I love the colors from Kristina's Color Inspiration #55, which were inspired by her boss's skirt … and aren't those some great shoes too. I combined it with Card Sketch #20 from Card Patterns. I also finally gave in and joined the Unity kit club. Every month the sets keep getting better … and every month … Read more
I thought Dawn's Color Challenge for this week would be fun to try for my niece's 17th birthday card. I combined it with this week's sketch from CPS. The Green and Cream DP is all from Making Memories Chloe's Closet and the stamps are Hero Arts (Special Edition: Together and Design Block Wavy Leaf Pattern). … Read more
Tonight I played around with some challenges while we watched Cardinals baseball. I loved the colors for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge … and Julee has a great Mojo Monday Sketch (and the chance to win some of her awesome stamps). The stamps are the Circle Scallop Label and a portion of the Hello Noteblock from Purple Onion Designs. When … Read more
My friend Lauren created an amazing card using Sketch 06 from a new to me sketch challenge blog, Unscripted Sketches. I decided to use this week's Sketch 07 with Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #7. I tried to stay true to only the three colors in my design, although I kept trying to add some white … Read more
I'm staying up way past my bed time tonight, but it feels so good to finally have some extended time in my studio. This card combines Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #5 with this weeks CPS Sketch. How gorgeous are those bougainvillea against those wonderful gray rocks. These are some of my very favorite colors. This card … Read more
I decided to try a new challenge blog this week … the Color Throwdown … to use certainly celery, riding hood red & baja breeze. I also used the challenge sketch from Beary Box for my design. The baja blue was stamped with the Hero Arts Bold Flourish in French Blue ColorBox Chalk ink … Read more
I used Kristina's Color Challenge #51 and Laura's Sketch #25 from 2 Sketches 4 You to make a birthday card for a very special friend. I'll never forget how many years ago she invited me to join her at a Friday night crop at the local scrapbooking store. I was just starting to scrapbook, but I was … Read more
I love this fun little card using Kazan's Sketch #25 from 2 Sketches 4 You and Dawn's Week 4 Color Challenge inspired by beautiful Tivoli bedding from Bed Bath & Beyond. To create my large star, I started with the small punched star & used a ruler to measure out equal distances from the points … Read more
Love the fun primary colors in Kristina's color challenge this week. The Basic Grey Obscure collection combines these colors, so I decided to use them for the great Basic Grey Challenge sketch. I also got some great new stamps from Artistic Outpost. This main image from their Home set was one of my favorites. I … Read more
This week's SCS Featured Stamper is Kathy Jones (aka Wattle) of Inspired to Stamp. My card was inspired by her pretty Confirmation Card. I tried out a new stamp called Groovy Dots from Stamping Bella. I also inked up a new stamp set from Fiskars & Cloud9 Design called Simple Thoughts – Laughter. This … Read more