Once again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Deb’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month our theme is SUMMER ~ and boy have we had a doozy of a summer here in North Texas!
Continue readingEarlier this month a very dear friend for over 30 years got married, perfect occasion to create a really special and luxurious card made with great care and much love.
While we don’t always have the occasion to make and send a wedding card the same style and supplies can be used to make a birthday or inspirational card, my video today shares an alternate version, by simply changing out the greeting.
Continue readingQuite a few years ago I experimented with the Shaving Cream Technique which you will see produces a marbling effect on the card. I made a video at the time which has had over 41,000 views over those years. I have added a link to the video below.
Today I have a couple of cards using the technique and showcasing some of the new colors that were introduced in May.
Continue readingOnce again I am thrilled to be taking part in the Ink . Stamp . Share blog hop, we are a group of Stampin’ Up!®️Demonstrators from around the globe here to bring you inspiration through creativity!
You will have either arrived from Tricia’s post or starting here ~ either way WELCOME . This month our theme is a color challenge where we have been given 4 colors to create a project with. Check them out below……….
Continue readingYou never know where inspiration will come from – todays’ color combo comes from a classic car I saw in a recent July 4th parade. The car had been beautifully restored and as soon as it drove by I said Petal Pink, Basic Black and Very Vanilla!!! I came straight home and created this card 🙂
Continue readingI have been having a bit of a love affair with vintage style projects over the last 6 months or so and I have shared a few. I think what I like most about this style is that I can use such a lot of easy techniques to achieve the effect I am looking for – and if I get some ink in the wrong place….. it doesn’t matter 🙂
Continue readingToday I have gone right back to basics with some Card, Ink and Stamps………….. and a little bling, of course!!! Sometimes I can get so wrapped up in fancy colds or techniques that I can forget the pleasure of just simply using color to create texture, so I cracked out my Blending Brushes, the Layering Leaves Stamps set and a couple of ink pads!
Continue readingI am still on a mission to use the new core and in-colors launched in May. I have used Bubble Bath quite a bit, I have paired it today with Pretty Peacock and Pool Party. The video shows how I worked thru the ideas for creating the card and choosing the colors which I did as one of my Sunday Live presentations on YouTube.
Continue readingNow we are in June my thoughts are turning to cards to celebrate July 4th ~ Independance Day here in the US. I have taken a slightly different approach for today’s card using some slightly muted Red, White and Blue and using the Elegant Border Dies to create the ‘stripes’. I think this would make a great graduation card ~ simply swap out the red and blue for the school colors!
Continue readingI don’t usually make big cards, partly because of the extra postage we have to pay here in the US. So I have always stuck to making them with 1/2 sheet of 11 x 8 1/2 card with the finished card size of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. Then I received a card from a friend – it was bigger than 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 but still had the regular first class stamp. So I did a little research and found that I could send a max size of 7 x 5 for the same first class stamp – so today’s card is just that size!!
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