On my to do list for the weekend was a birthday card for a teenage boy. I decided to incorporate the Wallpaper Challenge from CAS-ual Fridays together with the sketch from Seize the Birthday. My wallpaper background was done by stamping Hero Arts / Studio Calico Alphabet Pattern background inked with Red, Burnt Sienna and Orange … Read more
I still have lots of ideas rolling through my head for the Camera Craze Challenge at the Moxie Fab World Blog. This card was inspired by this card by Teri Anderson's card at the CASE Study Challenge. I was drawn to the bright blues, the trio of elements, the wrap of twine, and the bits … Read more
Love the Sketch at DCWV this month … so many possibilities. I used papers from The Performance Matstack for my musical themed creation. I layered my papers on an ivory cardstock base … adding a single chipboard sentiment to complete the design … love it. This sketch is great for planned designs like this one … Read more
I wanted to join in at the Love Letters Challenge at CAS-ual Friday, and when I saw this group of Valentine's Day Cards on Oh So Beautiful Paper, I knew excactly what I wanted to do. I die cut arrows, hearts and letters (Ringmaster) from cardstock using the colors from this week's Dynamic Duo's … Read more
Crafter's Compaion is hosting this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge called Make Your Mark: CFC87: Use markers in your Clean And Simple Creation Remember… a little can go a loooong way! You can color an image, or an element, or get creative and show us some fun techniques! I used an abstract marker scribbling technique with Spectrum Noir Markers (similar … Read more
One of the things on my to do list for the weekend was to re-stock my sympathy card stash. When I saw that the challenge at the CCEE Stampers blog was to make a CAS Sympathy card, I thought I would give it a try (because we all know CAS looks easy … but often … Read more
This week's CAS-ual Friday challenge ~ Round of Applause ~ is to create a card that celebrates an accomplishment and features at least one circle (my circles are the dot at the bottom of the explanation point … and my *o*s). I couldn't resist breakout-out my favorite Die-versions die cut … because seriously … who … Read more
I love all of the challenges right now to use something new … something I need to do more of this year … use my supplies & mail my cards. This card is for the New Year, New You Challenge at a Blog Named Hero. I used my new CityScape Die from Savvy Stamps & … Read more
I'm playing along with the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist again tonight (while watching the performances on The Voice … I was really hoping someone would sing a Christmas song tonight). I adored Julie's whimsical tag … at first, I was stumped, but once the ideas started forming in my head, it came … Read more
Tonight I'm playing along with the So Torn Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays. I love tearing Core'dinations papers … the layout is from Feeling Sketchy.