I hadn’t made a one layer card in a long time. When I saw the sketch spotlight challenge on StampTV (STVSKSP12) I couldn’t wait to try one with this layout. I embossed the lacey oval first on a kraft card, then added score lines with my MS score board. I covered up the area around […]
Entries from February 2011
One Layer Card
February 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: clean & simple
Springtime Smiles
February 6th, 2011 · 8 Comments
It’s great to be able to get something on paper that you’ve been carrying around in your head for days (if not weeks). I’ve been dying to try the retiform technique with this new Easter Blossoms stamp set and today was the day! I found this color combination on a PDF somebody shared on splitcoaststampers.com […]
Tags: simply delicious
Baby Louise
February 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments
My cousin Anneleen gave birth to a little girl last month and they named her Louise. I like to personalize the baby cards I send to family and friends, and this time I used black die-cut letters to spell louise. They were very easily adhered to the Sweet Mango strip by using a Quickie Glue […]
Tags: fun & frolicky
Baby Stocking
February 4th, 2011 · 6 Comments
My Hopewell neighbor Heather Pulvirenti started a Totally Hues color challenge on her blog today. Even though I don’t own any PTI card stock, I wanted to jump right in and tried to find colors similar to: Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, and Simply Chartreuse. These colors might be considered a little too bright […]
Tags: fun & frolicky
Birthday Wishes
February 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments
As you can see I haven’t put away my sewing machine just yet. The striped Grasshopper sheet in BasicGrey’s Green at Heart collection already has some (faux) stitching going on, so I thought it’d be nice to do some actual stitching on the card as well. I made this birthday card for a stamping buddy […]
Tags: simply delicious
