Don’t you just love the sentiment on this card? Christmas Wishes From Across The Miles. Since I live 500 miles from my entire family, this is an especially personal sentiment for me at the holidays. This card was created from this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch! I’ve used the Warmth and Cheer Designer Paper Stack, the Santa’s Sleigh… Read More »
It really feels like the sky is falling here on Eastern Long Island! We have had a bumper crop of ACORNS this year! They seem to be falling by the buckets and I have been pelted on the head more than once just walking across the lawn! My card today is an Ode to the Acorn! This week’s… Read More »
What Will You Stamp challenge blog invited me to be a guest stamper this week with the Totally Trees stamp set. This is a fun, graphic set of trees that you can use for all seasons. The stamp set itself has a ton of individual stamps that give you unlimited possibilities for getting creative! I tried to keep… Read More »
I have a confession. After participating in the Mojo Monday sketch challenge last week, I browsed the Verve online store to see what kinds of goodies that sell. I found a fantastic stamp set called Autumn Blessings that had a coordinating die set called Autumn Thanks. Of course I purchased the bundle! It came within two days with… Read More »
I’ve spent the last 7 days immersed in being creative in my craft studio (aka…my basement where the crickets and spiders roam). I can’t believe how much better I feel today than I did a week ago. There is nothing like allowing yourself time to just create. I really believe that it heals your soul! I haven’t felt… Read More »
I enjoyed revisiting using the Faux Border technique a few days ago, so I decided to use it in a couple of cards today. I’m participating in two challenges with my card today. One is a color challenge and one is a Clean and Simple embossing challenge. For the CAS on Sunday Challenge, the challenge was to create… Read More »
As you know, I’ve been participating in a lot of card sketch challenges lately. I’ve tried sketches from all different websites and I have used quite a variety of new sketches in the last two weeks. I’m having fun seeing what I can come up with using someone else’s sketch and then seeing how other stamper’s interpret those… Read More »
Just Add Ink is challenge blog and this week the challenge is to “just add wings”! Of course, I couldn’t resist that challenge! To be honest, I had a hard time deciding which stamp sets to use. I decided to use two of my old favorites: Kinda Eclectic and Papillon Potpourri. The butterfly is stamped in StazOn ink… Read More »
What would you stamp if you were challenged to use the Ghoulish Grunge stamp set? This is a great background stamp set for Halloween that has a truly fabulous stamp that I could see myself using all year long. It has a brick background grunge stamp that is fantastic! How amazing do those bricks look stamped in Cajun… Read More »
Let me ask you this: Are you ready to start your Christmas card making yet?! I’m still enjoying the fall holiday card and projects that I’m making. I’m not sure I’m ready for any other holidays beyond fall! I decided to participate in the Fab Friday challenge today. The card sketch looked like fun and I felt inspired… Read More »
One of my very favorite stamp and framelit sets is the Vintage Leaves set. I think every stampers stash should include a beautiful set of leaf framelits. It’s just a great go to set for the entire year. Today I’m participating in two challenges: Freshly Made Sketches and the Stamp, Ink and Paper Challenges. I created my card… Read More »
Every now and then it’s nice to sit down and do a little water coloring. It’s so relaxing just to color things in. No wonder adult coloring books have become such a big hit these days. My favorite stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog was the Basket of Wishes stamp set. I couldn’t resist using it… Read More »
October 1 through 31 , you can buy three packages of Designer Series Paper and get one free! That’s great news since everyone can use more Designer Series Paper. This sale includes Designer Series Paper from both the annual catalog and the recently released holiday catalog (not including Specialty Designer Series Paper or Designer Series Paper Stacks). Details… Read More »
Yes! Another challenge. I couldn’t resist the sketch challenge on the Sketch Saturday site. I really looked like a challenge that might take me out of my comfort zone. Plus, I got to use my Paisleys and Posies just one more time! (I know, I know…I’m addicted!) I created a really busy card from this sketch by using… Read More »
While browsing the internet, I found another great sketch challenge to try. Why not try a few and see what happens? It really gets you creativity flowing when you use a sketch to get started! I am playing along with Retrosketches #233. I loved this one when I found it! The challenge was to pick any one of… Read More »