To continue my goal of participating in more challenges I put together this card for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge. The challenge required the use of a Papertrey Ink product and paper weaving! I started off by stamping the lines from the Ombre Builders set onto three different pieces ... View Post
Archives for September 2014
Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #179
Well, I'm cutting it a little close on the deadline but I've decided to start trying out some of the various stamp company challenges and here's my entry for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday Challenge! This week's challenge was using die cuts to aid in an embossed resist technique! I used the ... View Post
A new look!
Please bear with me as I work through a new blog layout...hopefully it will all be up and running by Sunday evening! ... View Post
Fox-y cards!
I recently received several stamp sets from Avery Elle and Papertrey Ink and it took me awhile to find time to play with them...but O.M.G. I LOVE these sets! That fox...I want him as a pet. Maybe I could dye Archimedes... Anyway for the first card I used the Avery Elle More Stories stamp and ... View Post
Jessica Lynn Original Design Team Debut!
So, as I announced a few weeks ago I was chosen to be on Jessica Lynn Original's new Design Team! This is my first design team appointment and I'm super excited to be sharing some of my creations today! The first is a card that I created using the free digital Brentwood Owl stamp that Jessica ... View Post
The big 3-0!! (part 2)
So after we finished at the craft festival we headed off to the National Aviary in downtown Pittsburgh. I didn't quite know what to expect but I certainly was not prepared for what we saw! There were a few birds in cages or behind glass; but for the most part the birds were in open, natural ... View Post
The big 3-0!! (part 1)
September 8th has come and gone...which means I'm officially 30. Eeesh...still doesn't seem possible. Really, I'm pretty sure I'm still 27. I liked 27...so much that I accidentally stayed 27 for two years and lost most of 28 before I realized I was a year off. Oh well...if I'm being honest, it ... View Post