Don and I have been watching X-Files in preparation for the movie this summer. We watched this while we were dating, so it has been fun to re-watch them together. Although, since having kids, I tend to get the creeps (or “creaks” as Perrin would say). These things didn’t used to bother me so much […]

This month in Owen’s Kindergarten class they have been learning about Community Helpers. I had originally planned to go in as a Baker but with StampMania this past weekend, I was pretty exhausted! I was going to just call it and cancel until I had the idea to go in as a Paper Artist, also […]

I made this card a few weeks ago for sketch challenge 162, but never got around to posting it. I really liked the simple layout and went for a Spring feel by using lots of white. I used a set clear stamp set for the focal image, but I can’t find the packaging right now […]

How cute is this little guy? I spied this image at my local rubber stamp store during Christmastime, but I never got around to using him. I think he’s too cute to use only during the Holidays, so I dressed him up in fun colors to coordinate with the designer paper. The image […]

I created a set of 30 of these cards for our friend, Axton. He wanted some Chinese New Year cards to send to family and friends. We were lucky to find this image from an eBay store called 2nd Nature Arts to use for the focal image. Let me tell ya, it’s not that easy […]

I made this card a last week for Sketch Challenge 159 and Color Challenge 149 at Splitcoaststampers, I just haven’t uploaded it yet. This card uses the PaperTrey set Text Boxed.
For the focal image, I inked it up in Apricot Appeal then stippled some Rose Red on the image before stamping. This is kind of […]

Well, hello!! I’ve been away for a while, kinda gave myself a break. Haven’t really been doing anything exciting, just taking it easy while my boys are off-track. But when I got a call from Lisa asking me to join her S.W.A.K. Down challenge, I knew it was time to get back to blogging! […]

Had some computer problems, but now I’m up and running again! Yay!
Don’t think I’ve shared these yet. Don’t ya just love the cute strawberry images from justjohanna?

Johanna has so many cute topiary images that it’s hard to pick a favorite! There are crystal effects and Stickes on the strawberries for extra texture and sparkle. I […]

I’ve been a little absent lately. Thought I’d pop on and share a couple of cards. All images from justjohanna.

Stamps: Intertwined Kitties
Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, designer paper by doodlebug design
Ink: Palette Noir Black
Accessories: Prima flower, black mini brad, Marvy Mega Scallop Punch, Marvy Giga Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, White Gel Pen, […]

This was a fun card to do. It used the paper toil technique, you can see how to do it here: paper toil flower
Basically, you stamp your image several times, color them in, then cut them out to create layers for one image. Then you adhere the images with foam tape/dimensionals between each layer […]