Blog Spring Cleaning
I’ve been doing some major spring cleaning on my blog. The first thing you’ll probably notice is my new banner. I wanted something more dynamic and turned a close-up of this card into my header. I also...
View ArticleA Custom Domain
You were probably surprised to see a different domain and blog title when you visited my blog today. I took my Blog Spring Cleaning a step further and added a custom domain to my blog:...
View ArticleBlogger Spotlight Die Cut Crazy Magazine (March Issue)
I have exciting news: Back in February, I was chosen for the March blogger spotlight in Die Cut Crazy Magazine, an online magazine that is published monthly in the Newsstand on the iPad. Today I can...
View ArticleEaster 2013 Bunny Card
Easter is just two weeks away and to me it wouldn’t be Easter without a cute little Easter bunny. I created my bunny with two circles and two ovals from the George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge...
View ArticlePenny Black Hedgehog Mother’s Day Card
Remember this Mother’s Day Card? It’s being featured in the April issue of Die Cut Crazy Magazine. I’ve been dying to show you the screenshots! My card as well as the photo of me working the Cuttlebug...
View ArticlePenny Black Wishes Mother’s Day Card
For this Mother’s Day card I used one of the floral images from the Penny Black transparent stamp set “Wishes”, stamped it multiple times in different colors and combined it with a Stampin’ Up...
View ArticlePenny Black A Bear of All Trades Father’s Day Card
This is my second entry for the Penny Black “For Family” challenge. To create this card, I went with one of the bears from “a bear of all trades” and framed him with my Spellbinders Nestabilities. For...
View ArticleGone Fishing Father’s Day Card
This is a first for me I think; two posts in one day. I made a third card for the “For Family” challenge at Penny Black and chose another bear from “a bear of all trades” as my image (to view the cards...
View ArticleHedgehog Airmail Greetings
I’ve been wanting to make an airmail themed card for a while. I started by creating the red, white and blue border that’s typical for an airmail envelope. You can’t tell from the photo but I actually...
View ArticlePenny Black Guest Designer Day 1
A little while ago I was asked by the talented Jill Foster if I was interested in guest designing for Penny Black. Being a huge fan of Penny Black stamps I immediately said yes. Below is one of the...
View ArticlePenny Black Guest Designer Day 2
It was the “plant a little sunshine” sentiment used on yesterday’s card that inspired me to make my second project, a topper for a clear treat bag filled with flower seeds featuring another mouse from...
View ArticlePenny Black Guest Designer Day 3
My third project for the Penny Black blog features the birdhouse image from “nature’s wishes” and a sentiment from the same set. I created an oval window with my Spellbinders Nestabilities and paper...
View ArticlePenny Black Guest Designer Day 4
Today’s project is a shadow box card featuring an image and sentiment from “nature’s wishes”. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and created the window with my Spellbinders Nestabilities.
View ArticlePenny Black Guest Designer Day 5
This 3.5″ x 3.5″ notebook created with the Bind-It-All wraps up my week as a guest designer on the Penny Black blog. Both the cover and back feature stamps from “nature’s wishes”. I colored the image...
View ArticleStamped Duckie Onesie
I love to stamp, not just on paper but on fabric too. Remember these stamped onesies? Here’s another one that I made featuring the cute duck from the Penny Black transparent stamp set “mother goose”....
View ArticleDress Up Your Homemade Jam with Penny Black Stamps
As an avid stamper no homemade gift would be complete to me without some kind of stamped element. For this jar of homemade strawberry jam, I created a gift tag with Penny Black’s T for transparent...
View ArticleStrawberry Jam Recipe Card
Continuing with the homemade jam theme, I made a matching recipe card to accompany the strawberry jam and gift tag shown in my previous post. The mice from Penny Black’s transparent stamp set...
View ArticlePenny Black Recipe Book
While working on the strawberry jam recipe card that I shared in my last post, I had the idea for this recipe book. Featuring the same stamp from the Penny Black transparent stamp set “homemade”, the...
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