Herbert is Watching

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And judging. I feel like I’ve been working all day and have accomplished nothing. The truth is that neither one of those is true. I wrote a blog post for The Crop Spot (a riveting treatise on glue. Not kidding.), I made and submitted a card for a magazine publication call, I scheduled posts for the Hambo and TSB blog …

Lots of fun with Hambo

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First, I learned today that this card, made with Hambo stamps, won the second challenge over at Amber’s Crafts and Stuff. Thank you Amber, for running such a fun challenge blog, and thank you April, for picking my card as your favorite! I’m beginning to notice a trend, and I’m going to start entering a lot more cards made with …

Cranes for Kids

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My friend Angela, of Pumpkin Butts, alerted me today that Osh Kosh B’Gosh is donating one article of clothing to a child in Japan for each origami crane posted on its Facebook page. What a simple and beautiful way to bring a little bit of comfort to a young earthquake victim. This is my crane. I hope you’ll take 5 …

Welcome to Inklings and Yarns!

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I’m really excited to be launching my new site. I’ll miss Hobby Hopping, but as you can see, things are looking pretty similar so far, so it should be an easy transition. A lot more changes are coming, so bear with me over the next few weeks as I go a little design crazy. I do have a couple of …

Flowers and Mists and a Layout

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She remembers how to scrapbook! It’s been so long since I did a decent layout, I was starting to wonder if I still knew how. My problem is that scrapbooks are so big and daunting. So I approached this one like I approach my cards: as a single project. Maybe, someday, this will be a page in a wedding album. …

Nothing in Particular

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I don’t have any new projects to post today. Both Hambo and TSB are having big blog hops the first weekend in April, so I’m working on both of those. So mark your calendars so you can bunny (piggy?) hop along with Hambo on April 1, and TSB on April 2. It’ll be a fun weekend, maybe even with prizes! …