I took a little creative license with this week’s Freshly Made Sketches layout – and I hope Jen Mitchell approves. When I saw Jen’s super-simple sketch, I knew exactly what I would make. I decided on colors and immediately got to work on this card. By the end, though, I had flipped the sketch around and moved some things around. You can still see Jen’s sketch there…if you squint and stand back from your screen…
Even though Easter Lamb, one of the new stamps in Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Occasions Catalog, might seem to be limited to Easter projects, this sweet lamb is really quite versatile. For today’s card, this lamb pops in to play “peek-a-boo” with a new baby girl. All decked out with a big pink bow, how adorable is she? Tips, Tricks and Reminders Easter Lamb. I mean, really. How sweet is this little lamb? I heat embossed…
I hopped right to Easter for this week’s Pals Paper Arts color challenge. Lynn Hoyt is this week’s Featured Designer at PPA, and she chose Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Night of Navy for this week’s challenge. Love it! I drew inspiration from Lynn and Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Catalog to finish my Springy card. Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders From a Wreath…
An idea popped into my head this past weekend that I am excited to share with you. The unique thing about this idea is that it originally popped into my head in March of 2014. I created a fun, floral card for you then. Today, I’m using smiley faces from Hello (a stamp set that’s available during Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Sale-a-Bration). Same concept with different colors and images. Yippee! Here’s my card: And here’s the…
Before I jump into today’s super-fun card, I want to thank Sandy Mathis, designer extraordinaire for the Paper Players, for selecting my Fabulous Four birthday card (you can see that card here) as A Cut Avoe over at the Paper Players. Thanks, Sandy. Selecting my card is a testament to your keen eye and amazing sense of style. 🙂I love when I can create a card with more than one online challenge. I knew what…
I always love the “CASE the Designer” challenges at thse Global Design Project. It’s always such an honor to pay homage to fellow designers and friends. While I’ve not met Michelle Last, a super-talented and successful demonstrator in the UK, I’ve developed a great online friendship with her. I’m excited that I can CASE one of Michelle’s cards for this week’s challenge. Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for this week’s Global Design Project…
Yesterday I shared a sweet “missing you” card. I had so much fun coloring and stamping the image of the bench on a hill that I thought I would share that with you today in a video. I filmed a fun video to show several “altenative” techniques for stamping this scene with the Happy Home stamp and my Stampin’ Write Markers. I experimented with these techniques in this video – trying them for the first…
Since I first received Happy Happenings at the release of Stampin’ Up!’s 2016-2017 Annual Catalog, I’ve been itching to use the pairing of the “Me? Miss you? Only all the time” sentiments. I needed the right colors and right image to pair them with – and I found it! Yippee! Today I’m excited to finally showcase this wonderful sentiment, paired with the sweet image from Happy Home. Here’s my card: I mean, really. How sweet…
Mindy Backes created a fun Fab Friday sketch for us this week that includes several elements I don’t usually embrace (they just aren’t in my wheelhouse) – banners and buttons. Still, I enjoyed working with them and loved making them work for me. Mindy’s challenge allowed me to delve into even more uncomfortable territory, which I loved. More on that later. Let’s start with my card: And here’s the banner for this week’s Fab Friday…
Amy Lazzell created a fun sketch for us this week at Pals Paper Arts. I immediately knew I wanted to showcase one of the beautiful prints from one of this year’s amazing Sale-a-Bration selections – Wildflower Fields Designer Series Paper. I pulled the colors from this paper to make this sweet card that’s perfect for almost any celebration. Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for Amy’s challenge that inspired my card: Tips, Tricks and…
