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 »
Yep! I found another sketch that I just couldn’t resist trying! In my defense, I’ve finally used a new stamp set and color combination! You have to admit that I’ve shown you a tremendous number of ideas and card layouts for the Paisleys and Posies product suite. Onward to Halloween! This card has so many stamping supplies that… 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 »
My husband and I got back a day early from our trip to Michigan to visit our kids. Since I had a day to myself, it seemed a shame to waste it on cleaning or school work! Instead I took to the internet in search of interesting sketch challenges. I found two challenges that I was especially interested… Read More »
This is the story of the Mixed Borders stamp set and the Paper Craft Crew Color Challenge. It’s not a long story really. It’s the story we all live. You get busy and you don’t take the time for yourself. No downtime means no crafting. When you finally sit down to take some time for yourself and let… Read More »
I found this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch to be quite a challenge!!! It looked like such a clean and simple card, yet the 4 sentiment banners made me pause! I grabbed my Awesomely Artistic and Grateful Bunch stamp sets, along with my bin of washi tapes to create this card. I knew that I… Read More »
What Do Thoughtful Branches And Designer Series Paper Have In Common? They make beautiful cards!!! I can’t stop playing with this fantastic limited time offer Thoughtful Branches bundle. I feel like the variety of cards that you can make with this one set makes the sticker shock worth it! For this card, I actually used the thinlet set… Read More »
I love this stamp set and thinlet bundle. I haven’t even started playing with coloring techniques because I’m so enjoying doing clean and simple cards to start with! The Thoughtful Branches bundle is available for a limited time only until August 31. The card is created using this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch #205. I used… Read More »
My son’s birthday is coming up and I wanted to get a card out to him. This is the first time that I won’t get to spend the day with him for his birthday. I wanted to make a special card with some interesting touches. I used the new Copper embossing powder in three places on the card. … Read More »
I have not yet played with the Barnyard Babies stamp set and this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge gave me the perfect opportunity! This week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge was a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I started with the girl card…using three across, according to the challenge I should have used a girl theme, an animal, and… Read More »
Once again, I find myself using Stampin’ Up!’s great designer series paper as the inspiration for my card color scheme for today! This paper is the Blooms and Bliss Designer Series Paper which I have paired with the Garden In Bloom stamp set, along with this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge. I’m actually sharing two cards… Read More »
Create a very quick feather embellishment for you papercrafting projects using Washi Tape! Shelli Gardner, the Co-Founder of Stampin’ Up!, showed us how to use Washi Tape to make these quick feather embellishments for our projects. I really love this idea! It’s so simple. It uses Washi Tape and thick baker’s twine. I started with a 7″ strip… Read More »
Have you tried making a one layered card lately? I have a fun technique that I like to use with silhouette type images. The Wild About Flowers is a great silhouette two step stamp that works well with the clear block technique. The clear block technique just involves inking up a clear block directly from the ink pad… Read More »
Create a fun, cheerful card using the new In Colors for 2016-2018. The inspiration for this card came from this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. I found this sketch so inspiring! The real challenge was finding designer paper that I wanted to use!! Since the old catalog is retiring and the new one is coming out on… Read More »