Happy Wednesday! I am working on random stampy things and I needed a bit of a break! The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches caught my eye today – Conveniently, I have new stamps sitting on my desk! This gem took (believe it or not,) several attempts! Sometimes, simple, elegant cards are harder than they… [Read More]
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Stocking Up On The Love
Happy Sunday! I decided to play around with the Tag Buffet stamp set today. I was inspired by this sketch at Freshly Made Sketches – I just love this layout! I went with a cutesy Christmas card – I stamped the five stocking in Basic Gray and colored each with Blends. Then the fun began… [Read More]
Curvy Christmas
Hello Wednesday! Hello playing with new stuff today! This is a perk of being a demonstrator – you can do this just as a hobby you know – getting to order stuff before everyone else does! The Curvy Celebrations product line consists of two stamps, one set of dies, and Designer Series Paper. Here, I used… [Read More]
Thanks
Happy last day of September! Wait, what? Last. Day. Of. September. Shaking my head as the time is just flying by! Tuesday, September 29 was National Coffee Day, yes, apparently that is a thing! So, this week I’m featuring coffee. Today, I liked the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – I went with a bit… [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin Trio
Happy Friday, happy Freshly Made Friday! I have a sweet Paper Pumpkin card inspired by Freshly Made Sketches today! The latest Paper Pumpkin kit is just filled with wonderful things to create with! Here is the kit contents – I don’t really need treat holders, but, I can create cards using them! Look at this… [Read More]
Enjoy
Hello! I hope today finds you in a creative mood! Perhaps you need a little inspiration? I got mine today from Freshly Made Sketches – Simply a lovely sketch! How about creating with a persnickety cat? I managed to do just that! I initially fussy cut the cat and die cut the circle of… [Read More]
Faith
Hello Friday! What a week it has been. I created this card on Wednesday, but had trouble posting it. Simple. Serene. Mood invoking. Wednesday was the funeral for my brother. I planned his memorial. I spoke at his service. I needed the courage to speak. So I created a card for myself, yes, me. And,… [Read More]
Hi, Dinoroar
Oh, todays post sort of takes me back! I used to have Freshly Made Fridays! In my early days of card making and card challenges, Freshly Made Sketches was always a go-to for me. This week, their challenge is this, a retro challenge from back in the day – I looked to see if I… [Read More]
Hello, My Peeps
Happy Sunday! I decided to play around with this Basket Bunch Bundle from the Occasion Mini catalog. I didn’t get too far in playing because I stopped with these little cuties! You’ll understand….. I get weekly updates from Freshly Made Sketches. It was my first sketch challenge to follow and play around with. I still… [Read More]
Easter Joy
Simple. Serene. That is my post for today. One last Easter share. I made this cards for Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week. The photograph after several attempts turned out not so good. I’m thinking it’s because the card is predominately Barely Banana, which is sort of a washed out color. Perfect Easter color though. The size is a note card, 3 1/2 x… [Read More]
Good Luck
Need a little luck? This sweet little number was made to send to one of my daughters who could always use a ‘good luck’ wish during these college midterms and finals. To get my creativity going, I combined two challenges this week. I used Nacho Average Challenge for the colors and Freshly Made Sketches for the layout. They both… [Read More]
Freshly Made Fridays, #26
Ah, getting into some more card designing. I have my Card Buffet next weekend, so I am still creating cards. Will this one make the buffet? I wanted to incorporate either Sale-A-Bration products or the Occasions Mini Catalog. The Occasions Mini won out. I went with the Twitterpated DSP, Mixed Bunch, and Blossom Punch. My design… [Read More]
Freshly Made Fridays, #24
Finally. After lots of interruptions. I decided to make playing along with this weeks Freshly Made Sketch challenge a priority. Last week, I was busy preparing and cutting and cutting and more cutting for my card buffet. It, literally, was not in the cards for me to participate. Although, last week was a really cool… [Read More]
Freshly Made Fridays, #22
So it’s Friday and I have a card to share. See – I just pulled a card base, and looked through my drawers of paper to find just the right size to go with my DSP. Love this punch, so I had to try that too. And, YES, it cut/punched through the preprinted window sheet!… [Read More]
Freshly Made, Mondays
I was really excited when I saw this weeks challenge on Freshly Made Sketches – I went through all my scraps because I knew I wanted to use this retired DSP. I just did not know what I wanted to pair it with. This is what I came up with – A birthday card, a late birthday… [Read More]
Freshly Made, Mondays
I decided to try another card challenge from Freshly Made – And my attempt – Yes, I used the same Spice Cake DSP ad last week….but, Thanksgiving is almost here and I wanted to make a few cards to mail out and I just love this paper……. This will be the one. It is simple. It is monochromatic…. [Read More]
Freshly Made, Monday Sketch
Ok, so I’m going to try my hand at a ‘SKETCH’ challenge. This one is from Freshly Made Sketches. Here is the challenge – And, here is my take on the sketch – Not too bad for my first try. It is simple. But, I like it. It has a lot of dimension and height. Supplies. Day… [Read More]
