Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Laurie's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's Tic Tac Toe week! Here's Laurie's board: I went across the top: die-cut, animal, scene. I started by stamping the birds from the Robin and Wren set from The Greetery and paired that with Blooming Branch - also from The Greetery. I blended some Pool Party ink onto a piece of Neenah Solar White card stock and then die-cut the top and bottom pieces from the Oval Halfsies dies - also from The Greetery. All that was left to do was assemble the... Read more →
Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Sue's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge and this is her code word: When I saw this code word, I was wondering how I could incorporate pattern into a CAS card. Well, I thought of one of my favorite sets - Signed and Sealed from The Greetery and realized that I could use the stamps and dies to create the pattern on the flap of the envelope. Normally I spend I a lot of time trying to incorporate flowers into the envelope and spend less time on the envelope itself! Here's my card:... Read more →
Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Joanne's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has a great sketch for us: I used my favorite SU Bricks and Mortar embossing folder and paired it with a stamp sets from the Greetery called Bottled Up and Budding Beauties Spring. Here's my card: I added texture to the Misty Moonlight base layer with my Stampin' Up! Tasteful Texture embossing folder and blended some blue ink onto the Brick and Mortar layer to help bring out the embossing a little more. This card will be going off to the seniors. If... Read more →
Happy Tuesday. I spent some time in my craft room making cards for the kids at sendasmile4kids and had such fun playing with the new Snailed It set from Stampin' Up! I looked up the collective noun for a group of snails and apparently it is an escargatoire, walk or rout. I didn't think much of a title "rout of snails" for my blog and thought escargatoire just kind of flowed off the tongue! :-) Whatever you decide to call it - I have several cards to share with you tonight! For my first card, I pulled out my old... Read more →
Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Claire's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and she has the perfect theme for us: It's a perfect theme for me as we have lots of fresh snow on the ground and the world looks pretty much like the inspiration photo! I used a snowflake stencil from The Greetery to create a softly blended background for my card. I then stamped the elements from one of the stamps from the Budding Beauties Winter set - also from the Greetery. However, the stem alone just didn't feel right so I pulled a die... Read more →