A Great Color Combination

Wow is it cold!  I know Bijou wants to play when she goes out but we usually just take care of business and get back inside.  It is too cold to be out fooling around. My card today was made for the sketch challenge at Don’t Waste Your Thursday.  I really liked this sketch and wanted to create something with it.    I wanted to use some springy colors so I pulled out my color…

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Where are you from Monday?

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend.  Jess and I met my girlfriend and her daughter for lunch and a day of shopping.  We had a great time and ate some delicious food. My card today is for the challenge at Late Night Stampers.  Our challenge this week is to create a card that is a representation of where you are from.  This was easy for me as we are know for…

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Late Night Stampers Sympathy

Good Morning Ladies! I have another example for the Late Night Stampers sympathy challenge this week.  I also used another new technique from Technique Junkies.  This one is called Cling Pearls. For my design I used the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments    Here is my creation. inside of card I am off to spend the day with my best friend and my daughter.  We are going to do some shopping and then have…

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Scrapbook Saturday – Bijou

Good Morning Ladies! Well the deep freeze is back again.  I was so hoping we would not have any more bitterly cold weather but that isn’t the case.  I don’t know about you but when it is this cold I think we should have snow.  Our next chance for a tease is Tuesday or Wednesday.  We’ll see! I worked yesterday on Bijou’s scrapbook.  My completed double spread fits 2 challenges.  The Stamp-a-holics have a challenge…

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Old Blushing Plum For Everything

The end of the week is finally here! It is time for our Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge.  We have a great sketch by Melissa Hedine-Tootle.   I wanted to do something a little different with the circle element down the side so I went looking for a set that would allow me to do that.  I saw the set For Everything and knew it would work. I stamped the fan of flowers and colored them…

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Ice Crystals Background

Good Morning Ladies! My card today so the card we will make tonight in our technique class.  It is the ice crystals background.  It is a technique I learned at Technique Junkies.  It is fun and easy but I learned a few things (check out the mistake down the left hand side of the paper).  I hope you can see the crystal texture on the background.  Here is my creation. Hope you enjoyed my card. …

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