Mother’s Day Flowers

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

Fa-la-la-la-la

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

Eucalyptus Sympathy

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

My 10 Favorites of 2019

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

Framed Blooms

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