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
I have some friends who recently returned from a tropical vacation and asked me to make a thank you card for their gracious host. They requested a masculine design with a tropical theme in the colors of blue and yellow to coordinate with the colors of their host's boat. Unfortunately, my stamp collection is almost completely devoid of … Read more
My focus today is still on masculine, professional (and mailable) thank you cards, so I used Sketch 126 from the CPS blog, Basic Grey Granola papers, and a favorite stamp from Paper Inspirations. I rounded the corners and sponged the edges of the circles with some Blue Iris ink to cover up the white bits … Read more
At my home, it is the season of thank you cards … thanks for Christmas gifts and for those who have cared for me while I've been recovering from my tonsillectomy. This card uses the sketch from the Sweetest Thing blog, Hero Arts stamps (Collage Thank You & Wavy Leaf Pattern), and more paper scraps. … Read more
I needed an understated, professional thank you card for the office, so I combined Laura's Sketch #42 with scraps from my stash … a touch of ribbon … and voila. The thank you is one of my favorite stamps from A Muse (in Pumpkin Spice).
When I read a magazine, I tear out pages as I go. I use a marker to write on the page why I am saving it (recipe, color combination, inspiration challenge idea, website). When I have quite a few pages, I sort them and file them in clear page protectors in binders for future use and inspiration. … Read more
After seeing card after gorgeous card that Godelieve made with these fabulous Elusive Butterfly Poppy Collage stamps, I knew I had to have them. Thank You cards are the next need on my list, so I used Unscripted Sketch #36 and a Thanks from Victorine Originals to complete the design.