Vintage Friend

Did you miss me yesterday?  I was so busy on Friday getting ready for my Christmas stamp-a-stack that I did not get a chance to make a card to post yesterday.  I did however get into my craft room yesterday afternoon and played some. My card today was made with a special friend in mind.  I have lots of special friends but this one has been a friend for over 30 years and because we…

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Pink, Pink, Pink – Are you tired of it yet?

Well it is the end of the week.  Do you have some plans for the weekend?  I have finished all my projects for the Royal Blog Tour.  I now have to work on getting my post ready to go.  I have to have it finished by tonight.  Wish me luck! My card today uses pink again (am I beginning to sound like a broken record?) for the challenge at Late Night Stampers.  I also used…

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Chocolate Baroque

As you read this we are busy working on our second set of Christmas cards.  When the ladies finish, they will have 20 cards completed and ready to be mailed. My card began with the color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations. I combined it with a sketch challenge I found at Butternut Sage Designs.  I did not make the deadline before the upload expired. I thought it would be fun to take the 3 panels…

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A Little Different

    I am so excited about this weekend.  I have no plans or appointments so that means I can play all weekend.  I am going to be casual all weekend and have fun. I played some last night to make a card to post for today.  I started with the color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments    I combined it with the sketch challenge at Funky Friday Craft Challenges This is a new blog I…

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Vintage case

It’s Thursday!  Can you believe this week is almost over?  The days just fly by. As a Stampin’ Up demonstrator I have access to a website where other demonstrators post their cards and they have weekly challenges.  One of the challenges is a Featured Stamper.  They choose someone for everyone to visit her gallery and find a card to case. The Featured Stamper this week is Lis Ljung.  Here is her card I chose to…

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My first try at a vintage card!

Well my card today is a new one for me. The challenge at Always Playing with Paper is to create a vintage card. I have never done a vintage card but knew I had a great example of one from my friend Carole’Anne. She is on the Late Night Stampers design team with me and at Convention the design team did a swap. I pulled out her card and saw that to be vintage it…

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