It's always a sad day at our house when baseball season ends … my best times are spent making cards in my studio while my husband and I watch our Cardinals play baseball … so I decided to make a card to commemorate another great season. I combined some hoarded Puffies Stickers from my stash … Read more
I've had the sketch from Kathy's Waffle in my *to-do" file all month … and when I saw the Ready for Red Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World blog tonight, and idea finally came together. I loved the grey floral pattern with the contrast of the wood and lovely red chair … I also … Read more
I had fun playing with more vintage maps tonight … inspired by the Moxie Fab World Square Punch Challenge. I chose a map of Missouri, my home state, and had fun punching out different cities and counties from my life history … and then added stamps from Studio Calico/Hero Arts Air Mail to complete the … Read more
The Weekly Challenge at the Studio Calico Blog is to create something inspired by an image on their Pinterest Boards. This is the design I chose to inspire me: At the PageMaps Blog they're also celebrating Studio Calico's new Card Kit Club which will include sketches from PageMaps like this one. I added images from two … Read more
There was a Scramble in the Hero Arts Flickr Group this afternoon to create a card in under 90 minutes by mixing and matching two or more different sentiments to create a new one or using partial sentiments. I combined a partial sentiment from Heyday Thoughts with another sentiment from the Cuckoo Set. I also … Read more
Tonight's card is one that I think would have been better if I had given-up on trying to complete a challenge, and gone with what seemed more natural … I had a heck-of-a-time fitting in the light pink color for this week's ColourQ Challenge. I should have just let it go and stuck with the … Read more
The challenge at Shopping Our Stash this week is Something New! … to create using something you haven't used before. I have several packages of Wood Veneer elements from Studio Calico that I've been hoarding, so I knew it was finally time to open the packages. I also broke out some new Studio Calico Heydey … Read more
I was so excited to start the Stretch Your Stamps Class today … even though I had to wait until I got home from the office to play. I decided to give the Pieced Background technique a try. I stamped the Hero Arts Magical background on three different pieces of Studio Calico designer paper in … Read more
This card celebrates the Show Me Your Chevron Challenge at Paper Issues using my new Studio Calico / Hero Arts stamp and colors from this week's CR84FN Color Challenge. The Sketch is from Retro Card Sketches & the sentiment is from Cosmo Cricket's Tiny Text Art stickers. The Vellum Butterfly is Jenny Bowlin from Crafty … Read more
When I saw the Sunday Sketch at Studio Calico … I immediately thought of HOME. We've got upcoming trips scheduled to visit family & friends, but I'm still missing them. I used Studio Calico's Abroad paper with white thicker's and stamps from Lawn Fawn's You've Got Mail. Home is where the heart is.