I'm once again channeling my inner Julie Ebersole by making a card inspired by her beautiful design at the CASE Study Challenge. I loved the negative image, clean lines, scripty font and the placement of the elements, so that's what I incorporated in my design. I used the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe … Read more
This week the designers from EAD Designs are joining the talented team at The Play Date Cafe for this week's color story. I used stickers from EAD Designs' Just Chicken In together with this week's I Spy Sketch.
This month's Hero Arts Challenge is to create a card that uses a seasonal/holiday stamp in a way other than its intended use. I started with the Believe stamp from the new Believe set because in addition to believing in Santa Claus and the Christmas Spirit … some people need to be reminded to believe in … Read more
There was a Scramble in the Hero Arts Flickr Group this afternoon to create a card in under 90 minutes by mixing and matching two or more different sentiments to create a new one or using partial sentiments. I combined a partial sentiment from Heyday Thoughts with another sentiment from the Cuckoo Set. I also … Read more
Tonight I needed to make a wedding card, so I combined this week's Play Date Cafe colors (and wedding theme) with the Laura Bassan's fabulous card from CASE Study Challenge. I stamped a vintage couple image from A Muse in charcoal (several have asked me if it's availble anywhere, and I am unable … Read more
This month at Rogue Redhead Designs we're Getting Griddy … creating cards using grids of images. I love how Shar repeated one of the images from Snow Hugs in her card, so I did something similar with the cute little couple from Candy Kisses. I pulled my colors from this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge … Read more
The color story at the Play Date Cafe this week is Black & White with a splash of … my favorite color … orange. I just got a new Basic Grey / Hero Arts Little Black Dress Cling Stamp from Ellen Hutson (seriously, some of the best selection & customer service out there), so I … Read more
The CAS-ual Friday Challenge this week is What's Black & White and Read All Over? … to make a card using black, white & red that is inspired by a book. I chose this book and vintage book cover as my inspiration. I loved the contrast of the bird against the solid background … with a … Read more
I'm thrilled to be the Guest Designer at the Play Date Cafe this week. The sponsor of this week's Challenge is Stampendous, who provided the Design Team with stamps to use for our cards. I received this gorgeous Swirly Bird Nest Cling Stamp. Make sure you click on over to the Play Date Cafe and … Read more
I needed a birthday card for my teenage nephew. He enjoys playing in the band, so I wanted to incorporate some vintage sheet music into my design. I decided to use the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe for a masculine birthday design. Also, one of my favorite sketch sources, PageMaps is celebrating its 5th … Read more