I love the inspiration at the TIME OUT Challenge. I love the brown of the wood, texture of the burlap … and of course I always love texty designs. My initial plan was to stick with an all neutral palette, but I ended-up adding a wrap of blue seam binding ribbon, which added just the … Read more
An entire day to play in my studio … yep, I'm lovin' it. When I saw Vicki's fabulous card at the Muse Challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I've had piece of pink paper from Amy Tangerine's Plus One Collection on my studio table for several days … and this card was … Read more
I think this week's Fusion Card Challenge is perfect for a little distressing. I was inspired by the colors, theme and shape of the door. It felt a little *Americana* to me, so I started with Crafter's Companion Starry Eyed Embossing folder on Core'dinations Kraft-Core Nostalgic collection that I sanded with a sanding block to … Read more
On my last day of vacation, I'm squeezing in as much creative time as possible. This card is for the current Runway Inspired Challenge, which is from Louis Vuitton's Resort 2015 collection. I loved the creamy yellow with the delicate ivory lace & touch of navy (I believe) on the shoulders, so that's the direction … Read more
I realized I've been on a bit of a clean & graphic kick lately (which continued today). I was excited to see one of my designs win at the Just Add Ink Challenge. This card is for the current Unity Stamp Company {be inspired} Challenge. I combined the color challenge with the card sketch. I … Read more
The current Fusion Card Challenge captures one of my favorite color combinations. I combined those beautiful colors with a floral-themed sketch design. I combined some specialty embossed paper together with Fanciful Flourished leaves to pull in the bits of green from the photo. Make sure your check out the inspired creations of the rest of … Read more
I love the vibrant graphic design of this week's Muse Challenge inspiration card by Therese Calvird. I got some new Amy Tangerine Plus One goodies in the mail today that I thought were perfect for this cahllenge. My new stash also included some of Amy's fun Whittles, which are perfect for the August Gallery Challenge … Read more
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