Sharing another project I created for the Tim Holtz/Sizzix booth. This time I used the Calendar Words Block die to create this Perpetual Birthday Calendar. It is a little worn cover binder that has a divider for each month, and a page numbered 1-31 for each month where you can write down all the...

We are in the middle of moving, but I did make my Tim tag for January right before I packed up the craft room, and wanted to share before it was too late! I love the idea of remixing the techniques, and can't wait to see what is in store for the rest of the year!

This week the theme for the challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is RAY OF SUNSHINE and the design team is using Dina Wakley products. I used this big heart stamp from the Handwritten Heart set and created rays of sunshine with some stenciling using the sun from The Bas...

Sharing a fun colorful card today that is perfect for Valentine's Day or to send love any day of the year. This fun new Amor stamp can be found on p.4 of the Hero Arts 2015 Spring Catalog and will be coming soon to stores near you. This was an easy CAS card to make. Just stamp in black Versamark...

Glad to be starting the New Year off right and getting my 12 tags of 2015 for January done before the last day of the month. Are you making these tags this year? It's a great way to follow along with TIm's techniques each month and learn something new. I wanted my 2015 to be all numbers, so I...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is Emboss It and the design team is using any kind of Embossing-heat, dry, embossing paste...you name it. I wanted to use this new Tim Holtz Carved Instuments set to make a fun collage s...

Playing along with Tim's tags of 2014 for July...and I couldn't love this theme more! The bubbles texture fade really makes this tag come to life. And just for fun, I've added a bright pink seahorse. Here's a close up of the wonderful crackle: SUPPLIES: ...

Hello there! So maybe five years ago I got really obsessed with Memory Box's line of holiday images featuring adorable polar bears. Yet for some reason, for at least four holiday seasons my inky fingers went right past these images in favor of other ones. Why? I can't say. But this January,...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Anything Goes and the design team is using products from Lawn Fawn. A fun and sunshiny card from me this week using the sun from the Spring Showers dies and a cute sentiment from the Hello...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Anything Goes with Buttons and the design team is using fabulous stamps from Crafter's Companion. I used this fun gear stamp from the Key Statements set, and added some buttons for color u...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Glitter It and the design team is using fabulous glitter pens from Wink of Stella. I used a yellow one to color in all the "open" stars on my stamped background. Remember, just by pla...

How I love Valentine's Day, and how I love all of the adorable Lawn Fawn images...! This is the card I made for all of my sweet son's daycare friends and teachers. The sentiment, inside, says "I've gone bananas for you!" I just can't take how adorable these Lawn Fawn images are! I stamped th...

This So Freaky stamp was one of my favorite finds last year. I used it to teach a class and was not sure how it would be received...but everyone seemed to love it! I have been getting started in art journaling and was lucky enough to take class one in a series of classes taught at The Ink Pad by...

"Better late than never" seems to be an ongoing theme of these (extremely infrequent) blog posts. This extra long weekend (extra long due to a bad cold I'm having a hard time shaking) provided me a bit of time to get slightly caught up on a couple of the long-overdue tasks on my to-do list, inc...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Get Krafty! and the design team is featuring fabulous products from Memory Box. Remember, just by playing along and linking up your project to the SSS Wednesday Challenge post you can q...

It's a Valentine Blog Hop over at shurkus.com from February 1-14! There are prizes to be won. Just remember to comment on the featured blog for the day on the hop. The more LOVE you leave, the better chance you have to win! If you have not checked out Jenn Shurkus's blog or etsy shop before,...

It's time for my Medium of the Month post over at A Blog Named Hero today. Hope you'll stop on over and take a peek at the fun cards and techniques I have to share with you!

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Let's Have a Laugh and the design team is using products from Paper Smooches. I just love their whimsical designs and funny sayings especially the ones in the Calorie Free set! Remember, ...

I am blogging over at A Blog Named Hero today with my new series "Medium of the Month" where I'll walk you through some ways to use different mediums. This month I am sharing techniques for creating with Hero Arts Daubers. I hope you'll join me to get a look at how I use this medium, and enter...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Something New and Design Team is using products from My Favorite Things. I've used the adorable gal in the Best Friends set along with some Inktense pencils to color her in. Remember, j...

So it's been around nine months since I last posted to this blog. Three-quarters of a year. That is really pretty pathetic. I've been collecting photos of cards to post (and there are many fewer designs than there ever used to be) for months, but they've been gathering dust in a folder on my ...

It's a Moxie Fab Thanks Blog Hop today, and you should have arrived here from the blog of the super sweet and inspiring Deirdre Horgan. Cath-I thought long and hard about what type of card to make for you and what has inspired me in the Moxie Fab World over the past few years. I have to say tha...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge is Anything Goes and the design team is using Simon Says Stamp exclusive products. Have you checked out the new Simon Says Stamp Holiday release? If not, start making your list. Here's one I...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. This week's challenge theme is Triangles and the design team is using products from The Crafter's Workshop. There are so many fun things to choose from, but I *love* the stencils from Ronda Palazzari. And have yo...

Time for a new challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog. You may notice the Challenge name is a bit different this week, we have a new blog and you'll want to be sure to bookmark the new address! http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ This week's challe...