I bought these sets (Purls of Wisdom & Knit Bits) from PaperTrey Ink because my sister loves to knit … however, I think I've only inked the stamps twice. As I've mentioned before, I love the PaperTrey Ink stamp designs, but for some reason I find them to be more challenging to create with … … Read more
I'm on vacation this week (yea me!) and one of the things on my to-do list is to replenish my card stash. I try to keep a few cards for every occasion at the ready. I thought this week's CAS(E) this Sketch would be perfect for a wedding card design. I decided to break-out my … Read more
Tonight I needed a sympathy card for my depleted stash. This Faith Bird Stamp from Crafter's Companion is one of my go-to images for sympathy cards … it includes both a lovely image and soothing sentiment that makes for easy card making. I used the lovely colors from this week's Inspired By Challenge using papers from … Read more
I wanted to join Orange You Glad It's Friday? Be Inspired Challenge at The Alley Way Stamps to make a card inspired by this photograph. I needed a get well card, so I stamped the bandaid from Gotta Bug? with a little face. I used my orange glitter pen to highlight the bandaid and the … Read more
Tonight I'm playing with lots of washi tape … 7 different rolls if you're counting … for this week's Use Washi Tape Challenge at Simon Says Stamp. I'm also joining the Make Your Own Background Paper Challenge at the Moxie Fab World. I used a large piece of Cardstock lining up all of the blue … Read more
At the PaperTrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge they're celebrating Betsy Veldman's fantastic Chalkboard Tehcnique. I've been intrigued by the technique since I first saw it, but today I made some time to actually give it a try. Thankfully the technique is fogiving for messy white powder embossers (i.e. me) and I love the finished … Read more
I've said it before & I'll say it again … white cards are hard. I had this entire card finished, and I managed to get a big black inky smudge on the sweater, so I had to start all over … however, I'm glad I did (and glad I had enough extra paper) because I … Read more