This week’s color challenge for the Pals Paper Arts offers an odd (but gorgeous) collection of colors: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral. Try to say that five times fast. While these colors are perfectly suited for a Fall-themed card, I decided to ground them in Christmas. I do love non-traditional Christmas colors, so I was game to give these a try. Here’s my card for this week’s challenge: And here’s the banner for…
With today’s project, I’m playing along with two Fall-themed challenges: a Fall-Themed Designer’s Choice challenge at Can You Case It? and a Fall Thank You Cards challenge at The Paper Players. Now that I’ve got you on the edge of your seat, waiting for the most leaf-caressed and twig-distressed project, I must confess that my card doesn’t showcase any Fall-themed products. Instead the colors I used, along with the rustic sentiment, make this card feel…
Not only are there Framelits that coordinate with specific Stampin’ Up! stamps, but there are great collections of shapes (circles, ovals, squares) that can be used to create great layers or borders on our cards. With yesterday’s project for the Global Design Project shared a unique layering with Lots of Labels Framelits (you can see the original post here). I created a video to walk you through the easy steps to recreate this fun image…
This week’s Color Challenge from the Global Design Project offers a gorgeous collection of 2015-2017 In Colors – Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron and Watermelon Wonder. What a beautiful assortment! You have a neutral color and subtle color and a bright color. I played around with shapes while I played around with these colors and had a lot of fun making this 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card: And here’s the banner for this week’s Global Design…
I love when an idea plays out on paper the way I dreamed it would in my head. While thinking about ways to convey winter on paper, I challenged myself to create the appearance of frost on a window pane. Hmmm…I searched over my stamps looking for tiny snowflakes or textures that could offer the look I was going for. I was about to give up when I came across the thatched background from the…
Is it really October 31?!? Where did the rest of the year go? Happy Halloween! 🙂 Today I’m sharing a fun, festive card that uses several set from this year’s Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. While two of these sets are almost exclusive to Halloween, the third set will be used for several more projects this year. Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Creating a Scene. There’s a special feeling when you combine a few…
Since it first arrived on my doorstep a couple of months ago, I’ve been excited to use the Night of Navy snowflakes paper from the Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper. Love it! Distressed and faded in parts, I wasn’t sure how I’d use it – I just knew I wanted to play around with it. This week’s Fab Friday sketch challenge gave me the opportunity to play around with this great paper to make…
Yesterday I shared some information about one of my all-time favorite project kits – Stampin’ Up!’s Oh What Fun Tag Project Kit. If you missed that post, please check it out here. I really enjoyed putting together these tags and think they’ll be a wonderful addition to my Christmas gift-giving. They’d even make quite a display on a small Christmas tree. Or three kits could fill up a large Christmas tree – maybe I need…
Of all the paper crafting activities, I most enjoy designing and making cards. I don’t make a lot of 3-D projects, and I mostly stay away from home decor (no judgement against those types of projects – they just aren’t typically “my thing”). I enjoy completing some of Stampin’ Up!’s project kits and Paper Pumpkin kits, but I live for making cards. This past weekend, I pulled up to my craft table to complete the…
I shared a really fun card with you yesterday, a project for the Global Design Project that was inspired by a Kylie Bertucci card. In case you missed it, you can read more about that project here. Here’s the project I shared: Yesterday, I talked about the layout and color choices for this card. Today, I am focusing my discussion on the stamped image in the center of the big, white circle. I love that…
