This morning I stumbled upon a sketch challenge at the My Mind's Eye blog with a Celebration theme and knew it would be perfect for a bithday card I needed to make for my nephew Aaron who turns four next week. I used Fly a Kite papers from My Mind's Eye together with EAD Designs … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the amazing potter found at the Italian Pottery Outlet. The Spalluto Family has been sharing their love of Italian pottery for more than twenty-five years and have a fabulous shop filled with gorgeous pieces. I chose this lovely Tramonto Dinner Plate to inspire my design. I love the … Read more
I decided to give this week's CAS-ual Friday Recipe Challenge a try. I went with the center vertical row – gems, die cuts & flowers. I also used the colors from this week's CR84FN Challenge & Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Layout. I die cut the flourishes from thin chipboard and sponged them with distress ink. The … Read more
My final card using my K&Company Jubilee butterflies … this time with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch. A wrap of lime ribbon and an SRM Sticker sentiment … and the card is complete.
Since I have been on a roll with the K&Company Jubilee collection, I decided to keep going. For this card, I used this week's Mojo Monday Sketch together with Butterflies & SRM Stickers (another for the Wee Memories Get Sticky Challenge). I sponged some distress ink on the edges to help provide a bit of … Read more
I used K&Company's Jubilee papers again for this Clean & Simple Sketch #140 layout. I also added an SRM Sticker Sentiment & a Jubilee Butterfly sticker for the Wee Memories Get Sticky! Challenge. I also added some dry debossing to the main panel, which makes it look almost like textured upholstery fabric (in this photo, … Read more
Today I have been trying to bring order back to my studio before I leave for a little road trip getwaway next week. The scraps from this card & this card were still on my table, so I decided to combine them to make a card for the first challenge at the CAS-ual Friday blog … Read more
They’re celebrating Easter & Spring at the Basic Grey Blog this week, so I broke out some Sugar Rush papes & combined them with SRM Stickers and this week’s Bloggers Challenge Sketch Challenge. I sprayed my doily with Frost & Jingle Bells Gimmer Mists and then sponged on some Milled Lavender & Chipped Sapphire Distress … Read more
Often sketches intended for layouts have too many elements to shrink into a card-sized palette, but I when I looked at the current Pencil Lines Sketch, I decided to try and make it work. My finished card is 5 1/2" square and will be included in a box of Easter goodies for the nieces and … Read more
For this week's Jingle Belles Prompt, we're returning to a holiday song title prompt … yes, Lauren & I love Christmas songs (and puns), so we'll be using them a lot this year. Jingle Belles Prompt #6 (JB06) is … Baby, It's Cold Outside … which we thought was rather appropriate during the week … Read more