Hi again, I'm back with the newest Christmas Card Challenge! I also wanted to share our new Facebook page for Christmas Card Challenges. I hope you'll come visit us over there! We'll be sharing the winning cards as well as highlighting a few noteworthy cards each week! And many congratulations ... View Post
A new (to me) technique: paper-piecing…
I was intrigued by this month's AEIHeartUChallenge: Paper Piecing. It's not something I'd ever tried but it looked interesting. By far, my favorite Avery Elle stamp sets are Storybook and More Stories and I knew I wanted to use them in some way. I decided to try and give some of the animals the ... 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
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #6
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
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
Jessica Lynn Original
I spent some time today making two very different Christmas cards using two different Jessica Lynn Original stamps! The first card uses her digital poinsettia stamp. I actually enlarged the image before printing (one of the joys of digital stamps) and then placed a sheet of vellum over the printed ... 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