I felt really challenged to participate in two different challenges for today’s card. The first was an open-ended color challenge (my own pick of 3) from CYC#111 and a layout challenge full of circles and SSC122 Challenging for two reasons: To be able to pick your own colors can be daunting. Sometimes it’s easier to work …
Happy Monday everyone! Poor Mondays, they have such a bad name for themselves, but honestly, it’s a new week and a new chance to accomplish things and move forward! So, here’s to Monday! I have April birthdays looming around the corner, so it’s about time to get working on them. For today’s card I started with …
For today’s card, I went simple and sweet. My color inspiration came from the Sunday Stamps Challenge this week and my layout inspiration from the Global Design Project challenge. I started with a base color of Blushing Bride and layered it with a beautiful pattern from the English Garden DSP. I then layered that with Sahara Sand and Whisper …
I naturally tend to go for the beautiful Designer Series Paper when creating a card; however, I’ve been wanting to stretch myself a bit and take advantage of the beautiful stamp sets to create my own patterned paper. For today’s card, I started off with a Whisper White Thick Cardstock (I’m telling you, this stuff …
For today’s card, I really wanted to show off the beautiful Sale-a-bration DSP, Wildflower Fields, using the Freshly Made Sketches 225 Challenge layout. I started with a background of Blackberry Bliss and layered it with Whisper White and then Pool Party. I embossed the Pool Party in Softly Falling Embossing Folder. I cut some of the …
Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a crafttistic (get it, craft – fantastic) week so far! It’s been one of those weeks for me and I have to say that sneaking away into my craft room to whip up some cards has kept my head clear. Today’s layout comes from the Paper Pals #288 Challenge. With March …