Photo by The Paper Princess @ Create With JoyCopyright 2010-2011 ”Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” James Bryant Conant, 23rd President, Harvard University When I was a young girl, I looked forward to “the march of the turtles”. Every summer, turtles would cross our yard on their [...]
Vintage Mother’s Day Challenge Card
To celebrate Mother’s Day, I wanted to make a special card that only honored my mother, but also paid homage to all of the special women who have touched my life – mothers and grandmothers, sisters and aunts, teachers and friends. I created this card with that end in mind! Lately, I’ve also been thinking about what influences me [...]
Merry And Brite
Have you ever been inspired to create a project based on a favorite song? Today’s card, Merry and Brite, is the second Doodlebug Christmas card I created from my Little Bag of Scraps. The title is derived from the lyrics of the best-selling single of all times – White Christmas. I decided to research the song’s history and [...]
Little Bags Of Scraps
In my spare moments, I often find myself sorting through my “little bags of scraps” – baggies filled with old treasures waiting to be resurrected into new life on current projects! My Doodlebug Christmas cards are a perfect example of what you can create from your little bags of scraps. They combine scraps from a Doodlebug kit I [...]
House of Treasure
Today’s card is the second ATC I’ve created in what appears to be turning into a series of house-shaped ATCs! I created this card for Linda Abby for a recent shaped-ATC swap. You can view the first card in the series by clicking on House of Dreams, House of Hope. Although the design elements used in [...]
With Love – Vintage Button & Lace Card
Every now and then, I come across an idea or project that I absolutely love – so much, that I move through those initial stages of inertia, then preoccupation, into action, then fruition. Have you ever had that happen – you see somthing that inspires you so much, you can’t get the idea out of your mind [...]
When Inspiration Doesn’t Come Easily
Creativity is a fascinating thing. Sometimes we’re on fire - our creative spark ignites easily, our creative juices overflow, and idea after idea bursts out of nowhere. Other times, the flame flickers - the gush trickles and sputters – and we make one false start after another – assuming we make it off the starting block at all. It [...]