Infuse Creativity In All You Do
Happy WOYWW dear friends! This week, I thought I’d step outside of my girly comfort zone and create a card and envelope that’s fit for your favorite outdoorsman! You can easily create something similar using the products you have on hand! Enjoy the photos and the challenges! Collage Card Choose five stamps in a coordinating theme as [...]
Happy WOYWW once more! Today it’s back to building up the birthday card stash. Here’s the latest – a card that’s suitable for anyone, male or female, based on the colors. I got my fingers inky with this one – lots of distressing – the slide mount was white when I started! Now, would anyone [...]
Happy What’s On Your Workspace Wednesday to you! This week, I realized I was low on card essentials, so I decided to start building my stash up – starting with a hand-stamped, spring-themed birthday card! Today’s card was fun to make. I rounded up a bunch of birthday sentiment stamps – inked them up in [...]
Happy WOYWW to you! I love collage, so this week, I wanted to share my Lovely Daisy Collage Card with you. The main image that you see is actually one stamp – it’s from CTMH’s Lovely Daisy Stamp Set – but I outlined several images with an embossing pen, and then sprinkled them with embossing [...]
Wow. Can you believe that another week has come and gone and it’s time to share What’s On My Workspace again? Time for another card! This week I’ve done Spring with a slightly masculine twist! Instead of playing with the pastels, I’ve combined a few bright blues with some more macho shades of browns, greens, [...]
Happy Spring to you all! Today I am celebrating the arrival of this beautiful season with a burst of pastels, flowers, and sentiments from Close To My Heart! I created today’s card using stamps, papers, and embellishments from my stash as I continue to “use things up”. Isn’t it amazing how fresh everything seems when you see [...]
Happy WOYWW to you, dear friends! It’s hard to believe that another week has come and gone, but a new card is sitting on my desk, so I guess it’s so! Today’s card features a few favorites from Close To My Heart! I remember when I purchased these papers – they caught my eye because the [...]
Happy WOYWW to you, dear friends! Today I thought I’d visit a few challenge blogs to see what was new in the stamping world and the consensus is clear: Spring Is In The Air! Inspired by that news, I whipped up a pretty card using the ever sophisticated color scheme of pink and black, and [...]
Happy WOYWW to you all! Today I am sending my love by card as I am busy behind the scenes preparing for several big blogging events! You can see what Mister Naughty Pants is up to on Wordless Wednesday (he got caught on film in the midst of yet another trick!) Today bloggers everywhere are sadly [...]
Recently, I was digging through some stash and came across a large pink paint chip and a few small scraps of paper (apparently, I never throw anything away!) Those items inspired me to make a spring-themed friendship card. I dressed it up with a few embellishments I also found in the stash pile! This is [...]
Welcome to the 2nd Annual Amber Ink Holiday Blog Hop! This year, 22 Amber Ink Alumni – including yours truly – are unveiling our Elves On The Shelves and providing you with a First Class Pass to the festivities! Elves On The Shelves, in case you’re wondering, are Santa’s Secret Helpers. They innocently sit on [...]
What’s cuter than the first snowman of the year sweetly juggling snowballs in the air? How about a neighborhood of adorable snowmen, lined up in a row! Today’s Art Every Day challenge card features a wonderful friendship sentiment. Click to see more Art Every Day Projects! To participate in Art Every Day – or some current [...]
Every November, the creative community is abuzz with excitement as Leah Piken Kolidas – the blogger behind Creative Every Day – encourages artists to create something every day! Whether you participate daily – as time permits – or simply marvel at the creations of your fellow bloggers – it’s THE place to be to get [...]
What an amazing August it’s been at Create With Joy! One of the month’s highlights has been carrying the Pink Torch for Amber Ink as a member of their Design Team! If you ever have a chance to do something like this, by all means, say YES – the experience will challenge you, inspire you, [...]
How many times have you found yourself in the following situation? You go to the mall to do a little shopping. You’ve made a list. You’ve checked it twice. You’re adamant that you will not veer from your budget. And then – it happens. You see an adorable pair of shoes. And a matching handbag. [...]