Have you ever tried so hard to make your design fit into the guidelines of a challenge that you end-up ruining the card altogether? On this card, I started with the Color Palette from My Favorite Things combined with a Sketch from Just Add Ink. I think about my card designs abstractly when I … Read more
Earlier this week I shared what I made with my first and sixth stamping from Stretch Your Stamps. Tonight I'm sharing what I made with stampings two through five. I used a 1 3/8" punch to punch squares from all of the stampings … then I arranged them using this week's Freshly Made Sketch. I … Read more
I've been having lots of messy fun with the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges at SCS this weekend. For this card, I stamped the Newspaper Skyline from Hero Arts in India Ink and then clear embossed. I sprayed on 4 different ink sprays to get a shimmery sunset effect to my image. Next I … Read more
Tonight I'm listening to the Cardinals Baseball Game on the radio … accompanied by the thump of bass from the DJ playing music for the Glow Run right outside our home … the perfect time to play along with the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges at Splitcoast Stampers. I still remember the night I … Read more
This afternoon I made a card for the Unity {be inspired} Challenge. It felt so good to have a quiet day to putz around in our new home. I'm still trying to figure out the best studio configuration in our new space, but it's coming along nicely. I used four of the colors and the … Read more
I wanted to join along with the 200th CASE Study Challenge with inspiration from the oh-so-talented Shari Carroll. Here's my take on her clean & simple (yet eclectic) design. I started with a *heart-themed* sticker focal point and then punched quite a few more hearts (in place of the circles in the inspiration card) to … Read more
I have spent the whole day unpacking my studio … okay, maybe not the whole day … I did get a massage & stop for lunch at Phong Lan for Summer Rolls. I've made quite a bit of progress, but can't quite figure out where I want things to be in my new configurations. I … Read more
Tonight I'm making some graduation cards … this one uses this week's Freshly Made Sketch. This card is all about the paper … specifically Bo Bunny Country Garden Collection. All I added was a punched butterfly and some Cosmo Cricket Tiny Text Stickers.
I love the similarities between this week's CASE Study Challenge and … CAS(E) this Sketch I used my Dog's Life Inchies from Inkadinkado and took my color inspiration from the CASE Study card (Memento Cantelope, Rhubarb Stalk, Tangelo & Paris Dusk) with the contrast of the Black background. Rather than a big word across the … Read more