Wedding Gift Card Holder

With wedding season coming up, I was happy to participate in Stamp, Ink, Paper’s theme challenge this week.  You guessed it, the theme is weddings! My wedding gift of choice is almost always a check for the new couple, so I decided to make a gift card or money holder.  These are always great to have on hand. I used the fabulous Mini Treat Bag Thinlits to create the “envelope” for this card.  It makes…

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Wistful Wishes

The challenge at the Global Design Project this week is a color challenge and these colors were a bit of a challenge for me. What I love about participating in challenges like this is how a card evolves from a sketch or color combination that I would never have thought to put together.  I really admire the design teams of these challenges.  These challenges are a great way to stretch your creativity, not to mention…

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A Nautical Traveler

Today I am playing along with two challenges.  Can You Case It #113 is a color challenge and The Challenge #66 is a masculine photo inspiration….you can see how these two challenges actually go hand in hand.     The challenge here for me was the masculine card.  These type of cards are a little out of my comfort zone so this was good practice to create one. Since I really do not own any nautical…

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Flower-Filled Teacup

Hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Easter.  Ours was quite lovely.  Our newlyweds, Emily & Mike hosted this year.  The food was delicious and the company even better! Today my card share is for the Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge.  Michelle chose such a soft and pretty color palette…. I really had a great time making this card. This is called a side easel card and it is the first one I’ve made.  I found…

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