My thank you card stash is depleted, so I used the Simon Hurley Create Bursts to mass produce some card fronts. I used a combination of blue inks to stamp the bursts on white cardstock. I added a few vintage postage stamps in blue and finished with a CZ Design Thanks die cut … Read more
I had a discussion with a co-worker this week about Tulips. She mentioned hers were getting ready to bloom, which immediately took me back to sitting with my Grandma AtKisson on the couch in the Fall thumbing through the bulb catalogs marking the ones we might want, and then narrowing it down until we finally … Read more
After yesterday's card, I had another idea for a card for the Inspired By … Rain Challenge. This time I stamped the Essentials by Ellen Bear Ware Umbrella Twice on Yellow cardstock and colored the handle with a Teal Marker. Next I stamped the dots from Essentials by Ellen Abstract Paint … Read more
I wanted to make a fun Easter Card using the Scrapbook.com Hippity Hoppity Stamps. I decided to use the colors from the TGIF Challenge. I stamped a trio of Peeps in the three challenge colors. I'm also linking-up at the CAS on Sunday Bunny Challenge. I also took inspiration from … Read more
It's week two of our Flat Feliz Navidad Prompt at Jingle Belles where we're creating Flat One Layer holiday cards. I started by stamping the Gina K. Designs Graphic Tree in White Pigment Ink and embossing with White Embossing Powder. Next I painted Green Shimmer Paint over the tree. Next I stamped the sentiment … Read more
The newest challenge at AAA Cards Challenge is to make a card that incorporates the center element and one of the spokes. The first silhouette that came to mine were the dogs from Paper Smooches Paws for a Cause, which also incorporates the Pets Spoke of the Challenge. I decided to make a … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles our theme is Flat Fleiz Navidad - it is generally called the One Layer Card; though some folks refer to it as the No Layer Card. What does that mean? It means your entire design is flat… your elements get stamped, drawn, embossed, etc, directly onto the card base; so basically you're … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is Anything Goes on the Farm. I made a single layer card combining stamps from Penny Black Shade Canopy with Penny Black Life is Simpler. I clear embossed the tractor and colored with my alcohol Ink markers. I took some of my inspiration from this photograph of … Read more
The AAA Birthday Challenge for March is to make a masculine card. I started with an Ephemera Birthday Tag with an orange ribbon, which I then framed using the LDRS Creative Floating Circles Die cut from one of my GelliArts prints. It's also Clean & Simple with Ephemera at the Inkspirational … Read more
It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday with Amy T. I combined a vintage Stampsbilities Snoopy Stamp with a newer sentiment from Red Lead. I added a bit of yellow color to the envelope and matched my card base to it.