Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you had a great week and looking forward to the weekend that is fast approaching. I am busy at my "real job" today, but wanted to pop in real quick to announce the winner of yesterday's Weekly Winner Wednesday! Janice Ormiston!! Congratulations Janice and thank you for playing with Owl Night Stampers. Please make sure and "check-in" here on the blog or on our facebook page to let me know you realize you are the winner. Then private message me with your mailing address so I can get your Stampin' Up! goody in the mail to you.

Happy Tuesday everyone! How has the week gone so far? Hopefully not too terrible since only on day 2 of the work week. I am going to continue on the Tool Tip Tuesday train this week and will try to feature over the next several weeks those products I think that all "beginners" should start to add to their "paper craft tool box". This week's featured item is the Bone Folder. It retails for only $6.95 and is what I consider a multi-purpose tool. What I would consider the "main purpose" for this tool would be to use to get a nice, crisp fold on all your greeting cards. You simply fold your card and use the edge of the bone folder to rub along the "fold" for a nice edge. This helps prevent the "creasing effect" you sometimes get if you try to fold the card and simply rub your thumb or your nail down the paper to create that fold. Another use of the bone folder is to score your paper. Some people have a "scoring blade" on their paper trimmers, some people have an actual scoring board and tool, but when starting out in the paper crafting world, you may not have either. If you want to "score" your paper, which basically means put a "crease" in the paper that will normally be used as a guide to fold the paper for one reason or another, you could simply use a ruler to line up where you want your crease and then run the pointy end of the bone folder down the side of the ruler and "voila" - you have your score. If you have a paper trimmer, but no scoring blade, you could simply run the pointy end of the bone folder down the cutting track where your cutting blade would normally run and that will also leave a score in your paper. What other things do you use your bone folder for?

Good morning! Just a quick pop in to announce the Weekly Wednesday Winner from yesterday. Krista McNamara Groover. Congratulations Krista!! You have won a FREE card class!! Please contact us through email or facebook to let us know whether you would like to attend the July 19 or August 16 class.

Good morning everyone! Did you know that Stampin' Up! has "Weekly Deals" every week where they deeply discount several items that you can only purchase at that price for one week? Well they do! They post the deals every week on Tuesday and they are good through the following Monday. Here are this week's deals: I love when they include ribbons and ink on this deal, especially ones I do not have in my inventory yet! If you see something you just have to have, let me know and I can get it ordered for you. Or, you can click on my "shop" link at the top of this blog and place the order directly and it will immediately ship out straight to you. What is your favorite item on sale this week? Don't forget to check back next week for more deals!

Hello and happy Tuesday! This week on our edition of Tool Tip Tuesday we are going to talk about the Stampin' Glue Sticks offered by Stampin' Up! Last night I was working on putting together 60 invites for my grandson's first birthday. I had just happened to get a new order in yesterday from Stampin' Up! which included some of the Stampin' Glue Sticks that I had ordered to have on hand for customers during workshops that may have forgotten their adhesive. I used to use this product years ago, but no longer use it on a regular basis. I am some what of a "glue snob" and stick to one specific product, which I will discuss in a future post. But, anyhoo, I figured I would give it a try since it has been "new and improved" since I last used it and see what happened. I was pleasantly surprised! Did you notice the unique shape of these glue sticks in the picture above? They are not round and because of such they do not go running off the table so you have to spend your time chasing them down and/or looking for where it went from the last place you laid it down at. In addition to that nifty little feature, because of its diamond shape glue tip, you can easily get into corners and other spots that a round or square style glue stick would not allow. This particular product used to be square/rectangle so I am thrilled with this new shape. It is also very comfortable to hold, unlike the old square/rectangle shape. Enough about the "shape" features.... I was glad to see the glue itself went on very smooth, it did not "grab" at the paper like some sticks do and it did not "clump" onto the paper either. It glided on smooth and also allowed for a very smooth placement of your cardstock. It dries pretty quickly, however not an "instant" type of dry, so you do have some "wiggle room" in order to move and re-stick your paper if you do not like your original placement. Best feature of this glue? It is only $3.95.....and that is for TWO! That breaks down to about $1.98 per stick. Great price for a glue stick that actually works and is acid-free. Each tube is .7 oz. I got through making 30 cards last night and only had to "roll up" the glue a few times. I am anxious to see how many projects I can create with one stick since ".7 oz" does not really tell me much. LOL I will keep you posted as to how long this stick lasts when I get to the bottom of it. So - do you use glue sticks? If not, what adhesive product(s) do you prefer?

Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that I have not been around because I was having my blog page designed, so I was waiting on that to be finalized before I started posting away and getting this blog up and running. As you can see, the page is ready to go......so please stay tuned! I hope to be up and fully posting at least daily starting on Monday, if not sooner! Make it a great week and go create!