Daisies and Butterflies

Hello Everyone! I love daisies and butterflies!  My card today uses both of those.  I used the sketch from Sunny Challenges and Creations    I liked this sketch and immediately had an idea.  It came together very easily.  I also tried a different ribbon treatment so let me know if you think it worked.  Here is what I created.  inside of card and envelope      I love this card but then again I love daisies. …

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Fun Cottage Wall

Hello Ladies! I had a little time yesterday after my cleaning and my time on the treadmill to make my card for today.  I am trying to work ahead on my design team commitments so that I can use my extra time to work on cards for other days.  I am hoping to use some of my time to work on some knitting projects I have had laying around for a while. My card today…

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Hand Stamped Sentiments – Love is in the Air

Hello Ladies! I am so glad we are getting our warmer weather back.  I don’t mind cold but this past weekend was too cold.  My heat pump ran constantly.  It will be nice to have some sunshine also. We have a Love Challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  I was ready to move on to another holiday but we still have this one to do.      When I saw the title I thought of hearts…

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Late Night Stampers – sketch challenge

Good Morning Stampers! I spent this weekend working ahead on some of my design team samples.  I have a couple of weeks completed so now I can focus on other things. Over at Late Night Stampers we have a sketch challenge this week.     This was a fun sketch and I took the opportunity to play with the doily sizzlit die.  I also used the sketch to play with some flower punches.  I used some…

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Spring Challenge at Butternut Sage Designs

Hello Stampers! I decided to play with an idea I saw on Stampin’ Fun and Friends.  I modified mine as I was thinking of using the idea for my Spring card for my swap group.  It did not turn out like I had pictured in my mind  but I liked it so instead I am going to use it for the Spring challenge at Butternut Sage Designs.     I used a stencil from the Elegant…

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Playing with a new technique

Hello Ladies! I got the Technique Junkies SU Companion cd.  It has lots of techniques all using SU supplies.  I decided to play with one of them.  I saw the pdf for stencil stamped backgrounds and it looked like fun so I decided to try it. The hardest thing about this technique is deciding on the colors.  I also modified it a little as I only used the stencil 1 time rather than several.  Here…

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