Archives for 2015

Experiments with texture paste…

13 Mar

This week the CASology Challenge cue is Tropical and after this long, cold winter I really wanted to play along! I looked through my stamps and I didn't really have anything that would fit the theme...which meant improvisation time! Ha. To me, tropical ALWAYS means the beach so I created a ... View Post

Stamp Study #2: Hero Arts Waves Background

12 Mar

So a few months ago when Hero Arts released their new catalog I saw this stamp and fell head over heels for it! I've been eagerly waiting for it to be released; but when it finally arrived, it just sat on my craft desk because I couldn't figure out what to do with it. I love the style of the ... View Post

PTI Make it Monday #204

11 Mar

I realized that it's been awhile since I've played along with the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge and when I saw that this week's challenge was Watercolor Smooshing I had to break out the distress inks and join the fun! ;) So here's my card: I started off by smooshing Dried ... View Post

A Blog Named Hero Challenge: Bright and Bold

10 Mar

This week A Blog Named Hero is challenging you to create something bright and bold! It's been a long and dreary winter (at least in Virginia!) and this was a much-needed and much-appreciated challenge! This month we are collaborating with Create A Smile Stamps and I thought the cute chameleon from ... View Post

Baby Shower Cards!

10 Mar

There are a lot of stamp companies out there these days but none does cutesy animals and images better than Lawn Fawn! I had a request for a baby shower card and came up with two equally sweet options! Here's the first: Yep, another shaker card! ;) I recently ordered these adorable mini stars ... View Post

How to Store Finished Cards

9 Mar

Happy Monday! I'm at Craft Storage Ideas this morning sharing my system for storing finished cards! Come on over and say hi! :) ... View Post

Christmas Card Challenges #14: Sentiment Only

8 Mar

Hi and welcome back to another week at Christmas Card Challenges! This week we're challenging you to put your images away and work ONLY with your sentiment stamps! This challenge ended up being harder than I expected...I have way more holiday sentiments than I realized and it was difficult to ... View Post

Shaker Saturday #2 and GIVEAWAY winner!

7 Mar

Welcome to my second installation of Shaker Saturday...I think this card could be easily considered the very opposite of CAS. Ha. I wanted to create a card for St. Patrick's Day. Most people think about St. Patrick's Day and picture four-leaf clovers, leprechauns, and gold...I get all that, but ... View Post