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Royal Blog Tour

I'm on the Royal Blog Tour!  It's launching April 30 through May 3.  I'm so excited I've been chosen to be a Princess!  I hope you'll become a Royal Tourist and ride along in a Royal Coach. Please come and visit my castle during the tour! For more information, please check out these links!



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Getting Punchy: Scallop Edge and Border Punches

I am so grateful to Gretchen Barron for making the new Scallop Trim Border and Scallop Trim Corner punches so easy to use with her tutorial! 

For this card, I started with a 2 7/8" x 4 1/4" piece of Mellow Moss card stock. You can combine any of the measurements she gives for her squares to create rectangles, as shown. I can say that to get this perfect, you really need to cut your paper to the exact measurements and punch upside down (looking through the bottom of the punch to line up your paper). If you are in the 40+ age bracket, you may need to use your reading glasses to get it lined up :) I also used the watercolor technique: Color your stamps with Stampin' Write markers, spritz inked stamp with water and stamp directly onto watercolor paper. It's a lovely, soft look, don't you think?

The Scallop Trim Border punch is something you can earn FREE during Sale-a-Bration (through March 31) with a $50 purchase...click on the link to the right to see the brochure, then visit my website to order! The corner punch is in the Occasions Mini catalog, FYI

 Gretchen also has a tutorial for the Pinking Hearts Border and Corner punches (also available in the Occasions Mini Catalog). Gretchen is a prolific and wonderful creator! My job is to share all the great ideas with you...even if I didn't come up with it myself ;)

Ready for more instruction on the Border and Corner punches? Here's a video from Stampin' Up!'s YouTube Channel :

28 Days of February

What I did in February (in no particular order):

1. Went (snow) tubing at Soldier Hollow with JDRF
2. Received See's Candy from my Valentine :)
3. Held 3 Stampin' Up! workshops and 1 Class
4. Ironed 37 shirts
5. Attended niece Emery's baptism
6. Hosted Ward Valentine Party
7. Taught the Relief Society a Primary Song
8. Cleaned the church every Monday 
9. ...and Saturday (it was our turn)
10. Attended "Killer Uno" Party with friends from Israel
11. Sewed my first rag purse (using the Big Shot!)
12. Date to SPARK with Mr. Spendlove
13. Attended Uncle Bill's funeral
14. Watched 10 nights of the Winter Olympics
15. Read the Pearl of Great Price
16. Vacuumed my bedroom (see #20)
17. Worked 50 hours at Deseret Book
18. Ate dinner with Chris and Kristin
19. Went clothes shopping with 2 teenage boys
20. Found my missing glasses!
21. Cleaned off my desk...
22. Twice!
23. Played too many games of Wordsplay
24. Changed sides of the bed
25. Had a cavity filled (possibly related to #2)
26. Sent 7 hand-stamped Birthday cards
27. Lost 4 pounds
28. Came out in the black for the budget!