Busy with the Cricky

One Day only STAMP SET sale! For 24 hours on July 19 all STAMP SETS in the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog will be 15% off. This excludes online exclusives and hostess sets. But everything else in t...

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Welcome Friends! I must tell you, I am longing for Christmas in July. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's the tradition in my little business of enjoy the Christmas in July "season." Maybe it's j...

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The link below is for the online version of my July newsletter - typos and all. This newsletter is emailed out to those who have signed up to receive emails from me. If you would like to recei...

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  Welcome Friends! I am working on some virtual aspects of my business. For putting up with the poor sound quality of my video, I am sharing the pdf tutorial for this card.   P...

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Welcome Friends! If you follow me on Instagram or on my Facebook Busy with the Cricky page, you know that my friend Bonnie Sanche from Calvary, Canada and I team up three times a year for a V...

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  Welcome Friends! Today I am sharing this fun card I call, Fox On The Run - after a 1974 rock song. Well THAT was a while ago!  My inspiration for this card came from a momentary whim whi...

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  Welcome Friends! I mentioned previously that I planned to share projects I created for a Product Showcase featuring the Stampin' Up! Countryside Inn Suite of products. I adore this suite....

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Welcome Friends! Today I am going to share with you about a HUGE event I co-chaired here in Aiken, SC over the weekend. For the last four months I have been heavily involved in the planning of ...

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  Welcome Friends! Today I am sharing an invitation to my Spring Tea and Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog Launch Party in Aiken, SC. The event is being held at a STUNNING recently remodeled Win...

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  Welcome Stampin' Friends! Today I would like to introduce you to a new suite of products released March 1st by Stampin' Up!, Waves of Inspiration. Each spring Stampin' Up! releases one ne...

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  Welcome Stampin' Friends! Today I am going to share another sketch challenge from the Simply Sketchin' Saturday Facebook Group (click here to ask to join ). This week's challenge sketch is p...

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Welcome Stampin' Friends! Today I am going to share another sketch challenge from the Simply Sketchin' Saturday Facebook Group (click here to ask to join ). This week's challenge sketch is p...

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  Welcome Stampin' Friends! Today I am going to share another sketch challenge from the Simply Sketchin' Saturday Facebook Group (click here to ask to join ). This week's challenge sketch is p...

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Welcome Stampin' Friends! Happy New Year!! Today I am participating in a new group, Simply Sketchin' Saturday Facebook Group blog hop. For this hop, you will will follow the link to the Faceb...

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Hello Stampin' friends. Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards from the southeastern United States. The theme o...

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  Hello friends. Today I am here to share my Pyramid Scene Box that I created. I saw a version of this box on a German webpage and liked it, but did not understand the language nor did I ha...

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  Hello Stampin' Friends. Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards from the southeastern United States. The t...

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  Hello Stampin' Friends. Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards from the southeastern United States. Today I will...

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  Hello Stampin' Friends. Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards from the southeastern United States. Today I wil...

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  Hello Stampin’ Friends! Today I am participating in Bruno and Kylie Bertucci’s Demonstrator Training Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, I am Susan Edwards of Aiken, South Carolin...

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  Hello Stampin' friends! Today I am participating in Kylie Buertucci's Monthly International Blog Highlights. Each month Kylie offers Stampin' Up! Demonstrators the opportunity to join and...

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Hello Stampin' friends. Once again I have been attempting to tackle the never ending pile of family photos and events to be scrapbooked. Today's double page layout features images from severa...

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Hello Stampin' friends. Today I have a special Step-fold card to share with you, one I created using the *NEW TODAY* bundle, Great Tidings. In case you are unaware, today is the first day of ...

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Welcome to the Ink & Inspiration Blog Hop. If you arrived here via the hop, you are currently visiting Susan Edwards from the southeastern United States. I hope you enjoy my Sneak Peak of the...

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Hello Stampin' Friends! Today I am participating in Bruno and Kylie Bertucci's Demonstrator Training Program Blog Hop. Bruno and Kylie offer training to Stampin' Up! Demonstrators to assist u...

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