Everything Eleanor – For YOU

Today’s card is using one of my favorite stamp sets.  I really love this set but for some reason have not used it in a long time.   I am entering this card in two challenges.  The Global Design Project’s color challenge and Freshly Made Sketches weekly sketch challenge.    Combining a color and sketch challenge is really fun.  I really like how these colors translated into a card.  There is something rather stunning about…

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Hello (honey) Hexagons

Hello…I hope your week is starting out on a happy note and I hope my card will make it a little happier. I was determined to use the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set as I have had it for so long and it has never touched an ink pad.  The sketch needed a focal point so I clustered the hexagons into a wheel shape. Here is a close up of the hexagon layering. After I stamped each hexagon…

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Pretty in Purple

Today I am playing along with Can You Case It’s Color Challenge….. I must admit that I do love working with neutral colors, so I really looked forward to this challenge and color combo. Some of my favorite stamps were used on this little card.  I stamped the background with the Hardwood stamp in Crumb Cake ink. The floral spray is from the Awesomely Artistic stamp set and is stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat…

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Botanical Bloom Wreath

Happy Valentine’s Day…I hope you are spending it with someone or even something you love (like stamping perhaps).  I am doing both.  My husband and I will be going out to dinner later but I will have a few uninterrupted hours of stamping.  It is a good day! My card to day has a very tropical feel thanks to the Botanical Blooms stamp set and coordinating dies.  Tropical is exactly how I would like to…

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