Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday. Hope you are all having a great week. Us? Well, it's been close to -30 with windchill and we are prepping for the next storm, along with much of the rest of the country! The challenge across at cas-ual fridays this week is to create a clean and simple card using black and white and 1 other color. Well, I couldn't wait to take up that challenge. I had purchased a super cool embossing folder this weekend. I was in buying a copic marker and this embossing folder was at the checkout calling my name! Honestly,... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Monday night. Hope you all had a great start to the week. I have a very quick card for you tonight. Literally, it was incredibly quick to make. I saw this fabulous sketch across at casethissketch and knew that it would be very adaptable. I also knew immediately what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to create a one-layer card with lots of interest. I always find one layer cards difficult, but was inspired after attending the onelinecardclasses clean and simple 2 class. One entire lesson was on one layer cards. Here's the sketch: Recently,... Read more →
Funday Sunday
17 February 2013
Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. Well, tonight is the drawing for the blog candy offered up in this post. All of you who left comments on my posts for the last week were entered into the draw. The more times you commented, the more times you were entered into the draw :-) I then randomly assigned each winner a number and numbered each of the blog candy goodies. Each number chosen was put into a little bucket and Lou chose the numbers. The numbers were then assigned to the blog candy. Still following me? :-) Anyway, here are the lucky winners:... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. The fabulously talented Anne Marie has a great challenge for us at the Paper Players this week. A CAS baby card featuring buttons and bows! I decided to download the Baby Steps digital stamp from Stampin' Up! and have a little fun with it. I also decided not to create a boy card, or a girl card, but a card that could be used for either. Grey and yellow were my color scheme. Sizing and coloring the elephants is a breeze in MDS. I used some So Saffron Patterns Paper and So Saffron and Basic Gray... Read more →
Hi Everyone Quick post tonight! I made this card for the simply less is more challenge and then missed the deadline! I bet that never happens to any of you! The challenge was a create a one layer card featuring music. Well, I have this fabulous stamp set from PTI called in the meadow. I have a music embossing folder... the two just seemed to go together :-) here's my card: Now, I bet you are going to be singing that for a little while tonight :-) I did want to leave you with a photo of our snowcapped mushrooms.... Read more →