Welcome to the first Good Eggs Giveaway & Blog Hop! For the next five days, 30 friends of Sandi’s from A Legacy of Stitches will offer special giveaways to visitors in celebration of spring and friendships, old and new! I am offering one lucky winner the following Spring Giveaway Goodies: 10 Sheets of K & Co Brenda Walton 6 x […]
Win My Multi-Challenge Easter Card!
The air is filled with excitement at Create With Joy. Spring has arrived, Easter is coming, and The Good Eggs Giveaway – a blog hop created by my friend Sandi from A Legacy Of Stitches – is about to begin! I’ll post more about the blog hop in a bit. In the meantime, I wanted to […]
ATC: Fashion Diva
Fashion Diva is another ATC I created using materials (the shoe, sunglasses, and silhouette) from my Collage ATC Girly Swap package. What I love about this card is the colorful background I created by layering vellum polka dot stickers from Mrs. Grossman’s (you could easily create your own with some vellum paper, a few circle […]
ATC: Smell The Flowers
As we count down the days until spring, the adage Stop and Smell The Flowers has been running through my mind, so I created this ATC as both a literal and figurative reminder! Smell The Flowers is one of the ATCs I created using items from my ATC Girly Swap Collage package. This colorful bouquet was one of the […]
Beautiful Blogger Award
A day ago, I received a nice surprise from Kindred Spirit Evalina at This And That. She was writing to tell me that she has been following my blog since One World One Heart and wanted to bestow me with a Beautiful Blogger Award! Thank you so much Evalina – I was thrilled to receive your […]
WOYWW 11: The Fruit Of My Labor
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you! Last week, during WOYWW 10, I shared that I was participating in an ATC Girly Swap and showed you the items I needed to incorporate into my ATCs. Today, I am sharing the fruit of my labor. I created a record 18 cards from my collage package – way more than […]
Celebrating Friendships: Silver & Gold
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. […]
Easter Greetings
Did you know that two of my favorite groups – The Play Date Cafe and Our Daily Bread – are both sponsoring fabulous blog hops this weekend, complete with inspiring challenges to jump start your creativity? For those of you who see the world in color, there is no better place to hang than The Play […]
Be Blessed
This weekend, Our Daily Bread is celebrating their second anniversary. I designed today’s card, Be Blessed, with this event in mind! The smART-Word Challenge for March is Monochromatic so I chose Blues to reflect my favorite color. I included several Cotton elements, such as handmade paper and fibers, to comply with Our Daily Bread’s 2nd […]
And Then Came The Ducks
Remember that cool little spot where I saw the turtles in February? On my last visit there, I saw my first wild ducks of the season too! They flew in just as I was packing up to leave, so I took a few photos for your enjoyment. I was amazed by how the photos came out. […]
Multi-Challenge ATC: Spring Tulips
I have always loved tulips. Some of my earliest memories revolve around my grandmother and her garden, which she filled with beautiful tulips each spring. This ATC reminds me of my beloved grandmother and her glorious springtime blooms! Today’s ATC celebrates the timeless beauty of flowers – a theme you may see more of as Crafty Calendar’s […]