I love flowers. I've never been very good at keeping them alive, but I keep trying. My great grandmother grew the most beautiful irises on her farm in Kentucky - she had her own breeds. Those genes did not get passed on to me. My mom used to joke that we didn't have green thumbs, … Continue reading WCMC9#21: Florals
Hello friends! Today I have a quick clean & simple card using the Beautiful Branches set from Concord & 9th. I made this card for the CASology challenge #300, where the theme is copper. To start, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock (110lb) down to 4.25 X 11 and scored it at 5.5 inches. … Continue reading CASology #300: Copper
Hi friends! Today I have a card to share using the Rine or Shine stamp set from My Favorite Things. So, I generally gravitate towards the cutesie animals and pretty flowers from MFT and don't buy the sets with people. And it took me awhile to come around to this set. But I kept seeing … Continue reading Rain or Shine
Hi friends! Today I have a card to share with you featuring the oldie but so goodie You Gnome Me stamp set from My Favorite Things. This was one of the first sets I ever bought from MFT, and I only used it once or twice. It actually ended up in my destash box. But … Continue reading I Dig You
Hello friends! Today's card features the Me and My Dragon set from Mama Elephant. I immediately fell in love with this set when it came out and I'm pretty sure I ordered it before I even got out of bed on release day. What? That's a totally normal thing to do. So I colored the … Continue reading Me and My Dragon
Hello friends! Today I have a card for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge, featuring an adorable raccoon from the Raving Raccoons stamp set from MFT. How adorable is she?? (The answer is: Very.) Techniques used for this card: masking no-line coloring colored pencil ink blending The first thing I did to make this card … Continue reading MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #381
Spring? What's that? In my neighborhood, spring has been very elusive. I'm pretty sure it was snowing when I made the card I am sharing with you today. But you know, if you can't have flowers outside, make some flowers inside! To make the floral background, I used the accent flowers from the Wonderful Floral … Continue reading WCMC9 #20: Spring
