This card turned out better than I thought!

Yeah, it’s Thursday! I have so much going on right now that sometimes I wonder where my day went. I made this card last night so I would have something to post today. I have to admit I was tired yesterday and had a hard time getting motivated to go to the craft room. I finally got up and headed in there after I had found my color and sketch challenge to use for my…

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A Blast from the Past

When I saw the colors for this challenge I did not think of Christmas. The Taken With Teal is not a color I would have used for Christmas, but it works on this card. I used the color challenge at Color Throwdown which was to use Certainly Celery, Purely Pomegranate, and Taken With Teal. I had the Big on Christmas set on my table from a previous card so I thought I could use the…

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The other 2 New Towne Village projects

Second post, scroll down for the first! Well I dropped off the samples of the projects the ladies at the retirement home will have the opportunity to make. The manager loved them and felt the ladies would like them also. The first picture is an idea I got from Julia at Julia Bettencourt the blog. I t was just too cute to pass on and such a great idea for someone who reads. It is…

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My first winter card

Today’s card did not start out to be a winter card. I saw Tracy’s sketch at the Eat Sleep Stamp blog. When I read her description she mentioned how she liked the bottom piece peeking out from behind the strip down the card. When I read this I thought it would cute to have something really peeking out from behind the strip. I knew I didn’t have any sets that had a person in it.…

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Some New Towne Village Projects

Second Post, scroll down for the first! The manager at New Towne village asked if I had any ideas that the ladies could make for inexpensive Christmas gifts. I told her I would see what I could come up with. Over the last few weeks I have been keeping my eye open for some ideas. Today I am going to share 2 of the projects I will be making with them. The first is one…

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Trying an Easel Card

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was very productive. I helped my friend move on Saturday as well as put together some photo albums for a craft show I have coming up. On Sunday I made a few cards to post this week as well as worked on a project for the ladies at New Towne Village. My card today uses a new technique. On Splitcoast Stampers there was a challenge…

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