Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Ann's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's color week. Once again I am using the Floral Friendship set from Gina K that I bought with my gift certificate from a challenge I won at Time Out. I just love this set. For tonight's card I paired it with a stencil I made from the Outline Heart die from Waffle Flower. Here's a sneak peek: I must admit when I first saw these colors I wasn't sure of them but, when I pulled out my Copic Markers to match the colors... Read more →
Happy Friday. It's another INSPO challenge across at FestiveFriday this week and we are celebrating a day I can absolutely get behind! For my card I used the Cheers set from Pinkfresh Studio. Here's a sneak peek: And here is our INSPO list for this week. As a reminder, you don't have to follow the holiday theme for our challenge. You just need to choose at least 3 items from our INSPO list and include those in your project. For my card, I stamped, used the matching stencils to color the elements and then die-cut and arranged them. For the... Read more →
Happy Thursday. It is my absolute pleasure to join the fabulously talented team across at Time Out for their challenge #288. I entered their challenge back in March with this card and was chosen as the winner for that week. As part of that, I was lucky enough to win a gift certificate to Gina K - you'll be seeing those cards soon - and also a spot as a Guest Designer for their challenge #288. I recently purchased the fun Space Friends by Simon Hurley and decided it was THE perfect set for the Time Out Challenge. Here's a... Read more →
Happy Sunday. It's the fabulous Joanne's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week - and it's a fun theme! The theme inspired me to bring out an old stamp set from Alexandra Renke and pair it with a brand new stencil called Two Step Chevron from Waffle Flower. Here's a sneak peek: Oh and here's the theme! So, my something old was the tea themed stamp set from Alexandra Renke. I stamped the background image of rosehips and then stamped and fussy cut the teapot and mug. The little teabag was a die, so I cut that out... Read more →
Happy Saturday It's the fabulous Ceal's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge this week and her code word inspired me to bring out a very old set from The Greetery called Pinwheel Party. As it is a clean and simple challenge, I kept it just that. A single image and a sentiment! Here's a sneak peek: And here is Ceal's code word for our challenge: I used the Pinwheel Party Stencils and matching dies to create the pinwheel. The sentiment was heat set with both gold and silver embossing powders to add a little interest. I popped the... Read more →