Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more
I thought the Hero Arts Jean Jacket Layering Stencils were fun to use for Father’s Day Cards. I started with the front vew die cutting some gold metallic snaps with more of a chambrey denim coloring. I paired it with a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Well Played Sir. The second card features the back … Read more
The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Summertime – Ceate a card featuring something you’d see or experience in the summertime. I chose hiking as my theme. I’ve been wanting to do some park hikes this summer, so it’s on the bingo card. I used the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I … Read more
For this Dad Day Card, I used a fun panel from the Ciao Bella Hipster paper collection. I loved how all of the elements worked for the recipient. I paired it a great plaid from 49 and Market Rust and Revs paper collection. I finished with a stamped Father’s Day sentiment, love you stickers and … Read more
Usually after I travel, it takes me a while to get back into the creative groove. However, today the rain is really putting a crimp in my usual multi-mile Sunday walk, so thankfully the creativity is flowing in the studio. When I saw the current Inspired By … Fish Challenge, I was really drawn to … Read more
My card is inspired by The Outdoors Challenge at The Male Room. It was the perfect opportunity to pull together ephemera and stickers from the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I really love those colors. I finished with a stamped sentiment from Scrapbook.com Mini Circle Sentiments II. I’m also linking-up at the Simon … Read more
The newest challenge at Addicted to CAS is Postage. I found some postage in 49 and Market Ticket Essentials in Toast. I combined the postage stamps with the other two ticket designs in the collection on a kraft card base. I layered them vertically, and then I finished with two sticker sentiments. And into the … Read more
When I see a Sketch like the one at Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I immediate head to my designer paper scraps to see what I can pull together. I decided to pull out papers in Purple and Marigold for the current Color Hues Color Challenge (also my high school colors). I used one of the purple … Read more
I love the colors in this week’s Inspired By … Eggs Challenge … I thought they would be perfect for a masculine birthday card. I used Simon Hurley’s Create Bursts Stamps in various blues & green using this week’s Freshly Made Sketch layout. I finished with a Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Birthday sentiment and … Read more
The March #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is an interesting one … Inverse Effect. It is a challenge to use the inverse of a die cut or foiling to make your card. I went through my entire collection looking for something that would work, and settled on the never-before-used Taylored Expressions Celebrate You die cut. I … Read more