Still working on Mother's Day Cards with beautiful Alexandra Renke papers … this one uses the layout from Try Stampin' on Tuesday. Handmade paper, 3-D butterfly sticker, beautiful bling and stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp. Shopping our Stash is all about Mother's Day this week.
This week's CAS(E) this Sketch! seemed to cry out for some beautiful paper … and there is none more beautiful than Alexandra Renke. I cut two of the butterflies from the same beautiful paper and stamped the Simon Says Stamp sentiment in a coordinating purple ink. Inspiration is from The Card Concept Mother's … Read more
For today's Makeover Monday, I was asked if I could turn a collage card I made in June 2019 into a Mother's Day card … challenge accepted. Here is the original. By a small miracle, I was able to find the rest of the small vintage cards that I picked-up at the printer fair … Read more
I recently realized that it's been 10 years since my first trip to New York City with Lauren. At the time, I thought it might be my only trip to NYC … and never dreamed it would become an annual tradition that we plan for all year long. There were so many first experiences on … Read more
In continuing with the Creation Staycation at the Paper Anthology Store, I made a card inspired by a label in my Pantry. I chose my favorite dried fruit snacks for inspiration. I didn't have a Panda … but I had a Picture Book Walrus Die, so I built my card around him … Read more
This week is one of our favorite prompts at Jingle Belles – the one where we celebrate Earth Day (April 22nd) by creating a holiday card that features re-cycled, re-used or up-cycled elements. It's time to use that stash of things that you saved because they were just too pretty to throw away … Read more
I'm still stocking my birthday card stash even though I have to mail them to my co-works now, rather than hand deliver them. I started by die cutting the Lawn Fawn Cross Stitched Circle from the Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Leaves Stencil that I had filled with Picket Fence Studios Paper Glaze in Fern Green. … Read more
There are several Feather Challenges this week, which was the perfect opportunity to use this trio of Stampabilities Woodblock Designer Feathers in my collection that have never seen ink. It's always a good exercise to remember how we all stamped before the MISTI (I still stamped onto my mousepad, which as just the right amount … Read more
Today's Makeover Monday is this Mother's Day Card from May 2017. I really loved how this card made from leftovers turned out. I started with the same Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle. I die cut the Taylored Expressions Bloomers Greenery from a shimmery green scrap of cardstock and laid out the greenery first. I … Read more
When I saw today's Atlantic Hearts Sketch, I immediate saw pieces of Washi Tape. I had fun combining different washi tapes to help restock my sympathy card stash. I added some cork cloud stickers and a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Moments of Grace.