It’s time for another cross country CASEing adventure with Karen Hallam in CA and myself here in PA. Each month, Karen and I take a turn CASEing (Copy and Selectively Edit) the other’s card, theme, colors, layout or technique. This month, Karen decided we would create a shadowbox card. Here’s Karen’s card… You can read all the details on this classically beautiful Christmas shadowbox card HERE. One of the things I enjoy best about this…
Hello! I hope you’re feeling welly, welly well today. You’ll get this pun as you read on about the card. I’m playing along with the the Tic Tac Toe challenge again… I chose the first column down: ribbon, leaves, embossing Isn’t this image great? Once again, I used the Power Poppy set, Feeling Fall. I’ve had this set for a couple years but have used it more this year than ever. It has all the…
I love big, bold and beautiful flowers. And my card today features the big, bold and VERY beautiful Delicate Dahlias stamp set from Stampin’ Up! Although this is a two-step stamp set, I chose to stamp and color these flowers. Before coloring, I stamped the flowers with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed them with black embossing powder. This actually makes it much easier to color and blend within the lines. The die cut…
I’m popping in again today with a nautical themed encouragement card for the Paper Players theme challenge. You can visit the challenge HERE. I created a mini slimline using the Sailing Home stamp set and coordinating Smooth Sailing dies. The patterned paper is from the Graphic 45 By the Sea collection. The inside sentiment is from the Prized Peony stamp set. The envelope is embellished with more patterned paper. You can see the tutorial and…
