Good afternoon and welcome to another Anything Goes Challenge at Christmas Card Challenges! There are no rules this week except to create a holiday card! So break out those stamps and get crafty! Here's my card: I love the Mondo Magnolia stamp set and matching dies from Ellen Hutson and wanted ... View Post
Christmas Card Challenges #25: Anything Goes
Good afternoon and welcome to another Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges! A few weeks ago my good friend Ruby shared this gorgeous card using sequins in a unique and unconventional way and I decided to borrow her idea for today's card! I started off by die-cutting a circle of gold ... View Post
Shaker Saturday #10
Good morning and welcome to Shaker Saturday! Today's card is another Apple Blossom commission and I used a previous Shaker Saturday card as inspiration for this one! This was an especially nerve-wracking card to make because I knew it was being given to the Apple Blossom Queen who just happens to ... View Post
Happy Apple Blossom!
I apologize for the delayed post....that's what happens when I get busy watching Grey's Anatomy (#byeDerek) and coloring in my new Hex Chart! Anyway, Happy Apple Blossom! For those of you who don't live near Winchester, VA our area has a huge annual festival in early May. There are parades, a ... View Post
Shaker Saturday #8
Good morning! Thanks for stopping by for Shaker Saturday! Today's card was heavily inspired by the "snow" outside my window today. All of the trees are in full-bloom around here and with the breeze this afternoon, there was a constant flurry of petals past my window. I took this photo of our ... View Post
5 for 5 Easter: Day 3 and a giveaway!
Welcome back to the 5 for 5 Easter Blog Hop! Each day our five designers will post an Easter project based on that day’s theme. Today’s theme is one of my favorites, watercolor! Some of us are offering prizes (including me!), so make sure to hop to each designer and leave comments! Here are ... View Post
PTI Make it Monday #204
I realized that it's been awhile since I've played along with the Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge and when I saw that this week's challenge was Watercolor Smooshing I had to break out the distress inks and join the fun! ;) So here's my card: I started off by smooshing Dried ... View Post
PTI Make it Monday #196 and Virginia’s View Challenge #11
This week the Papertrey Ink: Make it Monday Challenge is to use a corner of the card instead of the middle as a focal point and January's Virginia's View Challenge is a Clean Slate. Virginia gives several examples of what constitutes a clean slate card and I chose to create a card with a lot of ... View Post