed my pre-order.  The Eden's Garden Suite will be available to order starting November 2nd.  While the Eden’s Garden Bundle is an early-release product from the January–June 2022 Mini Catalog, the collection’s additional products are exclusive and will only available while suppl

Hi Stamping Friend, Back in May (on the day after our 43 wedding anniversary) my husband lost his childhood best friend. They met when they were about 10 years old and were friends for over 50 years. Thankfully, Brian was able to make it to Michigan and spend an afternoon with him a few days before he died.  For many years Brian's friend & his wife took a trip up to Northern Michigan in October. His widow wanted to take make the trip up to Northern Michigan at their favorite time of year and we told her we would accompany her. We hopped on a red-eye the night of the 7th and  arrived in Michigan early on the morning of the 8th. It was cloudy and supposed to be cold & rainy the entire time we were there, but it wasn't. We had rain that first day while we drove up North, but the next couple of days were perfect Fall weather, with temps in the mid to high 70's. We spent Saturday driving through a State Park and strolling in the woods with the leaves putting on their sho

Hi Stamping Friend, Three more anniversary cards this week and we'll call them done for now. 😉 These are all basically the same card on different color card bases. On a couple of them I used some of the hearts that came out of the center strip when it was die-cut.  

Hi Stamping Friend, As I warned/promised you last week, I am showing you some more anniversary cards. One for 50 or more years (gold, on the left) and one for 25 years (silver, on the right). They were inspired by the sample on page 74 in the Annual catalog. Supplies and directions are below the photos. Supplies: Stamps: Always In My heart #158183 / $18.00 Dies: Floral Heart #154306 / $38.00 Cardstock: (8.5 x 11, $8.75 for 24 sheets except Basic White which is $9.75 for 40 sheets)  Basic White #159276; Blushing Bride #131198; Misty Moonlight #153081; Pale Papaya #155668 DSP: Hand Penned (12 x 12, 12 sheets) #155499 / $11.50 Specialty Paper: Silver Foil (12 x 12, 3 sheets) #156457 / $10.00; Gold & Rose Gold Metallic (6 x 6, 8 sheets) #156844 / $5.00; 2021-2023 In-Color Shimmer Vellum (12 x 12, 10 sheets) #155616 / $12.00 Classic Stampin' Pads: ($7.50 each) Night of Navy #147110; Soft Succulent #155778 Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals #104430 / $4.00; Mini St