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
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
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
Fox-y cards, take two!
I'm still in love with the Avery Elle More Stories stamp set. The fox is so adorable (and very versatile)! After taking the Online Card Class for Copic Markers I'm feeling a little more comfortable with my coloring abilities so I colored both foxes with copics and then fussy cut them for each ... View Post
Mama Elephant Peek-a-Frame
I recently discovered the company, Mama Elephant, and I LOVE their stamps and dies. I'm also in the process of trying out their pigment inks...I'll share that experience later! I've had this Peek-A-Frame die for awhile but hadn't gotten a chance to use it. I decided to create a snowy shaker card. ... View Post
Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge #181
Whew...this has been quite the unexpected week. I'm a little behind but I did get some card-making done this weekend. My main project was creating baby shower invitations for my best friend's upcoming shower but I also had time to sneak in a few cards for the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday ... 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