I love small sheets of paper with perfectly proportioned designs for cards, and these lovely 4" squares by Jenni Bowlin certainly fit the bill. These papers are from the set called Victoria with a beautiful color combination of green, yellow, and grey with soft floral patterns. I wanted to try Allison's Everything Old is New … Read more
I had a request from a co-worker for Birthday cards for his Dad & young niece. I loved this week's CPS Sketch, so I used it to make two completely different designs. The first one for his Dad uses The Outpost from Artistic Outpost (I love their stamps for masculine cards); a sentiment from Stampin' Up; … Read more
I will start this post with a disclaimer that I am creating under the influence of pain medications. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be doing a lot to relieve the pain from my tonsillectomy, but they do make me a bit off-balanced. My throat pain is still raging, but it felt good to get out … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challange comes from the whimsical children's items from Oliebollen which was suggested by Barbarar20. I loved all of the bright fun colors. I needed a birthday card for a little boy who was turning five. Since the gift accompanying the card was a Transformer, I thought a robot theme would work perfectly. … Read more
Tonight I combined Lucy's first color challenge with Kazan's Sketch #40 from 2 Sketches 4 You. I used my favorite kraft paper that comes in the bulk packages at Hobby Lobby … I love the grocery-sack like texture of the paper and the slight variations in color. I dug out my long-neglected Stampin' Up So … Read more
Tonight I needed a very plain and simple masculine card with a hunting theme for a co-worker. I used the CPS 142 sketch. I've had this K&Company Hunting Embossed Paper in my stash for years. I cut out one of the ducks for my embellishment and have it floating on knotted green ribbon. I … Read more
I realized this morning that my birthday card stash is completely depleted, and I needed a birthday card for a sweet young lady. I decided to see if I could combine the new Nook & Pantry Basic Grey papers I picked up on our trip with this weeks sketch from Card Patterns. It turned out … Read more
This morning I wanted to make a very special birthday card for one of my oldest and dearest friends … I hate using the word 'oldest', because of course we are far from old … but she has been my friend for 24 years, so that's a very long time. For a good part of … Read more
I seldom make sets or repeat cards, however I really loved how this card turned out earlier this week using the Artistic Outpost 2nd Anniversary Sketch and their Geek is Chic plate, so I decided ot make a few more using Basic Grey Archaic papers (some of the best guy papers ever … why don't … Read more
I needed to make a masculine birthday card this weekend, and was thrilled to see a Sketch Challenge at the Artistic Outpost blog to make a birthday (or fall) themed card. To celebrate Artistic Outpost's 2nd Birthday, they are giving away a $25 gift certificate … this card features images from their Geek is Chic collection, which is … Read more