The weather has gotten a little warmer but it still isn’t quite Springy yet, so to help it along I wanted to make a colorful spring card.  I used the Get Sketchy Challenge #76 as inspiration and some the Stampendous set May Flowers I picked up at Michael’s on clearance! The flowers on the background … Read more

I wanted to make a card using my new  Hero Arts What’s Cooking set and I decided to also play along with the sketch over at Card Patterns. I found this cute plaid easter ribbon at Michael’s and thought it would be a perfect compliment for a cooking themed card.  I colored the stamps in with … Read more

I took a break from wedding things to make a couple of cards today.  The first card features paper piecing which is both this week’s Lawnscaping Challenge #4 and one of the Stamp It! Technique Week Challenges at Moxie Fab World.  I love the look of paper piecing. a little birdie hello For this card … Read more

I have been itching to us some Lawn Fawn critters ever since I got them in the mail and I have finally gotten my chance, well to use one of them at least.  I made this card for the Get Sketchy Challenge #74. I used the Lawn Fawn Sophie’s Sentiments and Critters in the Burbs stamps.  The dog is … Read more

A busy weekend kept me away from my crafting this past weekend.  We had a very successful evening of one act plays on Saturday night and between that and dress rehearsal and wedding things I stayed pretty busy.  But I did whip together some thank you cards for Matt to give to his two actors … Read more

Today I was feeling a little creatively blocked when I sat down at my desk. I think it was a “too many ideas so little time” kind of situation and I couldn’t focus (I think the cold temperature outside and in my craft room didn’t help either!  Brrr!).  So I decided to stick with something … Read more

I made a quick little card this morning that I wanted to share.  I finally had the chance to use my new Bannerific set from Lawn Fawn.  These little flags were the main reason I purchased this set, but I look forward to using the other banners for future cards to come. A new Sizzix … Read more

I finally got some twine from The Twinery!  YAY!  So of course I had to use it on some projects immediately.  I made two projects with my new colorful twine (I purchased the sampler pack because picking one color was just impossible), the first project is for the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge #41 “Get … Read more

While lots of crafters are off seeing all the new goodies to see at CHA in California, I am here on the east coast wishing I could see it all too.  So thanks to everyone there who has been sharing the sights with the rest of us through your blogs and facebook.  It is keeping … Read more

I was so excited yesterday when my new Lawn Fawn stamps showed up in the mail.  I couldn’t wait to use them!  I have been waiting on them to arrive to make a card for the Lawnscaping Challenge #2 – Casing Kelly Alvarez. The Challenge was to choose a creation of Kelly’s from her blog and … Read more