My granddaughter just turned 7. We started sharing a love of paper crafting as soon as she could hold a crayon. She’s making cards for her first grade classmates. Lawn Fawn stamps are her favorite.She carefully selects the critters and colors she knows each friend likes. I love that she draws her own branches and…
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Make a Rainbow I can’t believe our Grandson is turning 3 already!!! He has brought us 3 years of joy with his hugs and belly laugh. He talks nonstop, loves his books and plays with great imagination.This card uses the darling Gerda Steiner Designs set called Party Animals. I have lots…
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything GoesInitially this was my least favorite Color Burst background yet it made up into my mosts favorite card!All elements including the white heat embossed sentiment are from Lawn Fawn.The rocket rides the circle around the astronaut. This is a perfect card for my grandchildren! I’ve got to add that I…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Another Color Burst background from the class with Ken Oliver.The Lawn Fawn elements were stamped with Memento and colored with Copic Markers. This card involves a lot of stamping, coloring and die cutting. But it was the most fun I’ve had making a card for a while. I’m…
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes Color Burst’s greatest value to me is it’s use as a background. Blue has always been my favorite color so blue backgrounds really appeal to me. I made this…
Anything Goes Simon Says Challenge I had the pleasure of attending two Color Burst classes today taught by the “inventor” himself, Ken Oliver. Ken is now an Indiana Hoosier . . . as I am. I enjoyed his teaching and stories of his beautiful new home town in Indiana. This “Galaxy Background” class used Ken’s…
#thedailymarker30day Newton’s Nook had this cute St Patrick’s kitten and sentiment. The Rainbow sentiment is from Stampin up. I created the rainbow with Distress inks. The grass die is from Memory Box.There are all kinds of gold spritz, splatters and sprays.
I still love and use my circle punches frequently!We will soon be in Disneyland celebrating birthdays! These were quick and easy gift tags for both boy and girl.
#thedailymarker30daysOne more butterfly card this time with a Stampendous butterfly stamp.
#thedailymarker30dayJennifer McGuire recently posted a card with a die cut circle and elements coming out from the circle. She also featured a background technique.I went with this MFT floral background in black and white, Whippersnapper butterfly colored with Copices and a sentiment embossed in white.This turned out very different than Jennifer’s cards. It’s also an…