Now Boarding

I am completely taken with these vintage airplane boarding passes and luggage tags found at Great Scott Vintage. I love the colors, the fonts, and that they appear to be interesting and unique reminders of the companies they represented, indications of a different era in passenger flight and a stark contrast to the often bland bar-coded or print-at-home boarding passes of today.

Here, here, and here.

Guest Designer for Hallmark Scrapbook!

I'm excited to announce I am this weeks Guest Designer for Hallmark Srapbook! Jody challenged me to make some Paper Dolls and color them with Copic markers instead of using colored or printed cardstock. I'd love it if you would visit the Hallmark Ladybugs Blog and let me know if you feel like I rose to her challenge. Thanks so much to both Jody and Brad! You guys are the BEST!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and I'd love it if you would check back with me tomorrow to see the new Bitten By The Bug challenge! HUGS!

Thankful Layout - Gypsy & DS hybrid

My latest layout, Thankful, is yet another design for Thanksgiving. I have four scrapbooks that require pages for every family event/holiday - a page for each child's book and one for my book. I use similar photos for each layout, but I mix up the layouts to keep the scrapping fresh.

This layout is going into my book - because I am thankful for each of the people who will be featured on this layout!!! Also, I really like how this layout looks.

The layout was created using both DS and Gypsy. I cut the fabulous double layer leaves using the Gypsy's Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. The remaining elements were cut using DS. I used DS because I had already designed the title and squares in DS. I added the leaves to complete the layout.

Hey Girl, What's Cookin?

Happy World Card Making Day!! I sure hope you're getting some time to be crafty! So can you tell I'm totally loving these shaped cards I'm making with my Design Studio Software and my Cricut? LOL! I think maybe it's a teensy bit obvious! Anyway, I just love the look of them. For this one, I used one of the new Tilda's, #386 Kitchen Tilda, from the Yummy For Your Tummy Collection from Magnolia-licious. Isn't she just so cute??!! I love her! I colored her with my Copic markers. I stamped and colored two of her, cut them both out and layered them on the card for dimension. You MIGHT be able to tell in the 3rd pic if you click on it and look up close.

That big word circle is from The Cutting Cafe' from a new set called From My Kitchen. Isn't it just perfect with the Yummy Magnolia Collection?? Pop over to The Cutting Cafe' and check it out! I think you'll love it!

That's it for me today! I'm headed back to my stamps and Copic markers to play some more. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! HUGS!!

Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cake with Maple Icing

Tender and moist pumpkin cake with maple icing. 
For nut-free, skip the chopped nut topping.

Today I'm digging into the archives to share an old favorite. My pumpkin cake recipe. We're so busy sorting, bagging clothes and boxing up books for donation, getting ready for the big move to Los Angeles (next Thursday!) that yours truly has not had time to bake.

But if I did? I'd whip up this moist and tender beauty of a cake.

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