Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday. I have a quick card for you tonight, as well as some photos of the progress on the house. It's been a hectic week - as you can imagine! Now, you all know that Poppy Parade will be retiring with the new Stampin' Up! catalog - so I decided it was time to let it have a little moment in the spotlight. It isn't my favorite color - but whilst I was thinking about it, I realized it was actually more of a favorite that I think. Cos... I know for sure I never use Calypso... Read more →
Hi Everyone. A very quick post for you tonight! I found a great new challenge site - retrosketches and this fabulous sketch! I couldn't wait to play along. Of course, it meant that I had to pack a box to compensate for spending time making a card!!!! I used another new stamp set that I recently received - The Perfect Blend. I thought that the topic was perfect with Early Espresso textured card stock and ink. Here's the sketch...... And here is my take on the sketch.... it was only as I was loading the card on my blog that... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Monday This is going to be a very quick post tonight. It's 9.30 and I haven't gotten everything done that I needed to do. Ever have one of those days? I know you have!!! I saw a great challenge across at CAS-ualfridays this week. Pairing black with pastels..... well.... I love Pool Party and think that it is a very subdued and muted shade of turquoise... a very pastel color. I also think it works fabulously with black. I needed a sketch to go with the great color scheme - and looked no further than cleanandsimplestamping. It... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. The fabulous Ann has a wonderful sketch for us all this week. The design team cooked up a tremendous variety of inspiration cards for you this week. I love the fact that each of us interprets the sketch in our own way - and we can't wait to see what you all do with this challenge. So don't forget to pop along and play with us - and also pop along to the design team members blogs and check out the details they have on their cards. For my card, I used a new set that... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. Generally on Saturday night I reveal my Paper Players card. However, I haven't even started that yet! We left very early for the new house this morning and have only just gotten back. I am thinking that as we still have to go shopping and prepare dinner - I might not get that card made tonight, either! However, we did have an AWESOME visit at the new house. In fact, we really didn't want to leave. We kept saying, well, I suppose we had better go.... and then walked around a little more.... repeating this for... Read more →