I needed to make a quick birthday card today and it was just sheer luck that my Simon Says Stamp September card kit came in the mail this afternoon. I’ve never used a kit on the same day it arrived before…I guess it was great timing and one of the patterned papers from the kit […]
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Frosted Moroccan Window Card
I was very excited to get my August Card Kit in the mail from Simon Says Stamp because I haven’t used a lot of stencils in my card-making. I couldn’t get Morocco out of my head for obvious reasons, so I decided to take that inspiration and make a tropical-themed card with a Moroccan-style window: […]
Circle Sketch Challenges
I’m playing catch up after a nice long vacation, but here is a birthday card I made inspired by two different sketches…one at the Silhouette Blog and one at Online Card Classes: I designed my own circle border similar to the one featured on the Silhouette blog last Thursday (here), but instead of filling the […]
Plaid Stamping
I really wanted to make a shaker card today but I was short on time, so I chose my second favorite technique from the bunch – plaid stamping. I knew this would look great using the border stamp from “Cupcake Party” by Simon Says Stamp because I saw the video where Kristina used it on […]
Summer Card Camp Day 5 – New Color Challenge
Although I loved the color combination provided this week, I was thrilled to see a whole new set of colors to play with today. I immediately started envisioning a porthole when I saw Kristina’s window card and the first set of colors that seemed to be nautical-inspired to me. Here is what I came up […]