See those fabulous royal blue shoes in the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger Inspiration Photo … I owned those shoes my senior year of high school. I bought them for the Football Homecoming Dance … I wore them in my senior pictures … I built an entire wardrobe around that awesome pair of royal blue … Read more
I did something this afternoon I seldom do … mass produce. I had a request for a set of dinner party invitations based on this Roll With It card I made in November 2009, so they needed to be identical, which for some reason is a struggle for me. I think it's because most of … Read more
Last month, I was tearing apart a Kleenex box to throw it into the recycle bin and noticed that the inside of the entire box was metallic silver instead of the usually chipboard kraft. So I decided to save the box, thinking that surely I could figure out something to make with metallic silver chipboard. … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the Etsy Store Birdhouse Blessings. Steve & Kate (S&K Creations) have been building birdhouses together for 20 years. They try very hard to make sure that each birdhouse has it's own personality with a whimsical, yet usable design. My card is inspired by the Flowery Tear Drop Trailer. … Read more
The fine ladies at the Gingersnap Challenge Blog have asked me to spend another month hanging out with them as a Visiting Designer … what a fabulous treat. Today is the July Chestnut Theme Challenge … and this month we're going with HEAT (we've got plenty of that here in Iowa for sure). When I thought … Read more
I thought I'd work on a little Christmas Card Catch-up in July to increase the number of holiday cards in my stash. I used Jen's Sketch for You to Try (a big Verve gift certificate up for grabs) with some Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers. I used my favorite May Arts Ribbon, a favorite sentiment … Read more
This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge is My Zoetrope, which is full of fun paintings and print like this Sunshine Makes Everything Better that inspired my card. I used the Kim Hughes Go To Sketch Challenge #4 for my design and fun papers & stickers from We R Memory Keepers 70 & Sunny Collection. This is … Read more
This month's challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog is to create a card that incorporates a bicycle in an innovative way. My card is inspired by all of the fabulous letterpress note cards I saw on my weekend trip to Chicago. I love how they utilized white space. I started with a Fabriano Note … Read more