This week's Jingle Belle prompt comes to us from the lovely & talented Leslie … aka The Crooked Stamper (love that name). She thought it would be fun to make a holiday card inspired by this wonderful beachy photo from The Lettered Cottage reading room makeover (via The Pioneer Woman's Home & Garden site). The … Read more
It's my final week to guest design at the Corrosive Challenge Blog … and this week's challenge is Distressing. The ladies at Our Creative Challenge are also providing a De-Stress to Distress Sketch, so I used that for my layout. I combined beautiful new Botanical papers from Prima with Artistic Outpost's Songbirds stamps. I distressed … Read more
I couldn't resist combining this vintage image from a 1940s get well card that I found in a scrapbook I bought at an Estate Sale with the post card stamp from Artistic Outpost Emphemeral Backgorunds to create a fun, one-of-a-kind postcard Valentine. It's just perfect for the Be My Valentine Challenge at the Friday Mash-up … where … Read more
Cameos have always reminded me of my Grandma. In fact, when I was in Junior High, she gave me one of her cameos, and I always felt so elegant when I wore it. I wanted to capture that elegance in my card design for the Appearance of Cameos Challenge at the Moxie Fab World … Read more
I had quite a few requests for valentine cards from friends & family this week (note to self … make more ahead of time next year), so I used this week's Friday Mashup! sketch to feature this fun vintage valentine image from Inkadinkado's Animal Hearts. Papers are from the Martha Stewart Valentine Mat Pad. I colored … Read more
I found a new to me blog called Cards for Men, and the challenge this week is to make a love or valentine-themed card for a man. Well, for my Dad, nothing says love quite like vintage cars & a road trip. Each time my Dad comes to visit me, a trip to Duffy's, the … Read more
Today is Day 8 of Kimberly Crawford's 12 Trendy Days of Christmas celebrating Heirloom Ornaments. Kimberly took this great picture of these colorful heirloom ornaments on display at Target for inspiration. I had to laugh a bit since the holiday tree I grew up with had some heirloom ornaments for sure, but not the … Read more
I was thrilled to have the chance to join in the fun today with Kimberly Crawford's 12 Trendy Days of Christmas. Today's trend is Burlap, as seen in this wonderful Burlap Stripe Ribbon from Pottery Barn … or these fabulous French Burlap Christmas Stockings from Faded Plains (where I took my inspiration). Can you believe … Read more
The final challenge in this month of Fashion at Gingersnap Creations it the Color Challenge. For this one we're celebrating Vintage Hues. It's time for all those browns, burgundys, vintage greens – you get the picture! If it makes it looks vintage, it's the right color. The new Artistic Outpost Jane's Countryside images were the perfect … Read more
The two sponsors for this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge are a match made in "square" heaven. Queen of Arts Cakes makes amazing cakes & lots of fun "square" cookies & edible wafer paper to decorate "square" cookies. Inchie Arts makes fabulous artist-grade matte-board "squares" (in 3 sizes and 7 colors) that are also perfect for decorating & … Read more