Trying Something New

Sorry for the late post today but I was busy finishing up my cards for today. I didn’t think I would be able to take pictures as it was rainy. We even had a thunderstorm! But the sun is out now and the wind is blowing so I was able to get my pictures. Laura Fredrickson has a great blog, Scrapnextras, where she shares her lovely cards with us. One of the ideas she uses…

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Workshop cards

Good Morning! Only 1 more day and the weekend is here. I thought I would share my workshop cards with you today. The ladies had a great time last night making them and another groups will make them on Saturday. The first card is a Spring card. I seem to be on a purple kick lately. Not sure why, maybe it is because it is a color you see a lot in the Spring. Stamps:…

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April Fool’s Card Sketch A Day

Happy April Fool’s Day to you! Hopefully our weather will begin to act more like the beautiful Springs we can have here in Southern Maryland. Today’s card is a twist that Susan from Card Sketch A Day designed. Our task was to design the front of the card to look like an envelope. I have to say this really stumped me. I thought about this for WEEKS and finally when I was under the gun…

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Big Easter Image

I have had this Easter image for several weeks and haven’t been able to use it. I did not have an acrylic block big enough for it to fit on. I had tried using a long block I had which took care of the width of the stamp but when I tried several options to address the height of the image, nothing worked. I had a friend I met on the Stamp TV forums for…

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Penny Black Challenge

Well I didn’t get a card made for my Stamp – a – Stack, but I did get 2 other cards made. I will have to work on my workshop and Stamp – a – Stack cards this afternoon. I had not done the Penny Black Challenge in quite some time and when I saw this weeks challenge I knew I had just the image to do this one. I had this image with the…

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A Special Easter Surprise

I have been busy the past few days making these little surprise boxes for the ladies who are coming to my workshop tomorrow. I found out that I will have 13 ladies which surprised the manager as she said they don’t usually leave their apartments. I thought I would make them a little something to make their day. These are the 3 nugget boxes you can find on this post at Splitcoast Stampers. I modified…

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