This week's Freshly Made Sketch was perfect to feature a vintage children's book illustration from my collection of discarded library books. This one came from a book called Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel. Many of the pages had been scribbled on with an ink pen, but this one had been spared … I … Read more
I tried my hand at creating another sketch for the Jingle Belles blog this week. I think I used more glitter on this card than I've used all year. It all started with a glittery polka dot designer paper … then I added silver glitter pennants … and then embossed my snowflake with Glittery Judikins … Read more
Tonight I used a few sketch challenges to make some birthday cards for sweet little girls who love pink. The first one uses this week's Freshly Made Sketch. I flipped the sketch so I could use a fun little library card pocket. Papers are fun glittery pinks from DCWV's Magnolia way (because what little girl … Read more
I'm still loving my DCWV Magnolia Way papers for this week's Unscripted Sketch card design. The papers are so lovely, all I had to add was a stamped sentiment, dimensional butterfly and some lovely green pearls to complete the design.
I just love the papers in the Magnolia Way Stack from DCWV … flowers, butterflies, glitter … what's not to love … and they even included quarter-sheet patterns which are perfectly sized for card making. I used several papers from the collection to create a card using the May Stack-a-holic template challenge. I finished with … Read more
For this week's Unscripted Sketch, I used beautiful new DCWV Magnolia Way papers to create a Mother's Day card. I added a stamped Mother's Day sentiment, a dimensional butterfly sticker, and a few SRM Stickers to complete the design. I'm also joining the Corrosive Challenge Blog where they're celebrating Mother's Day … and the Brown Sugar … Read more
I had a very enjoyable and productive day … cleaning out the flower beds (and decimating a colony of box elder bugs … hate those creepy creatures) … bringing in Spring clothes and shoes & packing away Winter wear … attempting to play a little Disc Golf with my husband, which involved lots of laughter … Read more
A quick card featuring glitter paper from DCWV's The Colorful Life Stack together wtih a glitter paper banner … using the March DCWV Sketch. I finished with a sticker sentiment & 3-D flower sticker. I was excited that my Moxie Fab World prize from my Camera Craz win arrived in the mail today (and included the … Read more
We're still celebrating neutral colors at Jingle Belles this week … last week I created with black and silver … this week my card is composed of various shades of browns and tans. The Memory Box Flowering Christmas Tree is cut from Wood Grain paper from Basic Grey's Life of the Party Collection … which is … Read more
This week's SplitCoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge comes from Limoges Box Collector. I chose this Cinderella Magic Coach to inspire my design. I stamped the Butterfly Collage from Crafter's Companion Birds & Butterflies in light blue ink. Next I stamped the Princess Carriage and Crown from the same stamp set in India Ink on top. I … Read more