I decided to take a break from Christmas cards and restock some of my general cards. This is an easy card to mass-produce with endless color combination possibilities. I used the Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Drift die cut with double-sided sticky paper and Glitter Ritz glitters. The sentiment is ... View Post
Archives for November 2014
Tsuki no Usagi…or the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: To the Moon
I have a book of Japanese fairy tales and one of my favorite stories growing up was about tsuki no usagi. To summarize, once upon a time the Old-Man-of-the-Moon looked down and saw a rabbit, a monkey, and a fox living together in a forest. He wondered which of them was the kindest and decided to ... View Post
Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge #18
After my super colorful card from earlier this week I wanted to do something a little more subdued. I created this card with the Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge in mind. Their theme this month was simply holiday cards and I thought this would be a great general holiday/winter card. Originally ... View Post
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We’re Seeing Stars
I decided to make a shaker card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: We're Seeing Stars. Unfortunately it didn't photograph very well but that's partly the cat's fault as you'll see later... I used the Simon Says Stamp Stars Parade die and cut it twice, once from black ... View Post
AEIHeartU Challenge #18 and Virginia’s View Challenge #9
I'm participating in two fun challenges today! The Avery Elle I Heart You challenge requirement is holiday themed cards and the Virginia's View challenge involves using metallics in various forms. I started off by cutting a panel with the Avery Elle Finished Frames die set and masked the border ... View Post
Baby Shower Festivities!
I have to start this post off with a photo...isn't she cute!? So a few weeks ago I posted about the baby shower invites I created for the shower I was throwing for my best friend, Heather. I spent the last month putting together the details with her mother-in-law, Pearl Ann, and on Saturday, we ... View Post
A new design team and a colorful holiday card!
Recently I decided to apply to a call for design team members for a weekly Christmas Card challenge blog and over the weekend I received the news that I've been invited to join the team! So, as my official 'hello' to the blog, I thought I'd participate in this week's Color Challenge! Plus it ... View Post
Weekly Dinner Recap #8
Maybe someday I'll post this before half of the next week is over...yeah, it's been a little crazy around here. Anyway, here goes: Sunday - Lasagna We were on our way home from visiting Heather and Richard and stopped at my in-laws to pick up our pets and have a quick dinner. My mother-in-law ... View Post