Retro Tire Swinging

Growing up, we had a large maple tree in our back yard with a tire swing.  We spent hours and hours swinging on that tire … so many fun memories. That was the inspiration for today's card. The Retro Rubber Challenge is all about colors this week.     I went shopping in my Gel … Read more

Woodblock Agapanthus Cluster

It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday.     I chose a clean & simple monochromatic design, which also works for the CAS on Friday Flowers Challenge.     I used the Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster with a tiny sentiment from A Muse Artistamps.  I do love those blooms. I'm also linking-up at the A is for … Read more

Snowy Birthday

This week's AAA Cards Sketch was perfect for a winter birthday card I needed to get in the mail.     I combined a piece from one of my Cyanotype panels with snowflakes punched from a pearlescent white paper.  I finished with the woodblock A Muse Happy Birthday! I had on my table.     … Read more

Got Snow?

The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to make a winter card that is NOT Christmas.     I built my card using the Winter Fun Paper Collection at Carta Bella by Carina Gardner.  I added two favorite wood mounted stamps from Savvy Stamps and A Muse with a layout from The Paper Craft … Read more

Mr. & Mrs.

I needed to restock my wedding card stash, so I broke out this new (to me) Spellbinders Wedding Dress & Tux by Nicole Spohr. I was really pleased with how quickly these dies came together (I had to watch a video to determine those were the tuxedo arms … they seemed a bit thin to … Read more

Retro Happy Birthday

I've spent most of last weekend and this morning trying to reassemble my studio.  Last weekend I got the bright idea to replace some broken plastic storage with a vintage dresser that I found for half-price at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, however I'm currently in that interim phase where everything is worse before it … Read more