I spent more time cleaning my studio this weekend than making cards (and there is still so, so much more to do). I also spent some relaxing time lollygagging at a couple of local craft shows, which was fun too. I did however get a card made for this week’s Freshly Made Sketch. I built … Read more
The Jingle Belles prompt of While Shepherds Watched their Flocks continues this week … asking you to create a holiday card featuring an animal (or faux-animal like a Yeti or Monster). A friend found the adorable Snoopy holiday stamp set included with the most recent issue of Creative Stamping Magazine … and she picked-up an … Read more
I needed to restock my sympathy card stash, and Amy T’s Woodblock Wednesday was the perfect opportunity to pull out an old favorite woodblock Thoughts Are With You sentiment from Stampabilities. The Sketch at The Paper Players also takes me back to one I often used in my time of regular woodblock stamping. Those of … Read more
Today’s cards feature new STAMPCuts Retro Christmas from STAMPlorations. The first one pairs one of the Retro Christmas die cut sentiments attached with foam tape to one of the STAMPlorations Quick Cards #2 – Christmas A2 Card Fronts. I trimmed down the panel slightly, so I could add a thin mat before attaching to a … Read more
The October Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Fall Foliage. I looked through my Pinkfresh Studio Ephemera drawer and found several items featuring Oak Leaves including a Chipboard Frame and a Wood Accent from the Pinkfresh Studio Good Times Collection, so I built my card around those elements as a birthday card for a friend who lives … Read more
The October Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Pretty in Pink. Gina’s gorgeous example card was a Christmas one, so that’s the direction I took my design. First I die cut all three Gina K. Design Ornamental Trees from light pink cardstock and attached them to green glitter paper. Next, I stamped the sentiment from … Read more
I needed a Thinking of You card for my stash, so I thought the colors at the Retro Rubber be-leaf me! Challenge would be perfect. I went looking for some leaves that would work, and ultimately settled on Sizzix Layered Stencils Cosmopolitan Frond that was still in the original packaging and had never been used … Read more
I have a weekend list of cards I need to restock, and wedding is on the list. I decided to combine one of the October Sketch~N~Scrap World Cardmaking Day Sketches with gorgeous PS I Love You papers from Graphic 45. I was thrilled to find some slight green vellum in my stash to back the … Read more
For our next Jingle Belles prompt While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks, we’re asking you to break out the animals … it could be a sweet little sheep, a naughty kitty, or perhaps a Reindeer … okay, or even a monster or a Yeti if you’re in a Halloween mood and want to stretch the theme. … Read more
