This week the Papertrey Ink: Make it Monday Challenge is to use a corner of the card instead of the middle as a focal point and January's Virginia's View Challenge is a Clean Slate. Virginia gives several examples of what constitutes a clean slate card and I chose to create a card with a lot of ... View Post
Archives for January 2015
A new (to me) technique: paper-piecing…
I was intrigued by this month's AEIHeartUChallenge: Paper Piecing. It's not something I'd ever tried but it looked interesting. By far, my favorite Avery Elle stamp sets are Storybook and More Stories and I knew I wanted to use them in some way. I decided to try and give some of the animals the ... View Post
New adventures in crafting!
Today's the day!! It's been hard keeping this a secret but I'm super excited *insert Snoopy-like happy dance* to announce that I've joined the design team for A Blog Named Hero and the contributor's team for Craft Storage Ideas! I look forward to sharing cards and crafts using the awesome products ... View Post
A quick update!
Whew, those two weeks really flew by...I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I had a very enjoyable break and I'm pretty happy with what we were able to accomplish! We spent Christmas in Virginia Beach with my parents and New Year's in Triangle with Steve's parents. In between those ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #5 – Winter Wool
We have a fun color challenge for you this week at Christmas Card Challenges! It's definitely a non-traditional holiday color scheme but one that lends itself nicely to warm and elegant cards! Aren't those sheep cute?! Anyway, here's my card! My camera went a little wonky so the colors appear ... View Post