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 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 [...]
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 [...]
This week, Sentimental Sundays challenged us to try a new technique or style, so I delved into Kard Krazy’s Tag Tuesday Challenge and created my first altered torso - combining it with Heart 2 Heart’s Tag You’re It Challenge for good measure! My design began with the fabulous Dressmaker’s Mannequin Template found at Mirkwood Designs. Next, I chose pink and [...]
I created this ATC for my friend Linda as part of a Name ATC Swap I’ve been participating in for several months now. Linda is a tremendous woman of faith, and I wanted send her a card to commemorate that. I chose the pretty blue and purple color scheme and added the delicate flowers to provide [...]
It’s a perfect weekend here in the States – we are celebrating Memorial Day and the unofficial beginning of summer – so I thought I’d make another All Occasion card using CTMH’s Perfect Day Level 2 papers and My Stickease products! The papers feature the fresh color combination of Juniper, Sorbet, and Tulip. The unusual embellishment [...]
Happy Earth Day everyone! When I think about Earth Day and paper crafting, I recognize the importance of breathing new life into the materials we already have on hand, so today I thought I’d share a few ways I’ve done that in my own creative life! I created Love Letter for a color-themed swap using scraps and a [...]
I enjoy creating and receiving non-traditional birthday cards – so several years ago, when I first saw CTMH’s D1036 Heritage stamp set, it was the sentiment “love deep, live long” that turned this into a “must have” for me. What a beautiful thought to express to a loved one! This week at Pile It On, Challenge 14 [...]
This week, with so many friends feeling under the weather, I thought I’d send some cyber-cheer via this Get Well Card! Prayers and hugs are going out to Kindred Spirit Christina who is home after her recent hospitalization – to Carla – and to all who are in need of some extra TLC! To create [...]
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase Silver and Gold? For me, a rhyme I learned long ago has been running through my mind ever since I heard that Our Daily Bread’s 2nd Anniversary Day 3 Challenge was Silver and Gold: Make new friends but keep the old.One is silver and the other is gold. [...]