I always feel a bit rusty after being away from my studio for a week, but at the same time it always feels so good to get my fingers inky again. I decided to start with the challenge at the Hero Arts blog to make a simple holiday card. Those holidays will be here before … Read more
I was inspired by Lucy's cards she's been making with her scraps, so I thought I would see what I could pull together with the scraps left over from my card this morning. I was really happy with the results, and I have one more holiday card ready to go … woo hoo. I stamped the … Read more
During my great paper organizational stint yesterday, I rediscovered my stash of Jolly by Golly papers from Cosmo Cricket … love these fun holiday colors. I combined them with today's CPS sketch and a sentiment stamp from Catslife Press to make this cute holiday card. I added kisses of pink liquid pearls to the centers of the … Read more
While I was organizing and purging my designer paper collection today, I found a piece of Bat Crush DP from Reminise's Scare Tactics collection. Reminisce used to have a retail store near here, so I had access to all of their fabulous products, but now they're only focused on the wholesale side of the business. The first card uses … Read more
Every time I create with the Hero Arts Create Your Own Snowman, I feel like a child playing with paper dolls. I have so much fun dressing up my snowman and using the different faces. When I saw Dawn's Color Challenge this week, for some reason it reminded me of winter, I pulled out my … Read more
I decided to stick with the Halloween theme again and ink up this fun new Witches Boots stamp from Northwoods. I used Basic Grey Eerie papers and this week's CPS sketch 135 for my design. I colored the boots with prismacolor pencils using the lighter colors to blend. The background was sponged with punchinella, and … Read more
I realized I don't have very many Halloween cards made, and I have several stamps in my stash that haven't seen ink. I picked up this fun Martha Stewart fence on clearance a few years ago, and the sentiment was from a set from last year. I used today's Super Sunday Sketch from 365 Cards. I … Read more
When I saw that JustRite Stampers was sponsoring this week's CPS Sketch, I knew I had to break out my new JustRite Christmas Treasures Borders and Centers (3 1/4"). A big thank you to JustRite for letting the Caardvarks Crew try out some of their stamp sets. Even though my card design isn't particularly original, … Read more
I had one more idea for the Celebration of Learning Challenge at the Hero Arts blog to showcase new techniques you've learned. I think I'm finally getting the hang of the Ranger ink blending tool, and wanted to try it with emboss resist using the Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes background stamp. I stamped the Snowflakes in … Read more
On my rubber stamp store trip to Chicago, I picked up some fun new Halloween stamps from Northwoods Rubber Stamps. I was inspired to ink them up by this week's SCS Inspiration Challenge ~ CWDKids. Somehow I've ended up on a children's catalog mailing list, even though I have no children (probably when I ordered … Read more