Well our Valentine's Day is going to be a little different this year...tonight I'll be playing harp for the McLean Orchestra's "Spark of Love" concert! We're performing Liszt's "Les Preludes," Korngold's "Concerto for Violin," Dvorak's "The Wood Dove," and Berlioz's "Beatrice and Benedict ... View Post
A Blog Named Hero Challenge – Small Scale
This week's challenge at A Blog Named Hero is Small Scale! The idea is that you work in a small area. You could stamp on an ATC-sized piece (2.5"x3.5") and add it to a larger card or make a tag or just confine your workspace to a corner of a card. Be creative! We look forward to seeing how you ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #10: White on White
Hey! I'm back with a new challenge from Christmas Card Challenges and I'm really looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week! The challenge is White on White and as you'll see, the design team took that inspiration in all sorts of different directions! Here's what I created! I ... View Post
Virginia’s View Challenge #12
I was really excited to see that Virginia's View Challenge for February is shaker cards! I've been tossing around an idea for a shaker card in my head for the last few weeks and this finally gave me the incentive to figure it out! This was definitely not a fast or easy card but I'm glad I spent ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #8: Anything Goes
This is my first of two posts today...if you're looking for my post for A Blog Named Hero, please click here! This week the Christmas Card Challenge is Anything Goes! My card was created with the intent of also sharing it on the most recent Curtain Call challenge. I loved the color palette ... View Post
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #10
I created these two cards for the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge #10, Spots N Dots! I wanted one card to be a little more organized and one that was a little more free-flowing. I love the cheery, bright colors! ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #7: Santa Hats and our new Facebook group!
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