Tonight, we were re-watching Scott Pilgrim vs. The World … and I was inspired to make a Rock Star card. I used Inchies from Inkadinkado & an Outlines square sentiment stamped in India Ink and took my design inspiration from this image from Inspired By with orange, black and a clean graphic design. And this week's … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge is visiting the Everything Turquoise. I chose this Rose Rush Rug to inspire my design. I loved the graphic black and white design bordered by turquoise. I stamped Hero Arts Large Flower Pattern in Black and bordered with it a thin strip of black cardstock & turquoise designer paper from … Read more
When I saw the Black & White Challenge at the CAS-ual Friday blog, I immediately thought of a masculine birthday card (possibly becauase my stash at the office is completely depleted). When I saw this week's Fall to Layout, the idea came together in my head. I used all sorts of Hero Arts stamps with … Read more
When I saw this week's Tuesday Trigger photo Winter Blossoms (Pom Pom Flowers from Blue Eyed Yonder … I also love her fireplace filled with books), an idea immediately came to mind. And after lots trial and error with masking and ink colors … voila. I used a combination of chalk inks (stamping off once on … Read more
Tonight I wanted a clean & simple housewarming card. I started by stamping Stampendous New Houses in India Ink on a watercolor card base. Next I added three stickerz from EAD Designs Home Sweet Home set … and called it good.
This card is for the Ellen Hutson LLC Hero Arts Wood Take 'n Make Challenge. I knew I wanted to ink-up my new Big Eyes image, which was also perfect for the Less is More Challenge where they're celebrating one layer cards featuring birds. I decided to use Prussian Blue Chalk Ink for my design, since Crazy 4 Challenges … Read more
The current Flashback Friday Challenge is to post your first Clean & Simple card design. In the beginning, most of my cards were pretty clean & simple, so I chose my first CAS single layer design from August 2007. This is a card that has stood the test of time … I love it as … Read more
I love this week's Sketch at Skipping Stones Designs … and the great design team samples really showcase a lot of fabulous design possibilities. I decided to play with tape … for my design I used one fabric tape and two washi tapes. I finished with an EAD Designs Rub-on sentiment. And speaking of tapes … Read more
While my Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine papers out, I decided to use this week's Freshly Made Sketch to make another Congratulations card. I used a sentiment from Market Street Stamps Chillaxin and the Congrats from EK Success Stamp Events.
One of my projects for this weekend is to make some Congratulations cards for my stash at the office. I combined My Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine (Boy) papers with this fun little Bingo card from Unity. I punched circles for the Bingo markers and added a punched star in the center. The Sketch is … Read more