My youngest brother (I started to say little brother, but since he's over 6 feet tall, that didn't seem quite right) bought me some cool art supplies for Christmas, so I wanted to use some to make him a special Thank You card. My design is inspired by Chupa … this week's Featured Stamper at … Read more
Since my holiday cards are all finished (yay Jingle Belles), I decided to make a quick Holiday Thank You card this morning. I believe expressing appreciation is so important in life … not just for holiday gifts … but for all of those little things that make your day. This was was quick & easy … Read more
Since there are five Wednesdays in November, it's time for a Blue Moon Challenge at Gingersnap creations … Thank You Cards. Lauren suggested I check out the amazing digital creations of Anna Aspnes. I thought these wonderful snowman gift tags would make fun card elements. I deleted the *to* and *from* from the tags and … Read more
Graphic 45 is having a Thank You Card Contest on their Facebook page, so I pulled out some of their gorgeous papers and joined the fun … seriously, their papers are so gorgeous, the cards almost make themselves. Papers are all from the Steampunk Debutante Collection (with a little black cardstock border to help define … Read more
I had so much fun with the My Mind's Eye sketch the first time, I decided to try it again with the Adrea Victoria Collection I used the circle die cut from the paper set & added a white rub-on sentiment from EAD Designs & a black rub-on sentiment along the bottom.
It's anything goes week at the Basic Grey Challenges Blog, so I used Sweet Threads papers together with this week's Freshly Made Sketch. I just completed assisting with a session of Dale Carnegie training and wanted to make a thank you for the leader using this Dale Carnegie quote from Corona Island Stamps. I didn't … Read more
This weeks SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the fantastic wallpaper of The Wallpaper Collective. I chose this Red Poppy wall design to inspire my card. My Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms were stamped on textured red cardstock with Versamark ink and then embossed with detail white embossing powder. I punched several butterflies from black cardstock, … Read more
The challenge at Simon Says Stamp this week is to create a card using a song or movie title as inspiration. When I was little, my Dad had an 8-track tape player in his pick-up truck and we would listen to the Dolly Parton tape for hours. This card is inspired by Dolly's song Chicken … Read more
This week's Tuesday Trigger is Garden Glory. I loved the vibrant color palette with lots of ivory space and a touch of brown. I also wanted to incorporate a large bloom into my design. I inked my hydrangea with ColorBox Chalk Warm Green and Ranger Archival Manganese blue, stamped and die cut my focal image … Read more
Shimelle has a Colour Story Challenge to create something using Red, Aqua and White. I immediately thought of My Mind's Eye Love Me Do collection and found a few pieces still hiding in my paper stash. I used this week's CardPatterns sketch together wtih some ribbon, gems, pearls and a white EAD Rub-on Sentiment. I … Read more