Happy Birthday – dear sister

May 12th is my sister, Susie’s, birthday ~ she is 7 years younger than me and lives in the UK, so I don’t get to see too much of her.  While I was always the one who followed the rules (some might say something of a fuddy duddy) she was the one who pushed the envelope and got away with it (mostly!) She is now the proud mother of 4 children and  Nanna to 2 grandbabies – it amazes me that my baby sister is a grandmother!!!

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Hello Darling…… again….

There is more to this stamp set than I thought!  I chose to use it for my April Card Class and made a really unusual fold card which started with a piece of 12 x 12 card stock!  The Hello Darling contains a variety of images which, at first,  did not work together for me, but once I started ‘playing’ was able to produce a number of different designs.

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Thank you Gift Set using Butterfly Basics

Those of you who know me or follow my blog, know that I work for H & R Block.  We are busy people from Jan 1st thru April 15th and we rely a lot on the fantastic ladies who run our front desk, answering phones, greeting clients, taking payment, confirming appointments etc (often times one or more of these at the same time!)
I take a little time before ‘tax day’ to make a little thank you gift for them, I know they make my life a lot easier for all they do for me.

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Bookmarks using Stampin’ Up!’s Butterfly Basics

I recently received a copy of the Book of Morman from Shelli and Sterling Gardner and it contained a handmade bookmark, it got me thinking that with all the electronic media we have these days the good ol’ bookmark really doesn’t have much of a chance!  But we all do have at least one book we could use one in ~ our Stampin’ Up! annual catalog for example!

I always have a little gift for each of my customers and for March…. you guessed it…. they all got a bookmark!

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