Ugly Sweaters

The October #monthlymixchallenge with Gina K. Designs is Holiday Cards with a Color Twist – to use non-holiday colors (no red/green or blue/silver) for a holiday card. When I saw that the Code Word at Addicted to CAS was Sweater, I knew exactly what I wanted to use – Gina K. Designs A Very Silly … Read more

Red & Blue Birthday

I wanted to try Jennifer Maguire's Background Stencil Highlights Technique that is the August Challenge in the Sharing Handmade Kindness Group. I decided to try it with Red & Blue ink for the current Color Hues Challenge with Blueprint Sketch & Lumberjack Plaid Distress Inks.     I used Gina K. Designs Lovely Lace Stencil … Read more

Christmas in July

Gina K. Designs July Monthly Mix Challenge is Christmas in July. I recently purchased the Gina K. Designs Christmas Tree Cover Plate, so I used it with gold glitter cardstock.     I kept it simple positioning it on top of Green Glitter Cardstock.  I finished with a sentiment from Gina K. Designs Seasonal Greetings. … Read more

Rainbow Tulips

I had a discussion with a co-worker this week about Tulips.  She mentioned hers were getting ready to bloom, which immediately took me back to sitting with my Grandma AtKisson on the couch in the Fall thumbing through the bulb catalogs marking the ones we might want, and then narrowing it down until we finally … Read more