I had never tried off the edge die-cutting but I am very pleased with the end result. I was in the mood to do a puppy card so I chose Mama Elephant\'s Playful Pups, one of my oldest and most used stamp sets. I die cut a panel, did my partial die-cutting, then stamped and finally… Continue reading Off The Edge Die-Cutting
Humorous Monkey Birthday Card
Sometimes a funny card is the way to go. These monkeys make me smile so I thought it would be fun to have them swinging together by their tails. They look like they are up to mischief.I used PhotoPlay We bought a Zoo stamps and dies. I colored in the monkeys with Copic markers and… Continue reading Humorous Monkey Birthday Card
WWC227 – Michelle\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
Welcome and hello! It is all about occasions this week at Watercooler Wednesday and Michelle is our hostess.It is summer so I wanted to make a fun bright tropical card.I did a bit of pattern stamping with Sunny Studio\'s Tropical Paradise set. I think these images are so fun to color! I used Copic markers and put… Continue reading WWC227 – Michelle\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
WWC225 – Donna\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
Hello there! Today starts Watercooler Wednesday\'s \"All About Occasions\" Challenge and I\'ve created a Get Well Scene card. Donna is our hostess and I hope you will stop by our website to see what the other artists have created. This is such a fun prompt because there are dozens of occasions you can create a card… Continue reading WWC225 – Donna\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
WWC224 – Karen\’s Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge
Hello there! Today I am hosting Watercooler Wednesday\'s #224 - Karen\'s Feminine \"Anything Goes\" Challenge and I am so pleased you stopped by. I\'ve been playing with alcohol inks and had some scraps I wanted to use to make into a floral card. I just ordered these fun floral die-cuts (Newton\'s Nook Flower Trio) for this idea. I… Continue reading WWC224 – Karen\’s Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge
Using Alcohol Ink Scraps with Papertrey Yellow Sunshine Die
Good Morning and Hello! I\'ve been wanting to make a card with the scraps leftover from my alcohol ink projects and I thought Yellow Sunshine by Papertrey Ink would be perfect!I selected scraps of my favorite summertime hues and die cut a bunch. I also die-cut a coordinating sentiment and then worked on my layout. I… Continue reading Using Alcohol Ink Scraps with Papertrey Yellow Sunshine Die
WWC223 – Anything Goes Challenge
Hello there! So glad you stopped by. Today is Watercooler Wednesday\'s Special Absolutely Anything Goes Challenge. Dawn is our hostess this week.I needed some Thinking of You cards so I looked through my stamps to find floral images I thought would blend together. I used stamps from 6 stamp sets:WPlus9 Doodle BudsPhoto Play Thinking of YouCreate a… Continue reading WWC223 – Anything Goes Challenge
Summertime Beverages
Hello there! It\'s Memorial Day Weekend and time for parties and festive warm weather beverages. I combined the \"beverages\" theme from Shopping Our Stash \"Get Your Drink On\" Challenge with the color and tropical theme (lei in particular) for Time Out Challenges \"Home Sweet Home\" photo challenge.I LOVE Sunny Studio\'s Tropical Paradise set for fun summer cards. This… Continue reading Summertime Beverages
WWC222 – Helen\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
Hello and Happy Wednesday! This week is \"All About Occasions\" on the Watercooler Wednesday Website where Helen is our hostess.I\'ve created a card I really like, in fact I did a series of four of them. I came up with the idea of watercoloring each of the giraffe\'s \"spots\" with two colors and then letting them organically… Continue reading WWC222 – Helen\’s "All About Occasions" Challenge
