One of my co-workers died last week. I was talking to him at 5:30 pm telling him, let's just go home and we'll figure it out in the morning. And then the next morning, he was gone. It was so surreal and a strong reminder that we don't always get a tomorrow. Sometimes there really … Read more
The theme at Jingle Belles this week is Loves Labor Day Lost. Since September 2nd will be Labor Day in the United States, we've decided to celebrate by giving you a bit of a head start with this week's card design. We're asking that you CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) any of the cards that … Read more
The newest Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Food. I don't have any Penny Black food stamps, so instead I used the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder together with the Penny Black Happy Builder sentiment with some 3-D Food Stickers from my stash. I finished with some matte gold embellishments.
My card today is for the Anything Goes theme at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. I'm also linking-up at The Paper Players Clean and Simple Spring Flowers Challenge. I used the Penny Black Vintage Beauty card topper that I embossed with the Penny Black Stitches of Love Frame Die Cut. I … Read more
My thank you card stash is completely depleted, so I'm working to restock. I started with inspiration from The Color Hue Challenge – Cream & Blue. I chose a Penny Black Sticker from Romance of Flowers. I paired it with a Sketch from Global Design Project. My clean & simple design … Read more
The February Saturday Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an Optional theme of Wings. I chose the Floral and Butterfly images from Penny Black April in Paris Stickeroos supplemented by a single butterfly from Penny Black Dreamscape Stickeroos attached to a bright pink Gelli Press print before I die cut using Penny Black … Read more
The January Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of something new. I used one of my Penny Black Adorable Amore Masterpieces Made Simple with the vertical layout from Paper Craft Crew, which produced an extra skinny & tall card design. The sentiment is from a new Penny … Read more
The December Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of Christmas. I die cut one of the Penny Black Masterpieces Christmas Reflections images with the Penny Black Stitches of Love Frame Die Cuts. I got it slightly crooked, so I trimmed the edges to straighten the stitching & die … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is to use lots of layers. This week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch was perfect for that. I used my last Spectrum Noir Triblend colored bouquet from Penny Black Charisma Bouquet as the focal image and built my color palette around it using a piece of Authentique Sea … Read more
Since I had the other half of my watercolor powder background still on my studio table, I decided to make another card featuring a Penny Black Charisma Bouquet. This time I paired it with a gelli-printed background I made using tiny bubble wrap (I liked the repeat of the circle theme from my … Read more