A new technique and some blog candy!

It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you have some plans for the weekend? The weather is supposed to be a mixed bag this weekend. I need to weed another flower bed and put down my weed preventer. Hopefully I will get it done in between the rain. I made a card last night using a new technique. I made a list of techniques I wanted to try and I liked the card made using this technique so I…

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Elegant With Love

I am still working on my cards for my workshop. I saw a sketch challenge on the Hand Stamped Sentiments blog that I thought would be a good one to use. I combined it with the color challenge at Picture Perfect Creations blog. The chosen colors were Speaking of Picture Perfect Creations, anyone can do their color challenges. They use Stampin’ Up colors so it is easy to choose your colors. They also have a…

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Baroque One of a Kind

Are you ready for Easter? The time is quickly approaching. I have my Easter cards done as I had to make them for my workshop and for the ladies at the retirement village so I am feeling pretty good about things. My card today uses a color challenge from the Color Dare blog. You were to use Certainly Celery, More Mustard, Real Red, and Tempting Turquoise. I combined it with the sketch challenge at the…

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Love this color combination!

Happy Tuesday to you! Our snow is melting rather quickly. Now we have soggy ground everywhere. At least it has been melting slowly to give it a chance to sink into the ground as much as it can. Today’s card was a lot of fun to make. I saw a sketch challenge at the Cards & Things blog that I wanted to do something a little different with. The color combination at the Color Dare…

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Artichoke Celery Blue

I have another card for you today. It feels so good to be creating again. I really missed it while I was sick. Today’s creation uses the color challenge from the Cards & Things blog. You were to use Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, and Certainly Celery. I have to admit this color combination was one I had to think about the stamps I would use. I combined it with the sketch challenge from the Diva…

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It’s not as difficult as it seems

It’s Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I know you are going to think that this card was very difficult to make. But in reality it wasn’t as bad as you would think. I began with the sketch challenge from the Caardvarks blog. I then decided to use the color challenge from the Color Dare blog. I used a Barely Banana layer and punched the edge with the eyelet border punch. Then using the flower stamp from Boho Backgrounds, I used…

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