Life has gotten in the way of my studio time this week, and I sure have missed it. That, combined with the time change, has had me a bit off kilter. It felt good to get a little ink on my fingers tonight. I decided to start with this week's Tuesday Trigger, Great Pumpkins from … 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
The rich, deep, shimmery colors in this week's Moxie Fab Lipsylicious Tuesday Trigger picture reminded me of this gorgeous piece of shimmery floral paper from Rachel Greig Photography that I have been hoarding in my stash for way way too long. I added a few SRM sticker sentiments over another piece from the same paper … Read more
One of the themes at the Hero Arts Blog this month is summer fun. For me, summer fun means flowers. I enjoy the public gardens, my neighbor's amazing yard of blooms, and the flowers in my own yard. This card is inspired by a sample I saw at Stampology during my trip to Chicago. I … Read more
This month's Moxie Fab World Fun with Fabric Challenge is to create a project that incorporates fabric in an innovative way. I don't have much fabric in my stash, but my mother-in-law did share some squares of unbleached muslin with me, so I thought I would give it a try. I used pinking sheers to … Read more
This week's Jacksonbelle Challenge is Black Accents ~ make a card with 1 neutral color, 1 other color, and black. I love the creamy golden yellow papers in October Afternoon's Thrift Shop collection with the pop of black. Use keyword JBE107. The DP squares are 1 1/2" inches & the sentiment is from SRM Stickers. … Read more
I wanted to sneak in a card for the Kraft Challenge at Gingersnap Designs before it ends tonight. I saw that the Embellishment Magazine Color Challenge also incorporated Kraft in its color combination, so I decided to combine them both into one card. This is certainly not a color combination I would have chosen myself, … Read more
This week's challenge at the Cards Blog is to create a card with product that is over a year old. I usually do a fairly good job of pruning discontinued items from my stash, often by making donations to charity auctions, senior centers, etc. However, there is one product I have never parted with … Read more
I'm sticking with clean & simple designs tonight. This one uses a sketch from Nina's Blog to celebrate her first anniversary. She's giving away a set of her Lovely Labels stamps, so make sure you check it out. When I find boxes of cards on sale very cheap, often it's worth buying them just to … Read more
I knew I wanted to find time to play along with this week's Moxie Fab Blog Tuesday Trigger, which is to be inspired by this fabulous card by Kimberly Crawford. Kimberly & her family recent relocated to my town of Cedar Rapids, so I'm excited to have another on-line creative soul nearby. Her work inspires … Read more