The current Library Challenge is is Where the Wild Things Are … which gave me the perfect opportunity to pull out some fun monsters from my stash. I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch together with some Monsters from BoBunny's Our Lil' Monster Noteworthy Collection. They have the same primary colors as the book cover. … Read more
Tonight I played with a wide assortment of My Favorite Things products to create a card for the Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I started with the Banner Die Cut from MFT Die-namics Blueprints 27, and then went searching for sentiments to fill the banner knowing I wanted to make a birthday card. I used sentiments … Read more
The Monday Simon Says Stamp Challenge is to feature a trio of something … when I saw the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I had my layout. I had a bit of a buying binge when I returned from Creativation in January with all of the new products (and great sales) … so I am having … Read more
Oops … I let myself run out of Thank You Cards … so tonight I made a few quick ones using the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I started with the Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window … and then stamped Geometric Greenery on some Paint Samples I die cut my Greenery and stamped a sentiment from … Read more
Today I made some Braised Red Cabbage and Apples, and when I finished grating my cabbage, I loved the gorgeous hydrangea purple blue it gave my paper plate. I washed off the plate, let it dry (decided it didn't smell like cabbage) and then used it to make a card. I used CZ Design Birthday … Read more
I'm playing with some Card Olympics at My Favorite Things while watching the winter sports on television. This card is for Event #3 – the Crafty Biathlon. The challenge was to combine a Technique from a list with a Card Type … I chose Dry Embossing with a Z-Fold Card. I needed a wedding card, … Read more
I discovered a new challenge this morning … The Library Challenge … and you know I had to join the fun. The idea is to create a card inspired by a Library Book … it could be inspired by the book cover (I won't lie … I'm all about the covers when I choose books … Read more
I finally had some time to do some "just because* creating tonight, so I chose to combine this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge & Color Challenge to use some of my new MFT Products. The colors remind me of a roll of life savers (the one on the left would be Cryst-O-Mint … do … Read more
Tonight I used this week's Wednesday Sketch Challenge from My Favorite Things to create an everlasting birthday bouquet. Bouquet is from Die-Namics Stitched Flowers and sentiment is from MFT Make A Wish.
My schedule & my mojo have not been cooperating this week to finish up the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. I was struggling a bit with an idea for the Color Challenge for Tag number eleven. They even provided a lovely picture for inspiration. I ultimately took my somewhat literal inspiration from … Read more