Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. I have a quick post for you tonight. It's the fabulous Anja's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge and she has a great code word for us. As a member of the McDonald clan (on my mother's side) this code word has a great amount of meaning for me :-) Isn't that a fun codeword? I think so :-) If you choose to play along with us this week and are lucky enough to be chosen as our winner, our fabulous sponsor - createasmile has a great prize. Our design team have created some... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Wednesday. I hope you are all having a great week so far. Me? I am so looking forward to the weekend :-) I created another card using my new Stamp of Approval set. The Enchanted Garden set is from Sugar Pea Designs and I noticed that they were having a sketch challenge and that this new set would be perfect for it. Although the set comes with dies, I decided to fussy cut the flowers instead. I know it takes longer, but I do find it relaxing and very satisfying to do some fussy-cutting! Here's the sketch:... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Tuesday. Now... that blog title is a mouthful! But it was the only way I could describe the stamps I used for tonight's card. I saw this great sketch across at retrosketches and immediately had an idea of how I could use it I was looking for some color inspiration and saw this fabulous color challenge across at As You See It It was the elements across the bottom that got me thinking. I had decided to indulge myself and participate in the Stamp of Approval quarterly stamp collection. I had never heard of this until about... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Sunday. Hope you are all having a great weekend so far. It's the fabulous Claire's turn to host our Paper Players challenge and she has a wonderful sketch for us. It gave me an opportunity to pair some beautiful DSP with my new favorite flower set :-) Here's the sketch: Isn't that a great sketch? I have some more ideas on how to use it, too. I wanted to go with CAS and softer, more muted colors to match the DSP. I used my Copic Markers to find colors that were similar to the background papers. Here's... Read more →
Hi Everyone. Happy Thursday Quick card for you tonight for the fabulous sketch across at CaseThisSketch It's a really versatile sketch and I decided to use my new Doodle Buds stamp set from WPlus9 again. I really do love this set and it's perfect to create a bouquet of flowers, with luscious, yummy neon colors for Summer. This will be going to my colleague who is at home having chemotherapy. I wanted to send her a note letting her know that we missed her and were thinking about her. I think the bright colors are perfect for her. I'd also... Read more →