Layering Love Shaker Card – PP311

Here’s a first for me….A Shaker Card!  I know I’m a little late to the shaker party and really don’t know why it’s taken so long for me to make one of these.  I think I just needed the perfect occasion and this card was for my daughter, Emily’s birthday…. Emily is one of my biggest fans when it comes to card making, so I always try to send her (and all my daughters) really…

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Acorny Thank You – PPA #316

Remember those cute little acorns?  I pulled them off the shelf and dusted them off for today’s card for the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge…. This was a fun sketch. The card base is Cajun Craze cardstock with a mat of Very Vanilla cut 1/8″ smaller. The Very Vanilla sentiment panel measures 3 3/4″ x 2 1/2″.  The DSP panel is from the Petals & Paisleys Designer Series Paper Pack (#142017) and is cut 3…

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Happy New Home – PPA #135

Happy Monday…hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today I’m playing along with the Pals Paper Arts color challenge today…. This card is for a young couple who recently purchased their first new home.  I remember how exciting that was! The card A2 card base is Dapper Denim cardstock.  To create the look of siding, I used the Simply Scored Scoring Tool(122334). Remember the Hearth & Home Thinlits (#139666)…I almost forgot I had them! They created the…

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Pretty in Pink Paisleys – GDP #50

Today’s card was inspired by the Global Design Project’s latest sketch challenge… What a fun, straightforward sketch.  These can be the most challenging though. They leave so much room for interpretation it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin.  Here’s where this sketch took me…. This is a little sneak peek of an awesome stamp set in the new Holiday Catalog that goes live on Sept. 1 called Paisleys and Posies (#142196).  I absolutely love…

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