The current challenge at A Blog Named Hero is Second Chances … to do a re-make of one of your earlier designs. I decided to go all the way back to December 2008 for my inspiration. When I designed for Caardvarks, we had the opportunity to create lots of projects using Core'dinations Cardstock … I … Read more
This card features one of my all time favorite Artistic Outpost images from the Snowy Woods plate … I love the image, how it's framed, and the wonderful Robert Frost quote … it just evokes such a feeling of the silent peace of a snowy night to me. I read with sadness today that the … Read more
This month's Caardvarks Challenge is sponsored by SRM Stickers … and since my awesome World Card Making Day prize from SRM arrived in the mail this weekend, I knew I had to play along. The challenge was to CASE a sticker card made by one of the 'Vaarks Crew. I chose Kelly's Spring … Read more
It was so nice to have an extra day off work for the holiday … so I used it to play along with Julee's Mojo Monday Challenge. I chose Memory Box Enchanted papers and images and sentiment from Hero Arts (Hydrangea, Antique Engravings & A Little Note). I colored the hydrangea with Prismacolor pencils and used an … Read more
When I saw the Inspiration Photo for the March 5th Caardvarks Challenge, I remembered I had some Basic Grey Aviary stamps that had never seen ink. I combined them with Basic Grey Porcelain Designer Papers (have you seen the awesome new collections) and this week's Sketch from CardPatterns (flipped). I also pulled out my distressor for Allison's … Read more
This week's Tuesday Challenge at the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Blog is to create a card with the color palette of Brown, Blue & White (keyword JBE095 or link to the challenge post). I knew I wanted to use these awesome Brown Mini papers from Jenni Bowlin (they're 30% off in the store together wtih Imaginisce, Pink … Read more
The Tuesday challenge at the Jacksonbelle blog today is to bling it up. I really love these fun Zva Creative flourishes & how I can cut them apart into smaller flourishes to make several cards. This card uses the PageMaps Sketch at the Caardvarks blog. This is one of my favorite quotes from Impression Obsession. I scored the lines … Read more
This is my last challenge as a member of the Caardvarks Crew … and it was a fun one. The challenge is an easy one … make a tall card. The challenge is sponsored by Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker, and she's got lots of great prizes for the winner including a salloped chipboard album, acrylic font … Read more
I received a marvelous little birthday package from Stamp Muse that included this delicious Cherie glitter paper from SEI's Chocolat collection. When I saw this week's Sketch 37 at Card Patterns, an idea was born. I love how the paper is two sided, so I was able to feature both beautiful designs together. I used a new … Read more
I loved the May Arts Silk Ribbon so much, that I went ahead and used up the sheet of Core'dinations Whitewash Cardstockand made a few more. The card base is the reverse side of the cardstock. This time I knotted the ribbon … and I love the effect. For this card, I embossed the cardstock, … Read more