Winter Wonderland

This week's at Jingle Belles lovely guest star Brenda Barton is joining us with a Sketch to inspire us. I started my card with a large snowman from a 12" piece of paper from The Crafty Christmas Stack by DCWV.  I added some coordinating plaid paper and a snowflake border. I added some black pearls … Read more

Soulful Music

Love the Sketch at DCWV this month … so many possibilities.  I used papers from The Performance Matstack for my musical themed creation. I layered my papers on an ivory cardstock base … adding a single chipboard sentiment to complete the design … love it.  This sketch is great for planned designs like this one … Read more

French Post Cards

One of my favorite new sets from the recent Stamp-It Austrailia release from Crafter's Companion was a beautiful collection of images called French Travels (FYI the sets arrive just like this … trimmed perfectly on EZ Mount foam on a piece of sturdy plastic with the images imprinted on the front that can go right into your … Read more

Blue Winter Snow

This week's Unscripted Sketch has a large circle element … and a piggy-back challenge to do something to or with the circle. Alter it somehow, distress it, tear it, layer it, etc. Make the circle a unique focal point! I started with beautiful snowflake embossed kraft cardstock from DCWV's Crafty Christmas Stack.  For my circle element, … Read more

Give Me Something Good to Eat

No idea why I'm making a Halloween card at the end of November, but when I sat down to make a card for the November Stack-a-holic Sketch Challenge at DCWV, this is where my creative muse took me … and I've learned to just go with it … I'll think of it as a head-start … Read more

In My Heart

I made a second card for the October Stack-A-Holic Challenge at DCWV … papers are from A type of Art Mat Stack, which has all sorts of fun texty papers. I used some flower die cuts, butterfly punch and a sentiment from Hero Arts With Sympathy.

Unlock the Imagination

I love DCWV Mat Stacks … and I don't know why I never thought to check and see if they have a blog … and of course they do.   They also have a monthly sketch challenge, so I had fun creating a card for the October Stack-a-holic Challenge using papers from The Tradewinds Matstack … Read more