Challenge: Design a Twilight themed birthday card for a female in high school This is when I say that I haven’t read the books or watched the movies. I just know it is vampires. I decided to design two cards, let’s chat about the cupcake one first: I decided to use the book cover as
I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a
I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:
Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.
Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero
Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the
I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I
Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:
My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the
Hello and Happy Sunday! Unfortunately, I needed a sympathy card. I’ve been loving the Midnight paper collection by Hero Arts so I started with that as my base. Have you seen the new Celebrate Tag Stamp & Cut by Lia? It really is a multi-purpose tag. Loss is a horrible thing and you
If you follow me on IG, you may have already seen this but you definitely don’t want to miss out on all the fun! Super thrilled that Jessica asked me to join in on the fun! Check out this gorgeous color palette we could work with when designing a card for the IG hop: Although
Have you been following the new feature over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog, Sponsor Solo? This week, your hostess Melissa is featuring: Lil’ Inker Designs I combined the Coffee Talk stamp set with the Pointelle Cover up Die and the Stitched Envelope Liner Die. It seems to be tropical days over here on my
Hello! I’m back as a Guest Designer over at the SugarPea Designs blog! If you’ve been following me for a bit, you know I love my coffee. I always love to fall back on Coffee Card designs….add pineapples and I’m a happy crafter: A timesaving tip? I’ve been buying A2 card bases….sssssshhhhhh…I know, lazy eh?
Happy Saturday! I’m having fun with a couple of Hero Arts stamp sets by Lia Griffith. Just say YES to Pink Pineapples♡ I used the Enjoy Fruit and Cheers Messages by Lia Yup, lovin’ the new Intense Black: Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Enjoy Fruit by Lia Griffith Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Cheers Messages by Lia
Happy Friday!!!!! Here’s a very postal friendly card…no bumps: I really wanted to throw on some enamel dots but decided to leave it ultra CAS. Aren’t you loving the Reverse Confetti February release? I used the Garden Bunch + A Friend Like You stamp sets. My card was inspired by the current Freshly Made Sketches:
post 2 of 2…click HERE for my Hero Arts post. Hello! I’m up on the Winnie & Walter Blog as a Guestie for their Belated 2nd Birthday Bash! I’m sharing two cards over but sneak peekin’ one of them on my blog: I was inspired by Heather’s Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenge: Gold + Watercoloring
post 1 of 2..click HERE for the Winnie & Walter Belated Birthday Bash! Hello! I’m up on the Hero Arts blog today sharing a card using the following products: Stop on by and check it out! Hero Arts Wood Block Stamp, Handwritten Thank You Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Color Layering For You Flowers
Today wraps up my final post as a February Guestie over on the My Favorite Things blog! I’ve had so much fun! There are two cards over on the blog today but I’m sneak peekin’ one of them here. Oh my, the Pure Innocence – Lucky Us set is soooo cute! I couldn’t wait to
The new feature over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog, Sponsor Solo is so much fun! Melissa features a Sponsor of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! This week it is Your Next Stamp: Oh my, YNS has TONS of fantastic sets….she has a large variety of Coffee Goodness. Here’s how I was inspired: Yup, loving