Let’s trim the town! Christmas is coming. I know, it’s still early, but not too early to start making your cards. And this card is a bit like the very beginning of the season! The Beetle is bringing home the tree to set up and decorate. One of the houses…
Today ends my Sketch Week #2. Did anyone try this sketch? I would love to see a photo if you did! Here is my first card and here is my second. This time I turned the sketch on its side, which gives it a whole new look! I used Love…
Card #2 in my Sketch Week is a cool, frosty Christmas card made with Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper. Did you shiver a little bit? I love all of the prints in Feels Like Frost 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. They are all the beauty of the Christmas season…
Welcome to Sketch Week #2! My first Sketch Week began August 31st and can be viewed starting HERE. I spent the weekend putting Stamping Habit Kits together, packaging them up for today’s mail, and emailing all of the people who purchased them from me. Thank you so much! I appreciate…
My Stamping Habit Kit for October is available for order! Here is a sneak peek of what you’ll get ~ This Kit includes three any-occasion cards and two Christmas/holiday options. And I’ve included a set of two adorable Mini Curvy Keepsakes Boxes as another option! You may order any three…
Happy Wednesday to you! Today I’m taking a rare departure (partially) from Stampin’ Up! to create an autumn mosaic for GDP #261. It’s a color challenge with Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie, and Mint Macaron. I thought it would be fun to paper piece this Gentle Leaf Collage by Poppystamps. Here is…
Have you signed up for my newsletter yet? If you have, you are in for a treat. Today at 1:00 pm Pacific Time my first email for “12 Weeks of Christmas” will be going out to all of my subscribers! The 12 Weeks of Christmas is just what it sounds…
You can almost hear the bells jingling with the sounds of the season! I love these bells, cut and embossed from the Sounds of the Season Dies. I’ve cut them from Copper Foil Sheets to match the copper stars in the Brightly Gleaming Designer Series Paper. Tip: If you don’t…
We had such a good time up at Donner Lake this week! I made a sunflower thank you card for the couple that invited us to join them for a brief vacation. They took their kayaks and stand-up paddleboards. We all took our golf clubs. We played on the lake,…
Let’s arrange a wreath for a Fall birthday! I used Gilded Autumn (the un-gilded sides) DSP and pulled the colors from the striped paper to build my 3-layered wreath. Layers: Early Espresso base 8-1/2″x 5-1/2, scored at 4-1/4″ Dotted Crumb Cake piece of Gilded Autumn DSP 5-1/4″x 4″ Striped piece…
I love a good plaid! Plaid Tidings 6″x 6″ DSP has a fantastic selection of colors for all the different seasons. I picked this Peacock/Spruce plaid to be a fun backdrop to the Pine Woods Dies. Here are Plaid Tidings and Pine Trees. Just Jade Cardstock compliments the plaid and…
My heart is grateful for you! I love that sentiment! It comes in the Beautiful Autumn Stamp Set. I’ve heat embossed it with Copper Emboss Powder onto a Copper Foil heart. The result is subtle, but very pretty, I think! This Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP is so gorgeous with it’s…
Life is beautiful in the Fall, don’t you agree? All of the gorgeous warm colors on the trees. It’s on my bucket list to visit the Northeast in the Fall! Meanwhile I can dream about it and create my own Fall trees with this stamp set from Stampin’ Up! called…
Today I’ve combined Beautiful Autumn with Stitched Leaves to bring you a Beautiful Autumn Leaf. Embrace Your Inner Artist! The best part of this process for me was watercoloring the leaf. In case you’d like to try one, I’ll do my best to explain the process. Cut a piece of…
When you find a card layout that you really like, use it again… and again! Stick with what you like! Earlier this week I posted this card in response to a card challenge with a sketch. I loved the tri-panel look of this card and knew I wanted to use…
