Stampin! with Jaydee

Honey Bee for Addicted to CAS #179

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Raga's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge this week and this is her code word: Now... this was an interesting challenge as symmetry can have multiple meanings. For me, I went with "correct or pleasing proportion of the parts of a thing". The wonderful thing about about a honeycomb is the symmetry.. There is something very pleasing about it. So, I used that as the background and added a trifecta of bees :-) Here's my card: I hope you will join us this week. We can't wait to see what you... Read more →

Cardinal Christmas for Addicted to CAS #169

Hi Everyone. Happy Saturday. It's the fabulous Toni's turn to host our Addicted to CAS challenge this week and she has a code word that is completely and utterly up my alley:-) As usual, the design team have created some fabulous inspiration for you - including our guest designer the wonderful Vicky Hayes There were so many ways I could have gone with this challenge, but I decided to use my Stampin' Up! Christmas Toile set. In fact, this was the first time that I had colored this image and, for those of you who follow my blog, you will... Read more →

Christmas Cardinal for Freshly Made Sketches Anniversary

Hi Everyone. Happy Friday. I don't know about you, but I am over the moon that it is Friday! For the past couple of weeks I have been unable to join in the fun and celebrate Freshly Made Sketches 400th anniversary. I've really wanted to play with the fun retro sketches - such a cool idea, by the way! FMS is one of my favorite challenges and one of my always go to places for sketches everytime I craft. So, congratulations ladies on celebrating 400 sketches and thank you all for your hard work and amazing inspiration every week. Here's... Read more →

Gerda Steiner Happy Snowman for Freshly Made Sketches #386

Hi Everyone. Greetings from a warm and sunny (FINALLY) Minnesota. The temperature today is an outstanding 71 degrees and the sun is shining brightly. I know it won't stay that way for longer than today - but I intend to enjoy it for all that it is worth :-) I did get to spend a little time in my craft room today. I needed to make a card for the Paper Players challenge tonight and I went looking for a sketch. I found this great sketch across at . I love this sketch, but I couldn't get it to work... Read more →

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi Everyone. Happy Friday. I don't know about y'all, but I am SO HAPPY that it's the weekend. It's been a long... snowy... and cold week! (-40F again this morning!) I made a card for a couple of challenges The Card Concept and AAA Cards. I recently purchased a new Penny Black stamp called Christmas Wishes and I have Terese from lostinpaper to blame for this! She made some of the sweetest cards with this image - check out this video. I totally fell in love with this stamp when I saw it being used - so my inspiration for... Read more →