A Special Thanks

Today’s card is pulling double duty as I am entering it into the Global Design Project #55 theme challenge and the Pals Paper Arts #320 sketch challenge. My card today is actually a thank you note for a random act of kindness that was shown to me… Clean and simple cards do not come easy to me, so I was very pleased that this one worked out as well as it did. Here are the…

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A Little Christmas Magic for Merry Monday #215

Happy October and Happy World Card Making Day (if you haven’t already heard!).  Wow…a day to do just what most of us probably do several times a week or even on a daily basis.  We certainly don’t need a special day but why not?! Today, I am entering a new-to-me challenge.  I follow many stampers who make such beautiful Christmas card year-round by participating in the Merry Monday weekly challenge.  Here is this week’s color…

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A Bushel and a Peck – PP #313 & SIP #66

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF FALL! Today’s project is truly off the beaten path for me in several aspects.  Here’s why….the Paper Players’ challenge called for a “taste of Fall” and the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge was “anything but a card”.  I was a little hard pressed for “edible” fall stamps and I usually don’t post many 3D projects but I really wanted to rise to these challenges.   I recently purchased a few Fall stamp…

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A Smiling Heart – GDP #053 & PPA #318

     It’s a lot of fun combining challenges, especially when you have a fun sketch and a super color combination to work with.  The Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge and the Global Design Project’s color challenge worked so well together on this card.  I hope you agree…. The star of this card is the POP of color from the Watermelon Wonder In Color Doilie (#141674).  The Layering Circles Framelits (#141705) helped create the medallion along…

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