Somehow this card started out as an elegant design in my head … and took a left turn straight at silly-ville. I wanted to join the I Can See Clearly challenge at Paper Issues, so I started with a strip of Hambly transparency on some elegant yellow Bo Bunny Country Garden paper. I started out … Read more
Tonight I needed a train-themed birthday card for a three-year-old boy. I combined EAD Designs Birthday Trains Stickerz & rub-ons with paper from Echo Park's Summer Days & this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch … I love those fun little birthday balloons.
My card for the EAD Designs Color Challenge reminds me of my granddad … I can still hear his rich voice singing these notes at least once a day. It also reminds me of playing the xylophone in marching band for several years (the theme from Ice Castles still ringing in my ears). The layout … Read more
The Flashback Friday 21.0 Challenge is to re-post your first ever paper pieced card. I went all the way back to November 2009 for this fun little robot card … lots of detailed paper piecing for my cute little Bloop. I still love theese happy colors and the embossed background … always fun to revisit … Read more
At the Bo Bunny Blog this week, the Card Challenge Tuesday sketch theme is love. This was perfect, since I needed to create an Anniversary Card. I used a combination of papers from Bo Bunny's Gabrielle Collection together with stamps from Creschendoh & Hero Arts, a rub-on sentiment from Random Words by EAD Designs, and … Read more
Here's another fun valentine using some children's valentine cards from Target & CPS Sketch 37 for their birthday celebration. I stuck with color-blocking in primary colors for my design … the red between the blocks helps tie it together. And here's my CPS37 card from November 2007 … I was working on mailable holiday cards back … Read more
When I saw these cute little Monster Valentine's at Target, I couldn't resist putting them into my card. They have little messages on the back and are intended to be stand-alone children's valentines, but I thought they would be perfect to incorporate into cards for my nieces & nephews. The first one uses CPS … Read more
This month at Gingersnap Creations we're celebrating Holiday Lights including candles & lumieries … and our Spicy Supply Challenge is Wax. My card features a Wax Paper Cuttlebug Resist technique. I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Gear embossing folder on waxed paper for my background. I sponged on several shades of brown Distress and Chalk … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the wonderful bedding of Glenna Jean. Chose the fantastic Cooper Collection … and more specifically that fun picture hanging on the wall above the bed … to inspire my card. Here's a close-up shot. I loved the dinosaurs along the top and the two different colors of … Read more
I found these forgotten-about little Sassafras Felties in my stash, and decided to make a couple of quick cards using this week's Fetch-A-Sketch. It's perfect for the Sticker Challenge at Shopping our Stash. The cards are Kraft Cardstock with Bo Bunny Blast Off Papers. The sticker sentiments are from Reminisce's Unwritten Collection. Fun cards for … Read more