Don’t know about you but our weather has been chilly this week. It is May and we are supposed to have nice warm weather. Not sure where it is but I hope it comes back soon. We have a color challenge this week. The colors for this challenge were from the Subtles collection and for some reason they were a real challenge for me. I decided to find a sketch challenge and maybe that would…
Good Morning Ladies! Did everyone have a good weekend? I was very lazy but played quite a bit. I managed to get several cards made as well as I painted my bird houses for my sunroom. We have a great challenge at Late Night Stampers this week. You are to use at least 3 embellishments on you card. This challenge is right up my alley. I decided to see what other challenges I could combine…
Good Morning Ladies! It has been a while since I had worked on bijou’s scrapbook so I thought I would do another double page spread. A year ago she had to have knee surgery. These are pics of her when I brought her home. left side of layout right side of layout I have to cut my grass today. Would rather play in my craft room but if I don’t cut it Bijou will be…
Good Morning! I want to share another card that we will make in our workshop this month. I was inspired by a card I saw on Mary Brown’s blog. I loved how she used the new Blossom Bouquet triple layer punch and thought it would be a good one to use for a twisted easel card. I made my first card but just was not happy with it. I decided to sleep on it…
It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Stampers! Do you have some plans for the weekend? I hope it includes some time to spend stamping. We have a great sketch today. This one was created by Ros Davidson. When I saw this I immediately thought of a stamped panel, a panel of patterned paper, and some embossed panels. When I started creating I went in an entirely different direction. I pulled out my Greenhouse Gala paper and I wanted…
Good Morning Ladies! Here is the second card I will use in my workshop next week. I used the sketch challenge from The Paper Players I wanted to use the new Flower Garden embossing folder. I tried several different ways to use it. I embossed it on Poppy but did not like that. I tried using markers to color the raised areas but did not like that. I thought maybe it would be better if…
