My husband and I are in the exciting (and a bit stressful) process of buying a new home. That also means we're in the process of selling our home. Our realtor has *suggested* that I turn my studio back into a dining room … which means at this point, about half of my art supplies … Read more
Today's request was for a Good Luck card featuring a Beer … to which my husband commented, who needs good luck when you have a beer … gotta love that guy. Layout is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday which has a Masculine Touch this week. Papers are Basic Grey Persimmon. Main image is A Round … Read more
Crafter's Companion is sponsoring this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge … and the theme is Buttons. I always love a chance to go wandering through my vintage button collection. I chose one metal one and three tiny glass buttons to pair with the beautiful Stamp-It Discovery Wing Composition Stamp {CC/SSS} that includes a portion … Read more
I love Bo Bunny's Country Garden Collection … it has such beautiful papers and vibrant colors. I used three pieces to create this card using this week's Retro Sketch. The Challenge at A Blog Named Hero is to use Paper Piecing, For my accent butterfly from Hero Arts Antique Engravings Butterflies, I stamped it once … Read more
My favorite line of Stamps at Crafter's Companion are from the Stamp-It Australia Line … and the three new stamp sets they will be releasing on Thursday are no exception. This line is called Dreamer … and they are dreamy. This card is made with a single stamp from the set called Take Flight which … Read more
The March Gallery Challenge at Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine is Mint and Melon. Mint is a tricky color for me … I've never found a true Mint ink, so I had to do a little searching on how to create Mint using the colors of ink I do have (I followed frosting color instructions … Read more
This card is made using one of the *rejects* from yesterdays watercoloring experiment. I started by stamping Hero Arts Vertical Arrows in Versamark and clear embossed before painting with Fireworks Sprays. Unfortunately, the stamp had too much embossing to get a true *watercolor* feel, but the end result was still pretty enough to save … Read more
I am spending my evening watching the Olympics and making some more encouragements cards. The first one uses a layout from Atlantic Hearts Sketches and a Unity Sentiment … Ink is Kraft from Gina K. Designs … love that color. I'm also joining the Happy for Hexagons challenge at the Moxie Fab World blog … combining … Read more
Unfortunately, the need for encouraging cards for those battling cancer never wanes. Sentiment is from DRS Designs. Colors are from this week's Colour Me … Striking! Challenge. The layout is this week's Deconstructed Sketch.
I wanted to get a card in the mail to encourage someone battling breast cancer. Rather than the usual pink, I decided to use the colors from this week's Paper Players Challenge. I love the sparkle of the DCWV glittery gold paper. Sentiment is Cancer Is … from DRS Designs. Flair is Lovely Words from … Read more