Hi Everyone. I have a very quick post for you tonight. I made a card inspired by the challenge across at Just Us Girls Isn't that just the sweetest pineapple you have ever seen? What a great carving job. I love pineapple but, very sadly, I am deadly allergic to it. Yep... you know the..... carry an Epi Pen ... allergic. So, I have to make sure to stay as far away from tropical drinks and tropical fruit salads. But, I can certainly appreciate a great piece of pineapple sculpture when I see it. :-) I started my stamping an... Read more →
June 2018
Hi Everyone. Happy Monday. I have a quick card for the Color Throwdown challenge this week. Here's the fabulous, soft, palette: I wanted to create a soft, watercoor version of this challenge. It felt really floral, but I decided I wanted to pull out an older floral stamp set from Rubbernecker. It is one of the earliest floral sets I have. I started with some watercolor paper and white heat embossed the outline images. I used some Winsor and Newton watercolor markers to color the image For the background, I was torn about what color to use. Blue? White? Green?... Read more →
IHi Everyone. Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Laurie's turn to host our 399th Paper Players challenge this week. 399 challenges! You know what that means, right? Next week is our FOUR HUNDREDTH CHALLENGE! I really hope you check out the challenge next week. It is truly an amazing challenge with some fabulous - and I mean fabulous - prizes! But, more about that next week :-) Here's the wonderful sketch that Laurie has for us this week: I have no idea why, but I decided this week was a PINK week! I know... there must be something in the air... Read more →
Hi Everyone. It's the fabulous Susan's turn to host our Addicted to CAS Challenge this week and she has a great code word for us: I decided to use my Stamping Bella - Hero Bella stamp. I colored her in the traditional blues and reds - I know, I'm an old fashioned kind of super hero girl :-) I hope you will join us and play along this week. As usual, if you are looking or some inspiration, our design team have created some fabulous cards, including our Guest Designer Cindy Chiu. There are multiple people I know right now... Read more →
HI Everyone. Happy Wednesday. I have a quick post for you tonight. I decided to play along at the "Inspired by the LIttle Things" challenge - I love the photo - pity I missed the challenge cut off.... but I couldn't help but make a card! Aren't thos stained glass feathers just gorgeous? I pulled out my old Papertrey Ink Feather Finery and decided to go with a rainbow of colors for the feathers.... although I was really tempted to go with the turquoise and reds from the inspiration photo. I had to find a way to incorporate the wonderful... Read more →