Vintage Birthday Card

Hi Everyone! I am so excited to share this vintage birthday card with you! I created it for my awesome brother-in-law’s birthday today, and used some great new products I just purchased from Simon Says Stamp. I’m entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Shake It Up, featuring We R Memory Keepers… Continue reading Vintage Birthday Card

Love You, Beautiful (Tag)

          Hi again Everyone! After everyone’s illnesses these past weeks, I’ve finally been in the craft room a lot this week. (I’m just ignoring the big Golden Retriever hair balls tumbling in the corners!) I’ve got real creative work to do! I spent much of the past two days working on… Continue reading Love You, Beautiful (Tag)

Love XO

Hi Everyone! I’m excited to share a mixed media card that I created for Simon Says Stamp Challenge Monday Challenge Blog, Love is in the Air. This card is a collection of some of my favorite items from this month’s SSS card kit with awesome Tim Holtz products thrown in for extra artsy fun. I began… Continue reading Love XO

Best Friends

Hi Everyone! Today I’m sharing a mixed media page from my new Dyan Reaveley small journal. I like this size better than the bigger journal because it’s more managable for creative content. I created this for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog, Best Friends. I’ve found two artists whom I’ve been watching a lot lately.… Continue reading Best Friends

Journal – Farewell Snape

Hi Everyone! Today I’m sharing a journal page in tribute to Alan Rickman: Better known as Severus Snape to our family. We are huge Harry Potter fans, and I was so sad to hear that Alan Rickman died a few days ago. I’ve been obsessed with mixed media lately, and thought this was a good… Continue reading Journal – Farewell Snape

Moments in Mixed Media

Hi Everyone! It is cold and snowy in Ohio, so I needed some warm sunshine to brighten the dull day. I used some of my favorite warm spray stain colors and Tim Holtz’s Rays stencil to create the background for this mixed media card, and I plan to submit it for Simon Says Stamp’s Monday… Continue reading Moments in Mixed Media

Blue Christmas Shaker Card

Hi Everyone! I received the December Simon Says Stamp Card Kit on Saturday, and I haven’t been able to stop creating cards since! I didn’t even want to take the time for pictures. That meant that I actually had to clean everything up and put it away so that I could put the photography tent… Continue reading Blue Christmas Shaker Card

North Pole Christmas

Hi Everyone! I’ve been working on this card for a couple of days and finally managed to complete it this evening. This is my second card for the WPlus9 Get Sketchy Challenge. I’ve had this Happy Mail set from WPlus9 for a while, but had not completed a card with it yet. The inspiration hit… Continue reading North Pole Christmas

Wrap It Up! From Our House To Yours

Hi Everyone! Here is a card I created for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Card Challenge (Wrap It Up) with Distress Ink stained seam tape. This was my first attempt at coloring ribbon, and it was fun. My fingers looked a little smurf-ish for a day or so, but it was worth it. I think I’ll wear disposable… Continue reading Wrap It Up! From Our House To Yours