Click HERE for the Latina Blog Hop! Hello, and welcome to the Essentials by Ellen Holiday 2015 Release Hop! I’ll be showcasing several of the new stamp sets and dies on my post today! You should have arrived from the Super Talented Laura Sterckx’s blog! If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which
Kelly Latevola…you know her and follow her, right?! This girl can pack some serious BAM in her projects and I was so thrilled that she asked me to be part of her Super Fun {CASE}ing Genius feature! I’d ♡ it if you’d pop on over to her blog and check it out!!! Big shout out
So, I’ve been on the causal look out for this Dear Lizzy set after seeing THIS card by Wida. I picked it up at a scrapbooking store when we flew to Vegas and did this with it: cardstock: recollections/110/white stamps: american crafts/dear lizzy/day dreamer, create a smile/botanical love ink: tsukineko/tuxedo, ranger/archival black, fresh ink chamomile,
Hello and Happy August! What? Really? I can’t believe it’s already August! I’m super excited to tell you that I’m a guest designer for a BRAND NEW Challenge blog….Pinterest Inspired Challenge If you know me, you know that I’m a challenge-a-holic! Check out the inspiration for challenge #1: source Here’s how I was inspired by
I’m a challenge-a-holic and they help me get through my stash. Here’s a great example, I picked up the 12×12 pad of Pebbles Cottage Living and haven’t used it until I designed this card: cardstock: bazzill/ash paper: pebbles’/cottage living stamps: verve/words of wisdom ink: ranger/archival/black The 12×12 papers are great to fussy cut blooms &
Stripes, I love them…polkas too but I’ve been having fun making my own stripe paper border: cardstock: stampin’ up night of navy/calypso coral, recollections/110/white stamps: stampin’ up yippee-skippee/gorgeous grunge ink: fresh ink pumpkin/navy other: mama elephant creative cuts/tag, stampin’ up baked brown sugar twine The horizontal stripes are made by using 0.5 inch strips of
Hello and Happy Wednesday! I don’t generally post so late in the day but since I had been working on this card since yesterday morning, I thought I’d go ahead and post it. I’ve been wanting to ink up my new Newton’s Nook stamps, Message in a Bottle. Love it and the coordinating dies. cardstock:
I was a busy girl the other day and managed to make several cards….although a majority of them won’t be posted until next week, I always feel so accomplished when I can be super productive. paper: carta bella/hello again stamps: paper smooches/sentiment sampler, blossoming buds ink: hero arts hues/black, stampin’ up white embossing powder other:
I’ve been on an ice cream kick…both consuming and creating♡ cardstock: hero arts mixed blush paper: crate/poolside other: crate poolside ephemera pack, pebbles glitter tape. The Crate Poolside collection is new to me….I took a Kelly Purkey class at Impress on Saturday and we had the collection to work with with it…for Christmas cards….more on
Hello again. I don’t generally post 2 cards in a day if I can help it but I decided to play along with Mojo Monday. paper: teresa collins/memorabilia stamps: verve/kind words ink: stampin’ up white embossing powder, fresh ink charcoal A dear friend of my Mom’s recently passed away at 90 years old. She was
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vintage Display For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I had squirreled away this paper collection and it’s perfect for today’s challenge! First of all, this paper is glorious and has the right amount of texture.
Edited to Add Winner: I used random.org to pick the winner: Vikki Hein Yay Congrats! I’ll send you an email! Please note the next Woodblock Wednesday is: Wednesday, August 26. I’m back with another edition of Woodblock Wednesday! Although there’s no official sponsor, I wanted give away a prize. One lucky random project with a
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… This is my final Design Team post for Doodlebugswa. The team is going away but the shop is still open! You’ll still see me posting projects on my own because I’m such a fan of Cathy! My card for today features: I wanted to share some of my recent
Hello and Happy Saturday! have a Brass & Bliss Craft Co card to share. It features the following products: I cut the leaves out with watercolor paper, spritzed them with water and used watered down Distress Oxide inks to color them. Affiliate links at no extra cost to you:
Hope this Raises Your Spirits! I love cute Halloween. Scary Halloween…not so much. I don’t do scary movies, scary rides, scary anything. But THIS little feline? Absolutely my kind of Halloween. Check out the Spellbinders Felt Fright Night Feline. It’s part of the amazing NEW Nichol Spohr’s Halloween Felt Stitch & Create Collection. I love being able to bring
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Ice Cream Cones For today’s card was inspired by the theme and color palette. I combined these Hero Arts products: I had so much fun putting this one together. Of course, I had to add the little fruit! Can you
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… My card for today features: I kinda love how this card duo turned out! Thanks for stopping by!
There’s something about pink + red for the holidays. I love it so much. Today’s card features the gorgeous Spellbinders Dear Santa Collection. I’ve combined: I also snuck in the bow from: Thanks to Freshly Made Sketches for the inspiration! I played along with their latest sketch challenge. Can we talk about those Dear Santa Ornaments?! I need to
Yesterday was my former Mother -in-Law’s 100th birthday! If you’ve been following me, you might know that I’ve been having a card drive for this awesome centenarian. It closes on August 31st, meaning the cards need to be mailed on or before that date. More details in a smidge, let’s chat about the card first.
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Seashells For today’s card was inspired by the sketch. I combined these Spellbinders products: I also squeezed in the sentiment from the previously released: Let’s chat about the new Dear Santa Collection → SO CUTE. Good grief, the possibilities are