I got some fun prizes in the mail from Page Plans for winning two of their sketch challenges. I love the fun felt letters and the little ice cream treat embellishments. I also got a fabulous Thank You card from my Gran and her crafting friends. Even though my Gran and I have lived miles … Read more
Sharon’s Simply Stamped Challenge is to make a 10-minute card. One of the easiest ways for me to produce quick cards is to start with a sketch and a theme. I decided to use Sketch #50 from Sketches! {by Tamara} and a theme of Christmas in June from the ladies at Daring Cardmakers (it’s never … Read more
As much fun as I had traveling yesterday, I really missed being in my studio, so I’m making up for it today. I used CPS Sketch #71 to make a birthday card for my step-dad. Since he’s a huge Beatles fan, I used DCWV Rock Star paper for the base & printed out a sample … Read more
I know I should be cleaning up from my weekend trip, but I had to make one card with my new goodies first. Being surrounded by corn in Iowa has led me to develop a bit of a corn stamp collection. I found this great corn image by Leigh Hannan from Impression Obsession at Stamp … Read more
My best stamping girlfriend Laura and I spent the weekend on our favorite Chicago stamp store road trip. We’ve done it several times and each time we continue to perfect the experience. This time we left early enough to add Scrapaganza! 2176 west Kimberly Road in Davenport, Iowa to our agenda. This is a very … Read more
Look what adorable goodies arrived in my mailbox today. I was the winner of the Friday the 13th drawing on the Eclectic Paperie blog. I love how the packaging says Feed Your Creativity! Eclectic Paperie is one of my all time favorite on-line stores & I’m looking forward to trying out these fun little stamps. … Read more
This card combines Kristina Werner’s Color Challenge #13 (Rosewater Bedding from Tracy Porter) with the most recent sketch at Page Plans. I made my pocket with Wild Wasabi stamped with a Fancy Pants flourish From the Garden in Lime Pastel. I combined lots of fun summer stamps to finish the design. (Stampendous Bikini, Hero Arts … Read more
I love Starving Artistamps … especially their adorable Doodle Factory line. Check out this fun giveaway that features their new Doodle Factory Tropics with two sheets of sentiments … so many to love …like ‘you smell like a monkey and you act like one too’ … I so need that one for my brothers :^)
This card combines three challenge ~ Allison’s Up in the Air! with SCS sketch and color challenges (wild wasabi, taken with teal and white). I wanted to try out my new Out of this World set from Inque Boutique. I traced over the entire robot and sentiment with a turquoise Copic Spica Glitter pen for … Read more
This is Kazan’s Sketch #3 at the 2 Sketches 4 You blog. When I saw the repeating flower theme, I went searching through my embellishments to see what I might have. I found a few pre-made paper flowers, which is where I started my design. I found this great embellished frame stamp in my Fancy … Read more