Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the talented Marie's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge this week and she has a fabulous code word for us. Vellum is a really useful tool for card makers and something that I use often to soften background DSP, jiust as I have with this card. I needed a thank you card for the most special person in my life. Someone who did something today that I could never have done, but for which I am most thankful. My darling hubby. I had this stars DSP in my stash, but it was much... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I have three more inspiration cards for you tonight and they are all very different and all Christmas. I know that you will be looking for some Christmas card inspiration right about now :-) Let's start with the first card from Sara. I love Sara's santa card. The traditional red and green color scheme works so well with the strip of Under the Tree Specialty paper. The little tipped santa hat on the sentiment adds to the whimsical feel of the card. The star embossed front layer is great... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. Hope you are all having a fabulous weekend. As we are coming up on Halloween, I thought it would be a good idea to show you the Halloween cards that I received as part of the swap and the are fabulous! Let's start with Sara's card. I love the Tee Hee Hee set and this particular sentiment makes me smile everytime I see it. In fact, I keep thinking I need to make that the sentiment on my business card at work sometimes :-) Back to Sara's card. I love the fact that Sara used the... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Ann's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has a wonderful color challenge for us. The minute I saw these colors I knew that I had to bring out my Partridge and Pears stamp set. They just seemed perfect to use with that set :-) I started by stamping the tree image in black and then took my my markers and my blending pen. I really LOVE coloring this image. It is so incredibly relaxing it because you have to focus very hard to make sure you don't color... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday. Well, I promised to share a little more inspiration from the swap that I participated in. Tonight's cards feature a stamp set and framelits that were not on my list, so I'm really pleased that they were part of the swap so that I can show you some cards made with it. Here's the link to the set on SU Wondrous Wreath bundle. Let's start with a bright and shiny - and you know I always love bright and shiny! - card from Mercedes. I love the silver Joy and how it is emphasized with the... Read more →