I try and participate in sketch challenges quite often as I feel it increases my skills. The Card Sketch A Day blog puts up a sketch each day and everyone is welcome to give them a try. I volunteered to create a card for one of her sketches. I liked the sketch so much that I created 2 cards. Here is the sketch and my creations. I decorated the inside also and here is a…
Michaela and I had a fun day on Sunday. We went to Corning to see the Corning Glass Museum. We learned quite a bit about glass blowing. Michaela even picked up some things on sale for her new apartment. It has been very cold here. Sunday was the first day it was at freezing. All the other days it has been below freezing. We have had some snow and tonight we are supposed to have…
I have another fun and funky card for you today. This one uses some bright colors. Since Jess was taking these cards back to her co-workers in Hawaii I wanted to use some cool colors so I used Tempting Turquoise with Green Galore. I like the bright summer look of this card. Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley Paper: Cameo Coral, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise, white Ink: Tempting Turquoise Accessories: ribbon (Michael’s), Cameo Coral – Green…
I have another card from the fun and funky set I made. I have wanted to try embossing on patterned paper. I think the Upsy Daisy stamp from Stampin’ Up is perfect for that. I had the Jersey Shore patterned paper and hadn’t used it much so I thought I would give it a try with this stamp. I think the way it turned out was pretty cool. What do you think? Stamps: Upsy Daisy,…
I guess you are wondering what happened to me. Well my daughters kept me really busy during the holidays. I put Jess on a plane back to Hawaii yesterday and Michaela and I headed to New York to get her an apartment. We looked at 3 yesterday and signed for a nice 2 bedroom townhome with a garage. It has just recently been renovated and includes a laundry room, 2 bedrooms, and 1 1/2 baths.…
I recently found a great website that offers a different card sketch each day. Susan at Card Sketch A Day creates a new sketch every day and offers visitors a chance to create a card and post it on her blog. You then need to post it to your blog on the same day it is released. I loved her sketches and asked for a Christmas Tree sketch (she works a month in advance so…
