This week's CAS(E) this Sketch! seemed to cry out for some beautiful paper … and there is none more beautiful than Alexandra Renke. I cut two of the butterflies from the same beautiful paper and stamped the Simon Says Stamp sentiment in a coordinating purple ink. Inspiration is from The Card Concept Mother's … Read more
I recently realized that it's been 10 years since my first trip to New York City with Lauren. At the time, I thought it might be my only trip to NYC … and never dreamed it would become an annual tradition that we plan for all year long. There were so many first experiences on … Read more
It's been a while since I broke out my Alexandra Renke drawer of goodies, so I decided to use them for the current Fusion Card Challenge. I cut one inch strips of one of the Alexandra Renke Designer papers and framed them in Olive Cardstock using the Fusion Sketch. I added three Alexandra … Read more
We're making music at Jingle Belles … okay, we're not making music … we're creating music themed cards (which just happens to be one of our favorite things). We're asking you to create a card (or gift card holder, or whatever else you'll be needing for the holidays) that incorporates music, a musical instrument, or … Read more
I've been making myself clean my studio today … I will feel much better when I can see the table tops and everything is relatively returned to its place. I took a little break and decided to make a card with some of the bits, bobs and scraps that needed to be put away. … Read more
Today's cards were inspired by Sam's new Use My Stuff – Sympathy Challenge and this gorgeous pile of sympathy cards that Chris Dayton shared using Alexandra Renke papers. I used images cut from her 12" paper called Blue Flowers with florals cut with a variety of Alexandra's floral dies. I used Alexandra's Square Grid … Read more
Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2019 here) … here are my favorites in no particular order. I found it a little challenging to narrow down the group this year, … Read more
When I saw this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! I immediately thought of my Alexandra Renke Rectangle Frames. I cut the frame from a lovely piece of Alexandra's floral paper and then used a variety of shades of maroon and pink to die cut a bouquet of flowers using 4 different groups of Alexandra's dies … Read more
For our final challenge of 2019 at Jingle Belles, we're making cards inspired by Lauren's gorgeous Blog Header design. I took a loose approach to the design this week … moreso trying to capture the feel than exactly replicate. I used Alexandra Renke products, which are absolutely gorgeous. I started with a brush and … Read more
As we always do in October, the Jingle Belles (Lauren and I) are celebrating a PINK Christmas for a Cure … that means for every PINK holiday card linked-up, we will each donate $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to support the search for a cure for Breast Cancer. I started my card … Read more