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
I love the fabulous inspiration photo at The Shabby Tea Room this week … I also loved the idea of creating a vintage Halloween design. I used this week's Friday's Sketchers Sketch for my layout. I started with a great Inkadinkado Chandelier as my focal point & incorporated the great vintage patterns and colors of My Mind's … Read more
This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge (EIC105) comes from the Store of Handmade Whimzy. Her store offers a wonderful variety of products including fabulous aprons like this Fifties Kitchen Chef's Apron that inspired by design. The images reminded me of these fun vintage kitchen pictures and sayings from Crafty Secrets called Domestic Goddess. I chose on … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the fabulous vintage and indie designs of ModCloth.com. ModCloth was founded by high school sweethearts, Eric Koger and Susan Gregg Koger, and is built on a foundation of love for vintage and retro clothing. ModCloth features fabulous vintage designs along side the works from over 100 independent designers … Read more
I seriously fell in love with the store for this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge ~ Cathy Walters (EIC100 if you upload to a gallery). Any art that combines text and images always makes my heart swoon. I chose this wonderful Joyride Pendant to inspire my card. I love the vintage bicycle paired with the dictionary page of … Read more
Betsy Veldman issued A Challenge to do some Challenges, so I knew I wanted to get a card made for the Paper Crafts Card Style Week ~ Let's Do Shabby & Vintage. Since several blogs are celebrating Christmas in July (Our Creative Corner & Stamp Something), so I decided to create another holiday design. I … Read more
Since the Unscripted Sketch Blog is celebrating Christmas in July (and since I'm waaaayyy too far behind on where I should be with my holiday card stash), I decided to see if I could combine their sketch with the very elegant Dublin-Style (but not so Christmasy) colors of Black, Grey, Kraft and Ivory from this … Read more
This weeks SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the wonderful vintage store Blue Carrot Shop. Alexandra describes herself as a Graphic Designer by trade and a treasure hunter by preference. She says she is very good at finding things … neat things, old things, used things, unique things, well-loved things … and has created a temporary … Read more