Comfort & Healing

I’m back today with a card using one of the new stamp sets, Flourishing Phrases.  One of my goals for the new catalog period is to acquire more sentiment sets.  I feel like I’ve exhausted the ones I have and need some fresh ones.  This set fits the bill. It doesn’t just apply to a certain occasion like birthday or thank you.  It has sentiments for just about any occasion, except birthdays. With this card,…

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Best Thoughts for CYCI #110

I hope that you are enjoying a little taste of spring like we are in PA.  The last few days have been fantastic and they promise there are more to come.  It’s no wonder my cards are all leaning towards flowers! I am entering this card in Can You Case It’s sketch challenge…. The large hydrangea bloom in this set is awesome and makes a big impact on a card.  I stamped the flower in…

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Pretty in Purple

Today I am playing along with Can You Case It’s Color Challenge….. I must admit that I do love working with neutral colors, so I really looked forward to this challenge and color combo. Some of my favorite stamps were used on this little card.  I stamped the background with the Hardwood stamp in Crumb Cake ink. The floral spray is from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set and is stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat…

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Cheery Cherries

Along with participating in a few challenges each week, I have issued myself a challenge….to use an under-used stamp set.  So for this card, I dusted off the Giggle Greetings stamp set.  I remember that this was one of the first sets I ordered when it came out in an annual catalog.  I had a lot of really great cards in mind for this set.  Sadly, that is where most of those cards stayed…in my…

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