A Different Fold For You

Today’s card had a new fold that is really cute. I’m not sure I chose colors that do it justice though. I will save that decision for you so make sure you let me know what you think of this card. I found a great blog a couple of months ago with some great punch ideas and card folds. I decided to revisit it yesterday and ran across this card fold which I decided to…

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Easy Peasy Wednesday

I have cute story to tell you so if you don’t want to read it skip down to the card. I was observing in a Pre-Kindergarten the other day and the teacher was doing a unit on dinosaurs. She had done some previous lesson and taught them several concepts. She questioned the students on whether or not they could see a dinosaur in their backyard and the kids responded no. She then asked them why…

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Techno Technique Tuesday

Well today’s card did not turn out like I pictured it. I wanted to play with a technique I had used quite a while ago. I thought it would be fun to play with the Foxy Oxy technique at SCS. I thought this would make a good background for the sketch Mary Jo has at Techno Stamper. I don’t know if my Oxy Clean was old or what but my background did not turn out…

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Mother’s Day Challenge

The challenge this week is to make Mother’s Day cards (details are listed below). I have my first card for you and I really like how it turned out. I pulled out some of my Sweet Pea DS paper (trying to use it up before it retires at the end of the month. I loved the Teal with butterflies and went with that idea. Since the paper is pretty busy I decided to use an…

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Shimmer Mist Blobs

Well we are off to another week. I cannot believe it is the middle of April already. Time is passing so quickly. Soon my youngest will be moving to California for a year and my oldest will be moving back to the area for 3 years. So many changes coming up. My card today was created using 2 challenges. I used the color challenge from Diva Coffee Break Designs. I combined it with the sketch…

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Petal Pizzazz Friend

I spent some time in my stamp room yesterday. I played with something different on my card I am sharing with you today. I started with the color challenge at the Color Dare/ blog. The colors were Lovely Lilac, Pale Plum, and Tempting Turquoise. I didn’t have any problem with the Lovely Lilac and Tempting Turquoise but the Pale Plum I thought would be the problem. I have to say the colors do go together…

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