The challenge at the Moxie Fab World blog is to create a card that incorporates some kind of household item as its focal point. As I thought about different things in our house, I realized our recliners are probably one of our favorite household items, so that's how I decided my theme (combined with the … Read more
The neutral color palette for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #16 was perfect for a masculine birthday card for the Hero Arts Man Week challenge. I needed a birthday card for a friend's son who is very near and dear to my heart. I thought the Hero Arts Playful Animals set would be the perfect place … Read more
It feels so good to be back in my studio after traveling this week. It was a wonderful time with family, but I always miss my art. This card is inspired by this week's SCS Featured Stamper akronstamperdpk's Hmm … peaches! (aka Darlene Pavlick of Dar's Crafty Creations). I changed the layout to feature the curved Hero Arts … Read more
In addition to the cool clear card bases, ShortCuts also makes these fun frosted sheets, which I combined from elements in the Basic Gray Cupcake card making kit (a big thanks to Two Peas … I won the kit in their National Scrapbook Day giveaway). I added some black cardstock for some pop, a few … Read more
The Hero Arts Blog is celebrating Complementary Colors this week. I chose orange and blue for my card together with Kazan's Sketch 29 from the 2 Sketches 4 You Blog. The papers are all from Making Memories Chloe's Closet collection. The owl with hat is from Savvy Stamps and the Sentiment is Hero Arts A Little … Read more
There's a big Purple Onion Designs party going on at Caardvarks. They are sponsoring the June 20th Challenge, which is to make a *new* Window Card. I was excited to have the opportunity to create projects for the 'Cards & More' feature of Caardvarks together with Jenn (you gotta check out her amazing Window of … Read more
I thought Dawn's Color Challenge for this week would be fun to try for my niece's 17th birthday card. I combined it with this week's sketch from CPS. The Green and Cream DP is all from Making Memories Chloe's Closet and the stamps are Hero Arts (Special Edition: Together and Design Block Wavy Leaf Pattern). … Read more
On my list of things to do is to make birthday cards for my niece and nephew who turn 17 this week. I think making a card for a 17 year-old boy is one of the greater challenges of card making. I decided to go with the Sketch from Stamp Something (with some fun stamps from Dog … Read more
One of the things on my need-to-do list for the weekend was to make a birthday card for my dog-loving brother-in-law. I won this fun Cosmo Pups stamp set by Gel-a-tins in a blog candy giveaway. I don't have a dog, so I probably never would have thought to purchase these stamps on my own. However, they turned out … Read more
I used Kristina's Color Challenge #51 and Laura's Sketch #25 from 2 Sketches 4 You to make a birthday card for a very special friend. I'll never forget how many years ago she invited me to join her at a Friday night crop at the local scrapbooking store. I was just starting to scrapbook, but I was … Read more