This week's Autumn Whisper Sunday Stamps colors are the perfect hues for a Boho Chic Wedding card I needed to make. This card was a challenge to photograph with all of it's wonderful shimmer. I used shimmery sage green paper with the Impression Obsession Heart Couple Frame. The background was … Read more
The July #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is to make a Fancy Fold card. I'm not usually a fancy fold type of girl, so I went to SplitcoastStampers for some ideas. I settled on this Corner Tuck Fancy Fold Card. I modified it slightly using cardstock (Taylored Expressions Tropical Punch) instead of designer paper. … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Flowers, Flowers Everywhere! There was a time in my paper crafting past where flowers were my go-to embellishment, so much show that I would shop the floral section to see if there were hydrangeas or other silk blooms that I could dissect to add to … Read more
It's the time of year for Heart Cards, and that's the Challenge theme at Just Us Girls. I started by playing with some new Japanese Sakura Shimmery Pastels that I found at my local Create/Exchange yesterday to create a scribbled and blended background … absolutely gorgeous color and shimmer. As the packaging noted, they … Read more
The August Stock Your Stash Challenge at Reverse Confetti is to make a Wedding Card. It was perfectly timed, since a friend is getting married next weekend. I decided to take my design inspiration from the Inspire.Create.Challenge. I found some Alcohol Ink Designer paper that I paired with some texty paper from my … Read more
I love how just switching-up colors with the same stamps & die cuts can give you completely different looks. My wedding card stash is completely depleted, so I shopping my Gel Press Print drawer and picked out some prints that I thought would make good wedding card backgrounds. Next I shopped my cardstock scraps to … Read more
The current challenge at Shopping our Stash is to use Border Punches or Border Die Cuts. I pulled out my collection of neglected border punches and used them to make a paper wedding cake with some lovely opalescent shimmer paper. I combined lots of different border punches to decorate. I … Read more
My sister's favorite color is purple and in a few weeks I'll be joining her as Matron of Honor at her purple wedding … I can't wait. So of course, I had to join the Purple Challenge at Addicted to CAS. I paired the new Essentials by Ellen Cup of Cheer stamps with … Read more
The current Color Hues Challenge is a lovely one – Pink & Purple. My sister is getting married and I was honored to create her wedding invitations. I chose the Impression Obsession Heart Couple Frame as my focal image. I die cut it from light purplish Pink and again from a gold glitter cardstock, … Read more
I needed a Wedding card for my stash, so I thought the Shimmer & Shine Challenge at Let's Squash It! was just what I needed for inspiration. I started by embossing a piece of grey Glitter Designer paper with a Cuttlebug Geometric Rings Embossing Folder. Next I used the Red Gold Decobrush Metallic … Read more