After the challenge of Acrylic Paint last week at Jingle Belles last week, we decided to "ease-up" a bit this week and go with our first (of what hopes to be many) color challenge. When I saw this wonderful Vintage Chenille stocking covered in roses in doodaba's Etsy Shop, I knew it would … Read more
This week's Just Us Girls Challenge is celebrating the color palette of Graphic 45's Once Upon a Springtime Collection, so I had to pull out my papers and play along. I used this week's Get Sketchy Sketch & used some peach wired ribbon for this week's Scrappy Saturday Challenge. I punched two images from one … Read more
When I saw the Cardigan from Anthropologie that is this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, I knew I wanted to find a way to incorporate some of the gorgeous texture of the sweater into my design. As I was searching through my studio thinking about different possibilities, I remembered a wonderful little pile of … Read more
I'm always amazed at how rusty I feel after only a week away from my studio. I really do see a definite benefit to being able to create something every day. I was thrilled to see my card from last week made the top three at Unscripted Sketches, so I decided to use their sketch for this … Read more
This month's Caardvarks Challenge is sponsored by SRM Stickers … and since my awesome World Card Making Day prize from SRM arrived in the mail this weekend, I knew I had to play along. The challenge was to CASE a sticker card made by one of the 'Vaarks Crew. I chose Kelly's Spring … Read more
I love the fabulous folk art painting that is this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger … a combination of pink and orange is always a favorite of mine. The fall colors really arrived in Iowa this weekend. It was fun taking my morning walk listening to the leaves crunch under my feet. For my card, … Read more
One of my favorite shopping scores during my Sisters' Weekend in Kansas City was finding several deeply discounted packages of Tim Holtz Grungeboard at the Tuesday Morning store … which were so timely for this week's Compendium of Curiosities Challenge … Grungepaper Flowers. I also found a very inexpensive French Dictionary at the used book … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the fabulous vintage and indie designs of ModCloth.com. ModCloth was founded by high school sweethearts, Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger, and is built on a foundation of love for vintage and retro clothing. ModCloth features fabulous vintage designs along side the works from over 100 independent designers … Read more
There's a Cosmo Cricket party going on at the SRM Sticker Blog, so I had to join the fun with their Sketch Challenge. I won this gorgeous Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper during one of their previous sketch challenges, so I knew it was perfect for playing along. So quick & easy with Cosmo Cricket & … Read more
Tonight I needed another masculine birthday card big enough for a group to sign. I decided to go with this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge, which are the same colors as the Unwritten Collection from Reminisce. I used the polka dot paper and a Journal card from the collection in my design. The sketch is … Read more