For our monthly cross country collaboration, Karen Hallam in CA and myself here in PA are creating with Stampin’ Up! products featured in the new May-August catalog. I didn’t purchase much from the catalog but Designer Series Paper is something I find hard to resist. The Artisan Sketched Garden DSP is one that caught me eye immediately, especially when I saw all the coloring opportunities! I haven’t been doing much coloring lately and it was…
Karen Hallam (CA) and I (PA) are back with our monthly cross country stamping adventure. This month we’re traveling from California to Pennsylvania, so that means Karen chose our direction. Karen had a great idea and one we haven’t done before. She suggested we go back in the CC2C archives and choose one of the other’s cards that we really liked and CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) it. Karen and I have been doing this…
Here we are again…Creating Coast to Coast. This month we’re beginning the journey here on the East Coast with me in PA and traveling West to Karen Hallam in CA. Our direction this month was to follow a sketch. Sketches are a great starting point when creating a card. The bones of the card are already there but there’s lots of room for creative interpretation. Let’s take a look at today’s sketch… Since Karen and…
This month’s Creating Coast to Coast is coming to you from West to East. Karen Hallam in California has chosen our direction with a color assignment. Here’s Karen’s festive card… And here in Pennsylvania, I decided on a sympathy card with a subtle shade of green paired with gold. I’m trying to add a few sympathy cards to my stash. Most of my current sympathy cards are more on the feminine side. So I’m creating…
