Avery's Owlery

My blog is called Stampin with Averys Owlery at AverysOwlery.com. I bet you are wondering why that name and what does it have to do with stamping. Well, as a name it doesnt really have anything to do with stamping, but I hope you will consider joining my Owlery on your own journey in card making and stamping. The name came from my granddaughter. He... r name is Avery and my daughter choose to decorate her room with owls. Her walls are painted like trees and leaves with many owls throughout. So, there you have it. Averys Owlery. I live in Central Ohio with my husband our dog and our cat. My two grown girls are married and live nearby. My husbands four grown children are throughout the midwest. I have been a lifetime crafter, doing cross stitch, crochet and some painting but have only been a card maker and stamper since 2011. Any thing to keep my hands busy. The other crafts I dabbled in captured my interest but nothing like stamping and card making. I was introduced to stamping by my friend and co-worker Dee. I kept seeing women coming out of a conference room every other week with beautiful cards they had made themselves. Dee was holding Card Club. She would find a card, bring ALL the supplies in to work with her and at lunch time on Tuesdays they would make a card or two. Well I had to get in on that. She always chose cards that had new techniques for us to learn. I learned so much for her that I started purchasing some supplies at home, just a few things. Then my daughters wedding was coming and I thought, why not make her invitations, using what I had learned from Dee. They were beautiful, if I do say so myself, and that was it. I was hooked. Shortly after the wedding I remember Dee talking about a different card club she was in, one through Stampin Up. They met monthly and while at the club would make 3 cards or other paper craft items. The cost to be in the club was only a minimum purchase from the Stampin Up catalog of more stuff, and I could chose what I wanted to order. That was it, I was now not only ...Read More