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Very sweet, and still manly :) Any Dad would melt
Love you Dad!
Just thought I would share an easy peasy Father's Day card with you today. Just a pinstripe background, a great Father's Day sentiment from this set and a few wood veneer hearts. Still manly, I think...
Fabulous!!! Love the layout and use of the background stamp. I'd pay money for this card ;)
simon says stamp challenge: planes, trains & automobiles (transportation)
Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is TRANSPORTATION...if you can get around on it, you can use it. Think trains, planes, automobiles and more! The design team is using Basic Grey products this week so use them if you have them, w...
SHUT UP!!!!! This is total awesomesauce!!!!
free to fly canvas
Just a quick share. I have been playing around with stencils and paints this month and learning a lot of new techniques. I thought it would be fun to experiment on some canvases. I went small with this one, it's a 5 x 7. I started with some molding paste and stencils for texture and added lay...
I WISH I could take your class *pout* These look amazing!
June 19th class at The Ink Pad (NYC)
Just a quick peek at the cards we will be making this month in my Watercolor Paint Cards class at The Ink Pad in NYC this month. We will be using tons of new stamps from the Hero Arts Stamp Your Story release. Space is limited, so be sure to call the store at 212-463-9876 to reserve your spo...
Very sweet card Cheiron!
it's a boy!!!
Congratulations to my sweet A Blog Named Hero teamie Stephanie Britt on her new arrival. Welcome Declan! Here is a card I made to celebrate Steph's new bundle of joy. There are a bunch of other sweet little cards to celebrate this brand new baby boy over on A Blog Named Hero today...take a p...
Totally in love with your background! Fabulous!
mama elephant stamp highlight: bling
***If you are looking for today's Simon Says Stamp challenge post, please scroll down*** Here is another Mama Elephant stamp highlight for you. Today the design team is featuring the Bling set which is full of great sentiments. I used the sparkle and shine sentiment and gave my card it's ow...
Love how cheerful your card is! Great choice of colors
simon says stamp challenge: april showers and/or spring flowers
Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week the design team is using stamps from Hero Arts! Just a fun one layer card this week with the Six Petal Flower stamp: Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Challenge post you can ...
total awesomesauce!!! Love the contrast of the neon colors and the black
simon says stamp challenge: happy (4th) birthday!
Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week the design team is celebrating the challenge blog's 4th Birthday with some very special stamps and some very special prizes to go along with the challenge! We are showcasing Simon Exclusives this week, you don't ha...
So cute! An homage to Elf, no doubt? :)
mama elephant stamp highlight: today was
Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is sharing the last highlight of the March release, Today Was. This set would be perfect for any project life or scrapbooker! I love the "SMILING'S MY FAVORITE" sentiment. I thought it would be fun with a polaroid. I made the smily face with the eyes and sm...
nice mix of patterns!
Eiffel Sketch
My inspiration for this week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from this photograph of the Eiffel Tower at Night from A View on Cities. I stamped Eiffel Sketch from Crafter's Companion in Artprint Brown ink and then added lots of distress ink sponging to create my night time sky. I inked-u...
so clever - love it!
a blog named hero challenge #22: anything goes!
Time for another challenge over at A Blog Named Hero...the theme? ANYTHING GOES! Why not diamonds-using the Diamond Background and the You're a Gem sentiment from the Darling Sentiments set. As always, we are sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp. One lucky (random) winner will win...
very sweet Cheiron! Love the colors
mama elephant stamp highlight: papa love
Today the Mama Elephant Design Team is sharing another highlight of the March release, Papa Love. This set is super fun to make Father's Day cards as well as the guy cards that are always hard to come up with (for me at least!). The card I made would be good for just about any guy on your li...
This is a wee bit o'wonderful!!!! ;)
simon says stamp challenge: a bit o'green
Time for another challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week's theme is A BIT O'GREEN and the design team is using WPlus9 products. Not a requirement for this challenge, but we would love to see you use them if you have them! I used two stamp and die combos this week Written...
Very cool cards - looks like a great class!
Mixed Media Card class at The Ink Pad (NYC)-March 13
Samples are done and class is scheduled for March at The Ink Pad! This month we will be incorporating mixed media techniques into our cards with Distress Paints, collage, molding paste, stencils and more. Please sign up early to reserve your spot in class as spaces are limited! Call The Ink Pa...
so fun! love how you colored this
simon says stamp challenge: anything goes! (tim holtz)
Time for another challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. This week's theme is ANYTHING GOES and the design team is using Tim Holtz products. Not a requirement for this challenge, but we would love to see you use them if you have them! I am loving these Ringmaster Blueprints and al...
your talent never ceases to amaze me! And, do I spy, a Cali SBUX Card? ;)
playing with distress paints (a birthday card)
I had a great morning playing with my new Distress Paints! I absoluely love them and can't wait to use them on even more projects. I had seen Tim Holtz make a tag like the background I used here and thought it would work great for a birthday card. For this project I used a #12 Ranger manila craf...
As always, your cards are perfection! Love the colors!
mama elephant stamp highlight: modern borders
Today the design team over at Mama Elephant is highlighting the Modern Borders set. I just love the fun zig zags in this set. Make sure to check out all the DT Blogs for even more fun ideas! This set is available for sale now over in the Mama Elephant shop: Hope you have enjoyed this h...
Love how graphic this is and the colors you chose! Awesome!
mama elephant: february stampede
Welcome to the Mama Elephant February Design Team blog hop! The February release is now live and available for purchase in the store:www.mamaelephant.com. If you have been following along with the previews this week, you know that my card is using the Modern Borders set. Isn't this border fun ...
HANDS DOWN, my favorite turkey card this year! :) You are awesome
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here's a simple design I made with these *absolutely adorable* images by Rosie's Roadshow. You know I already had a few turkey images in my stash but when I saw this duo a few weeks ago at Ink About It... I just had to have them. The sentiment is also by Rosie's ...
So cute! Love your clever layout
mama elephant stamp highlight: believe in magic
Today the design team over at Mama Elephant is highlighting the Believe in Magic set. There are so many possibilities with this one, from the mix and match snowglobe bases, and fun little items to put inside. Here is my card with the little citiscape and one magical reindeer inside. ...
I'm just barely coming up for air and I see this darling card on your blog - LOVE!!!! great layout, colors, and love your use of the fun Lawn Fawn stamps!
simon says stamp challenge: put a stamp on it!
This month Simon Says Stamp celebrates STAMPtemberâ„¢, and we are having a special week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog, with a design team member BLOG HOP! Each member of the Challenge Blog Design Team has created a special project to share with you. Each design team member is giving ...
DELISH card, my friend, delish! :)
bring on the cake & a giveaway
Another card to play along with one of this month's sketches over at Hero Arts. I love this sentiment for a birthday card and I loved making this fun 3-D cupcake embellishment with a little cutting, glitter and an art flower with a little pearl. It is hard to tell in the photo, but in rea...
So cute!!! Love how your sentiment turned out and, as always, excellent execution of washi!!! :)
shark week has begun!
One thing I love about being able to make my own cards is that you can make a card for almost ANY occasion. Today, I am celebrating the kick off of the 25th Shark Week on the Discovery Channel along with my science (and shark) loving friend Jill Grace. She LOVES shark week! She gave us a great...
WOW Megan!!!! You are rockin' this card sista! I am so happy you used purple I love how sparkly it turned out! You are such a pro at using stickles! I am also so impressed with your stamping - I can tell you have been practicing and are doing a good job not pressing too hard or using too much ink. SO IMPRESSIVE!!! Are you sure you are only 5??? You must be at least 8, right?
simon says kids!: back to school challenge
Sharing a very special card today made by my niece Megan (age 5...almost 6). This very special challenge is for all the kids out there. Even if you don't have children of your own, you can post an entry of made by your own crafty pal-niece, nephew, grandchild, friend's child as long as they ar...
Gah!!! You are insanely clever! I so love what you did with this - great layout, colors, everything!
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Dawny's sketch
Time for another challenge over at Simon Says Stamp. This week we are using this wonderful sketch provided by design team member Dawny. Here is a look at the sketch: And this week the design team is using products from My Favorite Things (I just LOVE their dies!). Here is my take on the sket...
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