Tonight I'm joining in the Final Sketch For You to Try… it has been one of my favorite sketches each month, and I will miss it. I used purple and silver, the color challenge from Our Creative Corner & the Clean & Simple Snowflake Challenge from The Paper Players. I layered several Martha Stewart Snowflake … Read more
I had fun making a tag inspired by Ellen Hutson's Whimsical Tag design … I loved the candy-colored trees, so I went with some paint chips to create my tree trio. They seemed a little naked, so I decided to *bling-up* the season a bit. I liked her pennant flag element too, so I used some … Read more
CARDS Magazine Blog has a new December Sketch Challenge … with a fun prize up for grabs. I used several stickers from Penny Black Christmas at Dusk together with papers from Bo Bunny's Apple Cider papers. I added a K&Company Dimensional Cardinal sticker and a wrap of golden ribbon to complete the design. The Sentiment … Read more
This morning's holiday tag is inspired by the Day 8 Tag by Kelly Alverez for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. Rather than one large gingerbread house, I decided to create an entire Winter Wonderland using Wonderland Dimensional Glitter Stickers from Martha Stewart. I cut two additional pieces of shimmery white cardstock … Read more
Have I mentioned how much fun I'm having at the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist … loving it! I usually do most of my creating on the weekends, so it's been fun having a few weeknight creative projects for the holidays. Tonight's tag is inspired by Teri Anderson's Day 6 fun Twine … Read more
Having more holiday fun in the studio tonight with the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist … this card is inspired by Jennifer Maguire's tag for Day 4. I knew I wanted to incorporate a bird like she did … and luckily, I just added this Tim Holtz Christmas Cardinal to my die … Read more
I already made a card for the Moxie Fab Frame by Frame Challenge that I love … however, since the challenge is running for two weeks, I decided to give my *Plan B* design a try … and I love it too (oops missed the linky by a few hours). I started with a 12" … Read more
Still having fun playing along with Core'dinations Hard Core Crop Challenges … this is Rebecca Keppel's Challenge to make some Layered Gift Tags. This first tag features two shades of Coredinations cardstock embossed with a holiday ornament embossing folder, sanded & inked using this week's Sketch from The Paper Players. I layered on a glittery tree … Read more
I'm having more fun this afternoon with the Hard Core Crop Challenges at Core'dination (this card wins the prize for leaving my work table in the biggest state of disarray … what a die cutting paper mess I now need to clean-up). This challenge was from Leanne Pierce to create a holiday project using some … Read more
We're still having a Christmas Feast at Jingle Belles where we're celebrating holiday foods & drinks (I pretty much celebrate food & drinks every week) … so I decided to go with Gingerbread this week. I have memories of decorating fun little gingerbread people with my Grandma (of course mine were often Gingerbread Ladies … … Read more