stamps: seahorse by A Muse; Warm Words by Stampin’ Up!; paper: unknown white cardstock; ink: VersaMagic wheat, lulu lavender, sea breeze, aloe vera, pixie dust; Brilliance starlight silver; other: stardust Gelly Roll pen There was a lot of inspiration to be had in this week’s EtsyInspired challenge shop: Mermaid’s Tears Jewelry. So much beautiful sea [...]
I’ve been trying some new tricks in my cards lately in an effort to broaden my paper crafting horizons. Last week, Paper Crafts started showing off their new special issue, Card Style, and had me itching to branch out. The issue breaks down into four general styles: Fun and Cute, Clean and Graphic, Shabby and [...]
I’ve been stamping a lot lately. Partly because I’m making more time to get into the office and partly because I’ve been so inspired by the challenges out there in the blogosphere. Here are just a few that I’ve made for challenges in the last week. Click on any of the pictures below to get [...]
This is just a simple little card that I created for the I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and this month’s A Muse Lounge Challenge: Taking Off Some Layers. For once, it turned out exactly the way I sketched it. I’m all kinds of in love with the stamp [...]
I’m usually full of ideas. More than I know what to do with, actually. Crafting time is at a premium with a toddler around, so most end up fading from memory before I’m able to act on them. For years I’ve been sketching card ideas, sewing projects, scrapbook layouts, journaling, and creating materials lists in [...]
There’s real irony in my creating thank you cards since they don’t make it into the mail as often as they should. I even bought a book to help me write better letters and notes. While it’s loaded with nice sentiments and advice for expressing my gratitude, it doesn’t help me actually sit down to [...]
I think I mentioned earlier this week that my favorite stamp company, A Muse, is celebrating their ninth anniversary. For nine days the design team, instructors, and fans are celebrating with sneak peeks, challenges, and trips down memory lane. I’ve enjoyed the sneak peeks so far. The floral images are pretty, but the Vintage A [...]
I mentioned that I was able to spend a little time stamping last weekend. I was finally able to create something specifically for this month’s A Muse Lounge challenge: create a card with something “cut out” on it. This little card, with a soft color scheme inspired by Emily, has a little bit of paper [...]
I can’t say enough good things about the night of stamping put together by the folks at A Muse. The organizers always come up with challenges that inspire without restricting our styles or preferences. With just 30 minutes to complete each card, you really have to think on your feet. It forces me not to [...]
The final challenge, from Geeta, was to create a card for a mother in your life. Any mom. So I’m going with the newest mother I know, my little sister. (Barbie, stop looking if you want the mail next month to be a surprise!) She’ll be an awesome mom by mid-May, so I wanted an [...]
