I’m thrilled to be hosting this week’s Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge – PPA307. What fun! I selected a combination of colors that could easily be used to make a patriotic card (Independence Day is just around the corner!). Still, I didn’t go the patriotic route for this card. With Night of Navy, Pool Party and Real Red as the base colors, here’s my card for this week’s challenge: And here’s the banner for the…
I’m a lucky guy! I receive lots of beautiful cards in the mail – some are to thank me, congratulate me or just say hi. While I’m not able to photograph and share all of them, I love them all the same. Well, I really, really love the ones that are filled with cash – the ones without cash are just OK. Today, I want to share a sweet-and-simple card I received from one of…
I participate in all sorts of challenges – the typical challenges are Color, Sketch, Theme and CASE the Designer. Today, I’m really going outside of “the norm” to play along with Lydia Fielder’s Mix-ability Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. The challenge? You might want to sit down for this…the challenge is to combine images from multiple animals or people to create one, brand-new creature. What fun! With a little stamping and snipping with images from Made…
I adore sweet and simple sketches. Even if I weren’t a design team member at Global Design Project, I’m certain I would play along with the wonderful sketches Teneale Williams creates for our team. I knew exactly what I’d showcase inside the circle for this week’s sketch, but the colors and papers were undefined until I sat down to create. Here’s my card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card: Tips,…
Today, I’m excited to share a super-simple and super-fun card with a super-easy recipe: it’s one part celebration and two parts “wow!”. That’s it! Oh! And I’ll show you how to use Marquee Messages in a way you might not have thought to use it. Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Marquee Messages. I’ve heard several people “swear off” Marquee Messages because they call it a “one-trick pony.” They contend that you can only…
On Tuesday, I shared a bright and cheery “sunshine is on the way” card that I completed with my local stamp club. If you missed that card, you can see it here. Today I’m featuring another card we made last weekend – along with some lessons learned that I didn’t learn until after I’d begun instructing my group how to create their project. Here’s the card we made: Tips, Tricks and Reminders That Sentiment! Who…
How do you get three blues and a red onto a card without creating a patriotic card? That was my challenge with this week’s FabFriday color challenge. Mindy chose Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point and Night of Navy for this week’s challenges – these colors look great together. I focused on the blues with a pop of red to make this fun thank you card: And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired…
I’ve been using a lot of blues lately, so I’m taking a short breather from blue to focus on orange – I’m sure I’ll be back to blues soon…errr…tomorrow…yup, tomorrow’s card is blue. Anyway…today’s clean-and-simple card was created for Mary Fish’s sketch at the Pals Paper Arts (PPA306) and Jaydee’s special 300th challenge celebration at The Paper Players (PP300). What a fun combination! Here’s my card: Does it get any cleaner and simpler than that?! …
Many of my Stampin’ Up! team members (not just those with blogs) share their gorgeous projects in our team’s Facebook community – there’s such amazing and inspiring creativity in this group! I’m always excited when my team’s blog hop rolls around, though, because I get to share some of their amazing work with you. I’m just as excited to see their projects as you are, and I am proud to share them with you. Welcome…
My amazing stamp club met on Saturday for the first time since the release of Stampin’ Up!’s 2016 Annual Catalog. While they all came with their wish lists (these ladies understand the importance of staying organized!), I couldn’t wait to share some of my favorites from the catalog with them. I incorporated a new In Color into each of their projects – what fun! Today I’m sharing the first project we completed – a completely…
