Welcome to the Pals Blog Hop for April. To celebrate Earth Day, this month we are showcasing projects that feature recycled, re-purposed, or earthy/recycling themed elements. You may just be starting the blog hop or may have come from #22 on the Pals Hop, Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you…
In the long-standing tradition of Simple Saturday, I have a quick-and-easy card to share with you today. OK, so maybe a couple of months doesn’t count as a long-standing tradition, but I’m working on it. 🙂 Today’s card features items from Stampin’ Up!’s Kaleidoscope Suite of products available in the Occasions Catalog. I used this card in one of my workshops two weeks ago, and today I am happy to share it with you. Here’s…
I have worked with Cheryl for several years. She is always so good about quietly recognizing people’s birthdays – a card here, a cookie there. I admire that because I can’t ever seem to get it together to obey the birthday list I created late last year. Terrible me. Cheryl asked me for a birthday card for a one-year old girl. The request was “girly girly.” Lucky for me, her request for a card coordinates…
If I were forced to pick my favorite color combination (and who would really have to force me to pick one, anyway?), I’d have to say that it’s currently Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Whisper White. So vibrant, so joyful, so beautiful. When I saw the simple sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week, I immediately knew I’d be playing around with this color combination. Here’s my card: And here’s Jen Mitchell’s sketch for this…
Yipee Doodle Dee! I’m happy to announce the first One-for-One card swap on 2014! If you have never participated in one of my card swaps before, now’s your chance. You don’t have to make 20 cards or 10 cards or even 5 cards. You just make one card and mail it to me. In return, you’ll soon receive another card in the mail. You won’t be disappointed. Here’s how it works: You mail the following…
Today’s project took some unexpected twists and turns to land on the project I am sharing with you. The inspiration for today’s card is a combination of two online challenges: a sketch from The Paper Players and a color combination by Dynamic Duos. Before I share my card, I want to thank Julie Gearinger for selecting my entry as last week’s Dynamo. What an honor to be selected from such a gorgeous collection of cards! …
Yesterday, I shared this card – a rainbow of Petite Petal Punch flowers. I was excited by all the positive feedback I received from this clean-and-simple card. Thanks so much! I was more excited because I knew (and you didn’t) that I recorded a video with some tips and tricks about replicating some of the elements of this card. Today, I’m sharing the video I made over the weekend. I hope you enjoy it! If…
Happy Monday! It was a wet and dreary Sunday in Atlanta, so I was super-excited to see the weekly challenges from The Paper Players and Friday Mashup. The Paper Players Team challenges us to make a Clean-and-Simple Spring-themed card, and Friday Mashup Team challenges us to make a project with rainbows or rainbow colors, a sketch or both – I chose the rainbow colors and then mashed them up with the Spring challenge. Here’s your…
Today’s card features two of the amazing items available during Sale-a-Bration 2014 – Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper and You’re Lovely Stamp Set. It seems like Sale-a-Bration just started, but it’s soon going to be over – make sure you gather up all the freebies you need between now and March 31. This has been a friendly reminder from your friendly Stampin’ Up! Independent Demonstrator. You’re welcome. 🙂 Without any further ado, Dynamic Duo has…
The word “hooray” has a very special energy about it. Who says, “I am going to sweep the front porch – hooray” or “I have acne – hooray”? No one. The special word is only used when something amazing is happening. “It’s your birthday – hooray” or “I just got a new job – hooray.” Energy. A word like “hooray” deserves a background with an equivalent intensity – that’s where this full-of-energy piece of Designer…
