I had the chance to play with lots of new goodies today in my studio. The Challenge theme at the Hero Arts blog for May is to use stamps from their newest catalog, Stamp Your Story. My card uses images from two sets … My Words & Time. The layout is this week's CAS{E} this … Read more
For some reason the target image for this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger reminded me of the psychedelic tie-dyed images of the 60's (ala Janis Joplin) … so that's what I went with for my design. I started with white cardstock & my Studio Calico Circle Graph Mask. I posited the stencil and sponged … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're still celebrating things that fly … and if you've been following me for any time, you know one of my favorite things that flies is a Cardinal. My Inkadinkado Christmas Cardinal was stamped in Vermillion Archival Ink. I added tiny dots of glitter pen and an SRM Fancy Christmas … Read more
I used the Sunday Sketch Challenge at Studio Calico to create a masculine birthday card for my stash … I love number papers for birthday cards. I added several wooden embellishments inked with India Ink and a brad … rather than poking it through the paper, I trimmed off the legs and attached with a dimensional … Read more
I really wanted to add some bling to this design, but I was determine to make a one layer card for the current challenge at The Paper Players … so I had to just let it be. I went with the Neon Hues with this week's Lightning Hot Play Date Cafe Colors. The layout is another … Read more
Having a little fun with the Fusion Hypothesis #2 tonight … for some reason when I saw the grey dots in the pillows … I saw clouds … and the lime chevrons were lighting strikes … so that's where my Fusion Hypothesis began. I stamped Hero Arts Clouds on a piece of stormy grey designer … Read more
This was my first card using the Sunday Sketch at Studio Calico. I used an ivory card base with several Studio Calico papers and a wood grain paper tag. I needed thank you cards, so I used the little wooden Thank You sentiment included with this month's card kit and colored it with Spectrum Noir … Read more
I had a blast getting inky today … when I saw this awesome Inspiration from the Inspired By Challenge, I knew immediately how I wanted to create my background (which I should have photographed before I covered most of it up). The technique is also perfect for the My Time to Craft Challenge to use … Read more
I love sending Mother's Day cards to all of the mothers in my life …. all of the amazing women who have raised amazing children and make this world a better place. This morning I used a recipe from the Paper Players (straight down the middle) … And this week's Studio Calico Sunday Sketch … … Read more
Tonight I had fun making a card for this week's Muse Challenge. We've been catching-up on the HBO Series Enlightened … so I will blame my rather quirky card design on Mike White's character Tyler in the episode we were watching tonight while I was creating. And here's the Muse Inspiration from Ardyth Percy-Robb. The … Read more