Last time I was in Memories Live On, they gave me a sheet of Penny Black stickers and asked me to make some sample cards with them. I don’t use a lot of stickers, so the sheet sat on the corner of my desk for days, taunting me. I finally decided, since many of the stickers were fairly large, to …
More Card Cupids
I’m interrupting your regularly-scheduled New Toy Tuesday to bring you two new cards I made for Card Cupids. If you missed my last posts about this charity, they collect cards to distribute to hospitalized children. They currently have three children on their list (two girls and one boy), so before I sent my first card I wanted to make sure …
And the Winner Is…
TRACY! And here’s the finished card based on her suggestions: Now, interestingly enough, Tracy actually voted for design number three in the comments yesterday. So, Tracy, I’ll give you the choice of this card or Design 3. Please send me your choice and your contact information via the form linked at the top of the page. Thank you to everyone …
Card Giveaway Finalists!
First, I want to thank everyone for their helpful ideals on the Christmas light card. There were so many great suggestions, that it’s going to be hard to pick a winner. Some of the ideas, while great, weren’t really workable with the supplies I have on hand. For example, several people suggested using smaller lights. Unfortunately, I used a Sizzix …
So Amazing
I created this card for an amazing new charity called Card Cupids. They collect cheerful cards for children with terminal illnesses. This card started with the image. What better stamp for a cheerful card than Cheerleader Marci from La La Land Crafts? Here’s a tip, though. When you’re making a card, don’t color your image before you pick out your …
Candy Cane Card
This card was so much fun to make, and relatively quick too. The design is based on CPS #189, though I modified it to fit a standard A-2 envelope. The patterned cardstocks came from my stash, and the Candy Cane La-La image is one that I actually colored several weeks ago. I often stamp a page full of images and …