I’m honored to be the Guest Stamper on Mary Fish’ blog today, “Stampin’ Pretty“. With Memorial Day upon us, it was easy to decide on the theme. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is the day we honor men and women who gave their lives in military service. I had no idea that it was started to honor soldiers that died … Continue reading →
If you're up for a challenge, head on over to Pals Paper Arts today. Try your hand at designing a card with the sketch shown here. Sketches are great if you're short on time or inspiration. When was the last time you crafted just for the fun of it? You can even win some blog candy. Come on, I dare ya, hop … Continue reading →
Welcome to the May PALS Hop! This month, we’re featuring Father’s Day and Graduation projects for your inspiration! You’ve likely hopped over from Nina Dee, www.deesignsbyninadee.blogspot.com. I’m stop number 6 on the PALS HOP and I’m glad you hopped in! I’ll help you “hop along” from blog to blog where you’ll find great ideas for paper crafted creations from the Stampin’ … Continue reading →
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 →