A friend recently returned from a trip to New York City and brought me a gift of some gorgeous handmade papers. They have a lovely thickness to them, so I thought I would try spritzing a piece with water and embossing it … and it worked perfectly. I positioned it on top of a piece … Read more
During one of my artsy trips to Alabama, I colored these lovely older Pinkfresh Studio flowers using Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers. For this card, I cut them into a tag for the Seize the Birthday Add a Tag Challenge. I added purple ribbon and blue thread, and then I attached it to one of … Read more
I love the colors in this week’s Inspired By … Eggs Challenge … I thought they would be perfect for a masculine birthday card. I used Simon Hurley’s Create Bursts Stamps in various blues & green using this week’s Freshly Made Sketch layout. I finished with a Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Birthday sentiment and … Read more
When I saw this week’s Sketch at A Cherry on Top, I had a gold polka dot note card staring back at me from my studio table, so I decided to turn it into a card. I liked the text, so I used a page from a dictionary that had the word Noel. Since I … Read more
I’m thrilled to be back for my final December Guest Designer post at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog. Even though it’s December 26th, I’m here featuring a Christmas Card. If you follow me at all, you know my friend Lauren and I (aka the Jingle Belles) are getting ready to start our 16th year of … Read more
Since my pink papers were all still piled on my studio table from last week's Jingle Belles card, I pulled out three of the scraps to make this week's card. Remember, It's that time again here at Jingle Belles, our favorite prompt of the year: PINK CHRISTMAS! In which you make and link new holiday cards that … Read more
The new challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash is I Only Have EYES for You – include some eyes (googly eyes if you have them) on your card (what??? everyone doesn't have an entire drawer filled with googly eyes LOL). I picked one of my favorite googly eye stamps from Your Next Stamp … Read more
I'm sneaking in just before the finishing line with a card for the Seize the Birthday Green & White Challenge. I blended four different Distress Ink Greens and then stamped the row of gifts from Your Next Stamp Celebrating You & then flicked on a bit of water before die cutting with the … Read more
I had fun spending time in my studio using some Gel Press Prints & Alcohol Ink backgrounds from my stash. I started with two snowflake Embossing Folder Gel Press Prints that I made during one of the ABC's of Gel Printing Event. I die cut them with Essentials by Ellen Essentials Rectangle Die Cuts. … Read more
When I saw this week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash was a sketch with lots of layers, banners and circles, I knew I wanted to join the fun. I decided to combine it with the Color Hues Challenge of Yellow & Pink, so I searched through my scrap stash pulling out all of the yellow … Read more