It is a beautiful day outside. I just got back from walking my puppy and wanted to get this posted before I start doing my chores. I need to make my cards for my workshop next week so I decided to use some sketches for a couple of the cards. I thought we would do Mother’s Day cards but not everyone needs one and some may need more than one. I decided to design these…
Yeah, it’s hump day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love, love, love today’s card. I love daisies and I used the flower from Fifth Avenue Floral that looks like a daisy to make this card. The picture doesn’t show it but it is very sparkly as I used my clear Stardust gel pen on the flower. There was a challenge at the Caardvarks blog to use lace on your card. I had ordered a couple of different kinds of…
Are you ready for Easter? The time is quickly approaching. I have my Easter cards done as I had to make them for my workshop and for the ladies at the retirement village so I am feeling pretty good about things. My card today uses a color challenge from the Color Dare blog. You were to use Certainly Celery, More Mustard, Real Red, and Tempting Turquoise. I combined it with the sketch challenge at the…
Second Post scroll down for the first. The second card today was another simple one. Can’t believe I have been on a simple kick lately. Maybe I needed a break from my elegant girlie ones. 🙂 This card uses the Fun & Fast stamp set. I hadn’t used this cute little bird in a while so I thought he would be cute on this card. I used a color challenge from the Colour Create blog.…
Good Monday Morning to you! I had a very productive day yesterday. I was able to make 4 cards for my blog and 4 Mother’s Day cards for my Etsy shop. I will be posting the blog cards throughout the next few days. I will not put my Etsy shop cards in my shop until I finish a few more. That should happen within this week. Today’s card uses a sketch challenge from the Card…
There was a challenge at the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog which was a technique challenge. You were to use the Faux Metal technique. Basically you put Versmark on your cardstock and add either gold or silver embossing powder, heat your paper and while the melted powder is still hot, you pour on more embossing powder and heat again. You do this at least 3 times and when you have heated your last layer you ink…
