I want to make some St. Patrick's Day cards this week, so I can get them in the mail. The focal image of this card is from Authentique Emerald Six cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Oval Die. I used a larger die from the same set to cut the metallic gold mat. The layout … Read more
I love being able to make cards that feature specific things that my recipients like. The Spellbinder's Howling Wolf is die cut from a scrap of bronze metallic paper, so he has a little shimmer in the moonlight. Using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, I was able to find homes for three paper scraps … Read more
We're still celebrating Christmas music at Jingle Belles this week. I found this cute little Jingle Bells journaling card in my stash and built my card around it using this week's Sketch from The Paper Players. No stamping on this one … just beautiful Christmas Papers from Authentique and a sentiment sticker.
It's been an awesome day in the studio … love when I can just play all day. I broke out a little Red, White & Blue for the TGIF Challenges. Paper are new from Authentique Honor Collection. Sentiment is from Essentials by Ellen Fancy Thanks. Layout is this week's Retro Sketch, which I embellished with … Read more
Most of the time I do a good job of working ahead on birthdays and holidays, but Mother's Day just seemed to sneak up on me this year. So tonight I used the great layout from Match the Sketch for another Mother's Day card. I'm also trying to find homes for orphan embellishments like this … Read more
Tonight I needed an 80th Birthday Card, so I decided to make a bouquet of roses that will never wilt. I die cut the Rose Garden Thinlets Roses, and then used the negative of the die cut to trace a solid piece from a yellow shimmer paper that I adhered to the back of my … Read more
When I saw this week's Fusion Card Challenge inspiration, I went searching for a peacock in my collection … only to discover, there are none. So instead I tried to capture the colors and feel of the design … and featured a different bird from Unity Stamps Sympathy & Sadness. Papers are Authentique Classique: Elegant. … Read more
Retirement cards are hard for me … do you have a good stamp set you use for retirements? I went back through my own archives and found this Teacher Retirement card I had created using a dictionary page. For today's card, I scanned the dictionary page, so I could re-size it to work with my … Read more
When I saw this Impression Obsession Stamp called Money, I knew it had to come live with me. I inked-it-up for the Summer Colors Challenge at the Impression Obsession Blog. For me, the summer colors for the month of July are red, white & blue. I also used my new Canvas Cover-A-Card Background for … Read more
Tonight I used this week's STAMPlorations Sketch to make a quick postal-themed thank you. My husband is a postal carrier, so I collect mail-themed designs. The large stamps is vintage Judi-Kins and the letters are from Stampendous! The papers are Authentique's Glory Collection and the *thank you* is a sticker from Doodlebug Designs.