As I mentioned before, one of the fun things about creating with friends and trying products you don't own. I borrowed these die cuts from my friend Brenda and used them with a Michael's Christmas slimline paper pad. The quilt die cut was from a Concord & 9th class. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp … Read more
The newest Global Design Project is a challenge to CASE the Designer. I used Ardyth's LIMES method to plan my design. I included the main circle focal image, other elements off the edges of the circle, thread under the sentiment, a scattering of gems and a celestial theme. I excluded the … Read more
Day 7 of Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas is – (It Must Have Been Ol') Santa Claus with Heather Meeson) I loved Heather's Ho Ho Ho Shaker Tag, which is also perfect for the Shake It Up Challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero. I used Spellbinders Die-Lites … Read more
The newest Shopping Our Stash Challenge is Holly and Ivy – create a card using Christmas plants and greenery (trees, boughs, poinsettias, mistletoe, etc.) I went shopping in my stash and found a package of Idea-ology Pocket Cards Christmas that were filled with greenery. I felt in love with the one featuring sea … Read more
When I saw the pillow inspiration at the Color Throwdown Challenge, I thought I could build an entire boy's bedroom around those pillow. I chose Catherine Pooler Dress Blues & Twilight with Concord & 9th Stardust (there is really no ink color like that one and I thought it matched perfect). I paired … Read more
I took a more literal approach for my inspired Jingle Belles card this week … here's the inspiration photo from French Knot: I used the brick and blue wall and took my inspiration from stocking #5 – Meadow Stocking. I embossed a piece of Craft Consortium Essential Metal Texture paper with … Read more
Today I'm joining the Kraft+ Challenge where the theme is Inspired by Fruit. I started with my favorite speckled kraft cardstock and added three oranges and a sentiment from Concord & 9th Orange You Sweet. I finished with some hearts and some colored pencil highlights. These stamps are from … Read more
Today's ABC's of Gel Printing theme is L is for Layers. Layers are one of the most amazing techniques to me with the Gel Press. It makes you think differently about building your design. I decided to use the colors from the The Card Concept for my layers (my raspberry turned out a bit darker, … Read more
Today's paper crafting goal is to clean my studio. I have way too many piles to even begin creating. But of course while I was cleaning, I got sidetracked by a bit of striped paper I had leftover from Day 1 of the Crushing on Cardstock Class at Online Card Classes. I decided to cut … Read more
This is my card from the first part of Day One of the Crushing on Cardstock Class at Online Card Classes. Kristina Warner taught us how to create a Chevron pattern using 1/2" strips of cardstock. I chose the colors from the current Color Hues Challenge (Turquoise & Coral – or in my case Concord … Read more