This week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge gave me the opportunity to combine several items that have been sitting on my “need to do this” and “need to use this” lists for quite some time. This week’s square sketch (although the final project doesn’t have to be square) gave me the perfect foundation and inspiration I needed to make this 5″ x 5″ card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:…
Last week I popped over to Candy Ford’s house and interrupted one of her monthly club meetings. What fun! Candy is a super-talented member of my InKing Royalty team, and today I’m excited to share one of the handouts from her class with you. At each place setting, Candy had set out a little box of treat. But the candy wasn’t the best part of the treat – the box, itself, was quite a treat! …
I love any opportunity to make a super-clean card that showcases one of the many beautiful pages of our Designer Series Papers. This week’s Can You Case It sketch gave me a wonderful opportunity to showcase this Christmas tree page from Merry Moments Designer Series Paper. Love it! Here’s my card: And here’s the sketch for this week’s Can You Case It? sketch that inspired my card. When you are done reading my blog post…
Last week’s debut of the Global Design Project was absolutely amazing. Not only were there fireworks, parade drums to accompany the around-the-world celebrations, but LOTS of talented paper crafters played along with the challenge. What an amazing turnout! As it so happens, the non-seasonal color combination of Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette and So Saffron was quite the hit. With all the participants, the gallery was filled with gorgeous, soft projects. Kudos, all, and congratulations to…
I love to color – there are times when I really want to zone in on all the details and color every nook and cranny, but there are other times when I’m happy with ease and efficiency. Today I’m sharing a video that shows a few ways you can achieve great coloring effects with a Blender Pen. I hope you enjoy my video: In summary, here are the three styles of coloring with a…
During Wednesday’s Pal Blog Hop, I shared a Bear Hugs & Kisses card I made with several items in Stampin’ Up!’s 2015 Holiday Catalog. In case you missed it, you can read the entire post here. Here’s the card I shared with you during the hop: Here’s what you didn’t know earlier this week – once I glued down all the elements of this card, I was not happy with it. The balance didn’t seem…
Sometimes a simple sketch can inspire the entire card in your mind’s eye. The moment I saw Jen Mitchell’s super-clean design for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I knew immediately which images and colors I’d use to recreate this fun sketch. I only made a few edits to my original concept – I’m talking about those changes in my post. Let’s start with my card: And here’s Jen’s sketch that inspired my card: So,…
This week’s Pals Paper Arts challenge feels like a bit of a curve-ball – and I absolutely love it! Crushed Curry, Pool Party and Tangerine Tango – so bright and cheery. I really, really wanted to make something with products from Stampin’ Up!’s 2015 Holiday Catalog, but what? I was quite stubborn – kicking and screaming and pouting and … “I don’t know what to … OH! I know!” And here’s the card I made…
Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for September. This month we are showing off our favorite new products from the new Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. We hope you enjoy our projects! You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs, number 12 on the Pals Hop. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so…
The colors for this week’s Can You Case It? challenge really appeal to my Autumn-loving heart – browns, blues and yellows – how could this combination of colors NOT make you want to curl up with a blanket and a warm cup of tea? I love them together and couldn’t wait to sit down and make my project. Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for this week’s Can You Case It color challenge that…
