Red & Blue Birthday
They're playing Tic Tac Toe at The Paper Players this week … my score is across the bottom. I used Inkadinkado Inchies for my three elements using this week's CPS Sketch and new Momento Rhubarb Stalk ink.
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What do you get when you combine the Dynamic Duos Challenge to combine Red with one other color … and the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Soup to Nuts (inspiring me to go with a letter & number design) … and the Just Us Girls Challenge to Use Numbers … you get this: I combined red with grey … Read more
Ingenious Inkling Inspired
This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is to make a card inspired by your own Blog Header … which made me realize my blog design recently turned five years old. I still remember how fun it was working with the designer to make this blog my own … and I am happy to say that … Read more
Witchy-Poo Shoes
When I saw the theme at the CAS-ology this week was SHOE … I knew I had to join the fun. See … I have a serious love of shoes … in all shapes and colors … the more fun the better. These Allegria Snakeskin shoes were the latest addition to my fall wardrobe. For … Read more
Curses! Foiled Again
A little mustache fun with EAD Designs Mustache Rub-ons and a sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas … can't you just see the villain in a black & white movie twirling the ends of his mustache as he utters those words.
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Tonight I'm going Green (specifically Peeled Paint Distress Ink) for this week's CASology Challenge. I inked the Florentine Pattern Background from Hero Arts with Distress Ink and then spritzed liberally with water before stamping to get a sort of mottled watercolor effect. I also inked-up a sentiment from the new Hero Arts Set Thank You … Read more
Whatever …
When I saw that Stampotique was hosting the CAS-ual Friday Challenge, I knew I wanted to ink-up some of my Stampotique images and join the fun. The theme this wek is square cards. I inked-up my Prom Queen using the colors from this week's Color Challenge from The Paper Players. I modified this week's Freshly … Read more
Live in the Moment
There was a Scramble in the Hero Arts Flickr Group this afternoon to create a card in under 90 minutes by mixing and matching two or more different sentiments to create a new one or using partial sentiments. I combined a partial sentiment from Heyday Thoughts with another sentiment from the Cuckoo Set. I also … Read more
Miss You
Tonight's card is one that I think would have been better if I had given-up on trying to complete a challenge, and gone with what seemed more natural … I had a heck-of-a-time fitting in the light pink color for this week's ColourQ Challenge. I should have just let it go and stuck with the … Read more
In My Heart
White cards are a challenge for me … not so much as a design element … but because I'm a smudger. I get ink all over my fingers … my nails … my workspace when I create, and inevitably those smudges of ink gravitate to white space. It took three tries to keep from smudging … Read more