Birthday Grid

This week's CAS(E) this Sketch was perfect for a quick & easy masculine birthday card. I flipped the sketch to work with a Project Life Birthday card and stamped six different Inkadinkado Birthday Inchies … the grid on the card made it very easy to line them up. A cardstock frame & white card base … Read more

Inchie Fun x 2

When I saw the layout at Sketch Frenzy Friday, I knew it would be perfect to play with some of my neglected inchie stamps. I pulled out my Dog's Life Inchies from Inkadinkado and decided to create with a monochromatic brown palette for this week's CASology Challenge. The card came together quickly using scraps from … Read more

Always Wear Protection

I'm a Geek (with a capital *G*) … always have been … always will be.   So needless to say, I collect geeky stamps and embellishments … which are perfect for the September Gallery Challenge at Paper Crafts & Scrabooking … Talk Nerdy to Me. I started with my new stitched Film Strip Die from … Read more

ColourQ Birthday

I've been working to restock my birthday card stash, especially with masculine designs.  This card combines colors from this week's ColourQ Challenge. I also wanted to make another Clean & Simple Design for the Impression Obsession Challenge, so these Bithday Wishes Squares were perfect (I punched them out using a 1 3/8" square punch to … Read more

Merry Inchie Christmas

We're still having a Merry LITTLE Christmas at Jingle Belles by making cards featuring inchies.  I found a treasure trove of vintage ledger pages at a local flea market, so that is where I started my design using a sketch from Crazy for CAS. I stamped three different Inkadinkado Christmas inchies using Rhubarb Stalk Memento … Read more

Inchie Snowflakes

We're having a Merry LITTLE Christmas at Jingle Belles … by creating cards featuring Inchies or twinchies. As I thought about different color combinations for my design, I saw the great colors from Sunday Stamps (which were actually the colors of my bedroom as a teenager) … I thought they would be a perfect non-traditional … Read more

Rockin’ Birthday

I love textured black cardstock, so I wanted to join the Black Challenge at CASology (click on over for lots of great design ideas for using black). I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch together with some Inkadinkao Inchies and my favorite India Ink. I decided to go with a Birthday theme for the Monochromatic … Read more

Puppy Love

This is my final post as a Design Team Member at Unscripted Sketches … I've truly enjoyed designing with such a talented group.   When I saw this week's Sketch, it reminded me of Inchies, so that's what I used. I wanted to make a *thinking of you* card for a friend who loves his … Read more

Beautiful Hope

Tonight I'm playing with some Inkadinkado Inchies for the Third Thursday Sketch at Crafty Secrets using soft hues from the CR84FN Color Challenge. Crafty Secrets was also asking for pink for October Cancer Awareness.