Have you ever purchased something thinking it would be great to use on your cards but then when you sat down to create you hit a roadblock? That is what happened to me when last year I purchased several glittered leaf sprigs at the end of the season. I thought they would be great to use on cards so I put them away until this year. When I pulled them out this year and wanted…
Sorry for such a late post, but it has been one busy day! Lots of running around getting ready for the Christmas stamp-a-stack this weekend. One layer cards are what we all create when we begin stamping. It is usually easy and beginning stampers feel more confident creating them. There is a current trend in stamping to create one layer cards again but with all of our expertise we now create more elegant one layer…
The Christmas season is quickly approaching. With that comes the task of sending out your Christmas cards. If you have a lot to send out then you need to be able to mass produce them so that you can quickly make your cards. Here is a layout that is easy to use as well as simple to mass produce. It can be done with any patterned paper and stamp. You can even change the paper…
A quick post today as I am headed out the door for the River. I decided to do Beate’s weekend sketch challenge today. I had some extra images from my workshop last week that I decided to use. That meant I had to change her sketch a little. Since I am in a hurry here is the sketch and my creation. Stamps: Thoroughly Thankful Paper: Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, white, Le Jardin DS Ink: Staz-on…
Over on the Our Creative Corner blog they posted an inspiration challenge for this week. We were to use this picture to create something. When I saw this picture I immediately thought of Christmas trees (don’t ask me where that came from). So I went looking and found some small trees from an old Stampin’ Up set of 12 images. I also had this patterned paper I had just used on another card but wanted to…
Good Morning! I hope everyone is enjoying their day. It is gloomy here as it is supposed to rain. Sorry I did not post yesterday but I have been fighting an irritable stomach issue I have. It is getting better but the past 2 days I was in too much pain to do much. Last night I was feeling better so I hit my craft room and did several cards. Today’s card is for the…
