Are you as ready for spring as I am? Here's a cute little card I created as featured artist for the Elements of Style Challenge over at Pals Paper Arts today. It's hard to see but the dry embossed lines are also heat embossed with Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss powder. The sentiment is heat embossed with clear powder over … Continue reading →
Sometimes the "simple" ideas become the most time consuming. Can anyone out there relate? When I cut into this Designer's Series paper (Deck the Halls #120810), I was left with the beautiful poinsettias you see here. WOW, I thought, this would make such an easy, elegant card. But, NO, WAIT, it can't be that easy! And, it wasn't. … Continue reading →
Remember when you walked by that ONE house on Halloween? This stamp set (House of Haunts #111574) takes me back to those days. I used a couple of non-SU items I had laying around (the little buttons and the creepy spider web fibers on the left). The image was stamped with Black Craft ink on Daffodil Delight CS and then heat embossed … Continue reading →
Just when we thought it was safe to stop wearing white, WHAM! the mercury starts to creep back up again, even setting records. So, here's a little encouragement for Mother Nature to get in shape for fall. The only card stock I used was the brown (Early Espresso). Everything else was from the Autumn Spice paper pack in the Holidy … Continue reading →
Ahhh, Labor Day…. What does it mean to you? Me? Reflection. The gateway to Autumn. The official Thankful time of year for many people. The time we start to think of ways we can let special people in our lives know how much we value them. Are you feeling warm and cozy yet? What? It’s still 90 degrees+, you say? The crispness … Continue reading →