Since I had such success with my non-traditional holiday card last week at the Play Date Cafe (it made the the Fab Four), I decided to use this week's Color Splash Challenge to make another holiday-themed design. I started with the Paper Crafts Go-To Sketch #5 for my design. When I was at Archiver's during … Read more
Since the Unscripted Sketch Blog is celebrating Christmas in July (and since I'm waaaayyy too far behind on where I should be with my holiday card stash), I decided to see if I could combine their sketch with the very elegant Dublin-Style (but not so Christmasy) colors of Black, Grey, Kraft and Ivory from this … Read more
This card is for Sue's 52-Card Pick-up Challenge. This week's thoughts were about the importance of being present in the day-to-date experience and not letting business take over our lives … in other words, enjoy today. I also wanted to give the 100th Color Throwdown Challenge a try (have you seen the prizes up for … Read more
This week's Challenge at the Basic Grey Blog is an Inspiration Challenge based on this yummy bowl of summer fruits. How I managed to get from cool summer fruits to a Christmas card is unclear, but I always say you just have to go where the inspiration takes you. I looked through my Basic Grey … Read more
I have several co-workers who are expecting babies in the next few months, so when I was in Chicago, I searched for some fun new baby stamps. I found this great Small Beginnings Set by a new-to-me stamp company ~ Darcie's. I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch and the Basic Grey Challenge to use … Read more
I tried a new (to me) challenge blog this week … Etsy Inspired Challenge. This week's Etsy store is Sunshyne Silverwear & I chose the Hummingbird Pendant as my inspiration. I love the contrast of the black silhouette against the blue background with some touches of bling. I stamped the Magenta Vine (14600-N), Inkadinkado Hummingbird & … Read more
When I saw the color challenge & beautiful jewelry that inspired it at The Play Date Cafe, I realized it would be perfect to highlight this wonderful butterfly embellishment I purchased at Toho Shoji when we were in New York City. I also manged to incorporate some of the cool Washi Paper Masking Tape … Read more
The prompt for this week's 52-Card Pick-Up comes from a post called Because We ARE Worth It from Ink on My Fingers. She discusses her process of learning to be her own cheerleader and support herself, rather than tear herself down with negative self-talk. This also reminded me of one of the Heart the Art … Read more
When I read Sue's 52-Card Pick-Up Challenge about Spring Cleaning and the need to de-clutter our lives, I knew I wanted to do a card with a clean and simple design. She references a quote from Oprah that talks about how de-cluttering is a process that is ever-evolving as we move closer to the self … Read more