Simple Vintage Christmas Card – #TTTC284

It’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday and Team X is up. Silke created a fun challenge board that I’m sure will spark your creativity. I kept it very simple with my card for this challenge. And the reason for that is that I found this wonderful patterned paper that I’ve had sitting on my craft desk for sometime just waiting patiently to be turned into a card. So when I saw the challenge board and one…

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Magnolia Flower Pot Holiday Gift Card Holder – CC2C

It’s time for Creating Coast to Coast with Karen Hallam, in California and myself here in Pennsylvania. This month our creative adventure starts here in PA, where I chose our direction. Given the holidays are quickly approaching, our theme this month is “gift giving”. So a holiday gift card holder seemed like a good idea. I really enjoy creating unique ways to give either money or gift cards. Today’s card was especially fun to create.…

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Pretty View of Fall – PP763

I noticed an arched window die online recently and was half tempted to purchase it until I realized I could easily re-create the window using SU’s Everyday Arches, so that’s what I did! I began with a card base of Early Espresso card stock and added brick patterned paper from my stash. To create the window, I cut an arch from Early Espresso and then cut the next smallest arch using a patterned from SU’s…

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Autumn Toile Thanksgiving Gatefold Z Fold

Hello! That blog title sure is a mouthful…right?! I’m back once again with a unique fun fold courtesy of Jeanie Stark’s Mystery Monday Fun Fold series. This is a fun way to experience new folds to add to your card making portfolio. With the holidays quickly approaching, like they do every year, I’m winding down on creating Autumn cards and looking toward breaking out all the Christmas goodies in my stash. So, this may be…

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