There was a midweek challenge on Our Creative Corner this week. You had to create a card using the vintage values technique. This is a really cool technique and was a bit easier than I thought. The entire technique reminds me of cards that Michelle creates. While Michelle uses the brayer to create her effects, this technique uses a sponge. I did have to modify my technique as when I sponged toward the center I wasn’t getting…
The ladies at Our Creative Corner have some interesting challenges. This week they had a sketch challenge. I have been on a misson to use up some of my designer series paper and this sketch was perfect for it. The Simply Spooky Designer Paper from The Angel Company has some really wild paper in it. I have been challenged to use it and combine it with others as it is not necessarily my style. I choose…
I have been doing the Penny Black challenges for a few weeks and this week the challenge was to make an ATC. This is right up my alley as I have participated in a monthly ATC swap for over a year. I thought it would be fun to have the little hedgehog running in the leaves. Well when I looked at my sister’s stamps, she did not have one with leaves. She did however have…
I was in Michael’s and they had their Halloween ribbon on sale. I picked up a bunch as I am always looking for ribbon at a good price, besides I always buy my ribbon on sale during the holidays so I have some to put away and use the next year. I find I like that ribbon better than the first release of ribbon for the holiday. I found this ribbon (it is really called…
While looking yesterday for directions/patterns for card boxes and cards I ran across this cute box that fits 3 x 3 cards. It was really easy to make and I was able to put 4 cards and envelopes inside. It has been a lot of fun creating yesterday’s box and today’s. I was able to use up some of my scraps of paper. I love it when I can do that as I have so much!!!!!!…
I am sorry this post is so late. I have had some fun this afternoon with several sketch challenges and my Halloween stamps . I have made quite a few cards that I will share with you over the next few days. The first card I made was for Taylor’s sketch challenge. I loved the layout and while I don’t have cupcakes I knew I needed some more Halloween cards to send out so I…
