Wednesday, October 2, 2024
It's October 2nd and as it is the first Weds. of the month we have a new Paper Funday Challenge.I choose Rachelle Anne Miller as my sponsor this month and specifically her digital image called Animal Parade.The image was printed on Ranger Distress Watercolor Card Stock with a laser printer on the textured side. I watercolored with Altenew 36 Pan Watercolor Set.Such cute cute images it was easy and quick to bring them to life! The sentiment is from a retired clear stamp set from Spellbinders cal...
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Happy September, friends and welcome to The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge for the 15th. Here is the gorgeous inspiration photo from which I chose my colors for this Sympathy Card:I started with Ranger's Distress Ink in Mustard Seed, Lost Shadow and Spiced Marmalade and ink blended on an A2 sized panel of Ranger's Distress Watercolor Card Stock. I flicked lots of water for those lovely splatters. The flowers are from Gina K. Designs' All Occasion Flowers and stamped with MFT Stamps Blue Beyond.Re...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
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Welcome friends! Welcome to The Paper Funday Challenge for September 2024.For me it was time to combine our 2 sponsors and the twist to make these 2 fun colorful cards! I used both A Colorful Life Designs Stencil, Simon Says Stamp Stamp & coordinating Die Set and I made my own background paper.I really love this stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Messy Diamond Grid. It made a wonderful rainbow background. I tilted it so the critters could look like they were on a shelf or wall (at leas...
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Time for another Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and this one has such beautiful inspiration photos:This reminds me of my granddaughter's wedding two years ago. Her bridesmaids' colors were dusty rose. So lovely!I love the simplicity of this card and the softness of the colors. Here is what I used to make this card, but of course you can easily CASE this card with what you have in your stash:1) Sentiment - Taylored Expressions On Occasions and Coordinating Die;2) Sentiment - Hero Arts Embossing Po...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Welcome to August 2024 and another Paper Funday Challenge! This month I choose Newton's Nook Designs as the sponsor to highlight. The sets I chose from Newton's Nook were: Birthday Barks and Paw-Some BirthdayPaw-Some Birthday. I also had a pad of the Birthday Woofs 6 X 6 paper which I used on each card. Cute cute designs!All of the images were stamped on Ranger Tim Holtz Watercolor Card Stock with Altenew Obsidian Black Pigment Ink and sprinkled with Altenew Crisp Clear Embossing Powder and he...
Monday, July 15, 2024
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Welcome back, friends! It's July 15th and time for a new Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. Here is our inspiration photo:Gorgeous colors and I used the flower: Birds of Paradise as my theme.Trying to capture the ombre in my card, but not being very successful. I used the following to create this card:-Hero Arts Birds of Paradise Bundle;-Ranger Distress Watercolor Card Stock;-Altenew 36 pan Watercolor Set;-Altenew Elegant Sayings & Die Set;-Altenew Obsidian Black Pigment Ink;-Spellbinders - Embossi...
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Hi friends! Can you believe it is July already? I should be making Christmas cards now...but I was in a summer mood.For this month at The Paper Funday Challenges one of our sponsors is Lawn Fawn! Who doesn't love all the cuteness of Lawn Fawn?I choose 3 Lawn Fawn sets (stamps and dies): Gleeful Gardens, Oh Gnome and All the Speech Bubbles and mixed and matched them for these 4 cards. I stamped multiple images on Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Card Stock with Altenew Obsidian Black Pigment...
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I am a wife of 48 years married to my best friend, Mike. He has always been my biggest supporter. We have 3 beautiful daughters and 2 wonderful grandchildren. Also, I am a college graduate, still working full time, and trying to squeeze in every crafting moment possible. Working with my hands, whether it is papercrafting, stamping, painting, cross-stitching, zentangling or quilting - brings joy to my life. I love color in all its various forms.
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