I'm once again channeling my inner Julie Ebersole by making a card inspired by her beautiful design at the CASE Study Challenge. I loved the negative image, clean lines, scripty font and the placement of the elements, so that's what I incorporated in my design. I used the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe … Read more
This month's theme at Addicted to CAS is … Wings. I stamped Crafter's Companion Faith Bird in Teal Zeal and clear embossed for the Time to Get Clean Friday Mash-up Challenge (clean and simple design with heat embossing) … the Friday Mash-up Challenge is celebrating it's 100th Challenge by letting you pick your favorite. I added coordinating … Read more
When I look at this card, I read the sentiment in my best Napoleon Dynamite voice … Lucky! The design was inspired by this photo at the Inspired By Challenge (greens, yellows, stripes on the bed, and repeating elements). And the layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch with My Mind's Eye designer papers, October Afternoon … Read more
I had fun playing with ink tonight inspired by the talented Julie Ebersole at CASE Study. Julie's cards were some of the very first ones I saved to my favorites when I discovered the online stamping community … and many years later, she continues to inspire. I loved her white-on-kraft design with pops of color, … Read more
Making a card so I can send a little shamrock sunshine through the mail … A few scraps of honeycomb paper from Glitz Cashmere Dame collection left over from my Dragonfly Magnet, a glittery shamrock sticker, and a vintage sentiment from Impression Obsession (with a price tag from a favorite scrapbook store that is long … Read more
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
So what's my solution for succeeding at the 10 MInute Craft Dash … die cuts, stickers and a great sketch. I used this color palette (which now looks a bit more turquoise than green … but my tired old eyes saw green initially), a die cut base using this week's Freshly Made Sketch, and a … 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
After papercrafting, photography is my next favorite creative outlet … so I had to join the Camera Craze at the Moxie Fab World Blog (obviously I'm staying ahead of the Moxie Fab curve since I made another favorite camera card right before the challenge posted). I cut into some new kraft woodgrain paper from Studio Calico … 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