House of Cards – color challenge

Second Post – Scroll Down for the First! I am glad you are checking out my card today.  At House of Cards we have a fun color challenge for you. Aren’t the colors in this photo great.  They say Happy!  I decided to pull out my stencils that I have not used in years.  This was one of my favorite metal ones as I love daisies.  I had fun using my ink pads and sponges…

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Iris Spotlighting

Hello Everyone! Well we are going to have a rainy few days.  That will not be a problem as I could use the time in my craft room creating as well as cleaning it.   Today is our Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.  This challenge is a sketch challenge. When I saw the sketch I started thinking.  I had several ideas go through my mind but the one I wanted to try was the spotlighting technique.  I…

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Card set class – Five Way Flower

Good Morning Ladies! How many of you had heavy rains last night?  We had rain that was heavy at times.  I am not sure how much we got but I have a feeling it was quite a bit. I was planning my card set class for September using the Five Way Flower.  I found a card on Pinterest that led me the blog where I found one liked.  This card was inspired by Scrap’N’Bake.  Here…

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Red Hot CCMC Flower Shop

Hello Everyone! Well I had a surprise visit yesterday.  Jess and Zoie came down to spend the night.  Jess is going through some of her things here at the house as she prepares to move again.  They don’t know where they are going yet.  Chris is in school and he should find out in a few weeks where they will be stationed next.  Lots of changes going on right now and I am a little…

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Zoie’s Punch Art – a hedgehog

Good Morning Stampers! Well I am back from a whirlwind trip to California.  We had a great time and so did Zoie.  We were going a hundred miles an hour the whole time but it was so fun.  I will share some pictures when I get a chance to download them from my camera. Today’s share is the punch art I did for Zoie this week.  I saw this idea on Michelle Suit’s blog  and…

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Technique Tuesday Secret

Good Morning Stampers! I have been keeping a secret for over a month.  As you know I love to play along with the ladies at Technique Tuesday.  I think they choose some fun techniques and it is so interesting to learn some new techniques.  I got an e-mail from Mynnette asking if I would like to be a guest designer for August.  I of course said yes as I see it as a great honor.…

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