I really love the Noteblock stamps from Purple Onion Designs. There are so many possibilities with one stamp. For this first card, I stamped the Thank You Noteblock in Blue Iris chalk ink on designer paper from Making Memories Travel collection and clear embossed. To finish, I painted the open letter front words with December Sky … Read more
I had some stamped transparencies left over from my Window Gift Bag projects , so I used one of the Happy Holidays Noteblocks from Purple Onion Designs to make this cool Wine Bottle Gift Tag. I cut a panel from a 12" piece of cardstock and scored it so it would hang down and cover the … Read more
There's a big Purple Onion Designs party going on at Caardvarks. They are sponsoring the June 20th Challenge, which is to make a *new* Window Card. I was excited to have the opportunity to create projects for the 'Cards & More' feature of Caardvarks together with Jenn (you gotta check out her amazing Window of … Read more
To celebrate my win at Triple the Sketch (okay, it was a random drawing … but I did win a $30 gift certificate to Cut Card Stock), I thought I'd use this week's sketch to complete my weekly holiday card. I added the Tim Holtz holiday stamps to my collection this week, so I paired First Christmas … Read more
Today's SCS Featured Stamper is Kisa of Kisa's Paper Cuts. I chose her Happy Holidays! card for my inspiration. I love how she stamped the holly image in black and highlighted it with gold. I changed the background to Hero Arts Holly Flourish and embossed the sentiment from SU's Happiest of Holidays to make … Read more
I've always been one to judge books by their covers. Sometimes I love the book cover more than the book itself. To honor the tradition of great Summer reads,this week's SCS Inspiration Challenge is to create a card inspired by a favorite book cover. I found a wonderful Book Cover Archive to provide inspiration. My … Read more
Today's SCS Featured Stamper is Mercy from Lord Have Mercy. I chose to be inspired by a card she did for one of my Inspiration Challenges. I changed the panel sizes based on the size of my Hero Arts Collage Season's Greetings; omitted the piercing and brads; and changed the papers and colors. The collage was … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration challenge comes from something we see around us every day … Kleenex boxes. I actually asked a co-worker to save her Kleenex box for me when it was empty because I think it will be fun to die cut it into some fun flowers. Each time I buy Kleenex, I always … Read more
Today's SCS Featured stamper is the talented Julie from The Write Stuff. I have followed her from the beginning and am always amazed by her creations. I chose a card that she created for one of the SCS Inspiration Challenges for my inspiration. I used a waterbrush and Adirondack Bottle ColorWash and Strawberry Daiquiri Memories Mists … Read more
I received these vintage holiday images in a blog candy prize last year. They are something that I never would have bought for myself, however, I have had so much fun using them on cards. You can see other cards I created with the images here & here. This card uses the Sketch at the … Read more