Good morning! Today I want to talk about organizing and storing embellishments, in particular, gems and pearls that are adhesive-backed. When I first started setting up my craft room last year I intended to use a Clip-It-Up to store all of my clear stamps. I purchased Avery Elle stamp storage ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #6: CASE a design team member’s card!
This week we're challenging you to CASE a Christmas Card Challenges design team member's card! For those of you who don't know, CASE stands for "Copy and Share/Steal Everything." You can choose to copy a design team member's card exactly or you can use it more as an inspiration for your own ... View Post
A Blog Named Hero Challenge – Using Small Stamps
It's a new year, a new team, and a new challenge over at A Blog Named Hero! Here's my card for the challenge: I enjoyed using my Hero Arts ink pads to get the fun ombre effect and it was nice to use a stamp that I'm fairly sure I've never touched before! So head on over, see what the rest of ... 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
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
Christmas Card Challenges #4: Anything Goes
Well I'm back after a technical hiatus...I didn't get to post my card last week but I really enjoyed seeing all of your cards! This week the Christmas Card Challenge was "Anything Goes" and I'm sharing the Christmas card I created for our local veterinarian. We (and our pets) love the staff at ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #2: CAS
I had a lot of fun with this week's Christmas Card Challenge. CAS cards don't always come easily to me but this one just worked. I tend to want to add more and more to a card...which sometimes works but sometimes (REALLY) doesn't. Anyway, I love this card. It was super easy to put together and ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #1: Color Challenge
I'm excited to share my first card as a member of the Christmas Card Challenges design team! We're starting a new year and here's the inspiration photo for the first challenge: For my card I used the new stamp set from Ellen Hutson, Bokeh Dots. I love the versatility of this set! I stamped the ... View Post