My good friend asked me to create a retirement card based on two cards I made previously found HERE and HERE. She liked the colors of the first one and the layout of the second and so this is a compilation of the two. The “Happy Retirement” sentiment was printed on my computer; then using a Stamp-a-ma-jig, [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Apothecary Retirement
Posted in Cards, Watercoloring on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Control Freaks Blog Tour – Love is in the Air!
Posted in 3-D Projects, Cards, Control Freaks, Watercoloring on January 20, 2012 | 26 Comments »
Welcome to the January Control Freaks Blog Tour! Our theme this month is “Love is in the Air – Cards/Projects for your Valentine”. If you’re following the blog tour lineup, you’ve just come from Wendy Weixler’s blog. Wendy has such a talent for adding just the right accessories to her projects! I am so excited [...]
Well Worn Sympathy
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I made this sympathy card and when I took the picture and uploaded it to my computer, the flowers looked almost electric blue rather than Not Quite Navy. I’ve never had my camera skew the colors so much! In real life, the flowers are much more subdued and not as bright as they appear in [...]
Butterfly Kindness
Posted in Cards, Ten Minute Cards on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I worked on a class I’ll be holding at the end of the month. It’s one of my most popular classes — make 10 cards with each card taking 10 minutes or less to make. Today’s butterfly card will be one of those 10 cards. The butterfly on this card was inspired by a sample in [...]
Rue Des Fleurs Thank You
Posted in Cards, Control Freaks on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This is my card for the Control Freaks Occasions Mini and Sale-a bration mini catalogs swap — I made 30 of these! Stamps: Rue Des Fleurs, Tiny Tags, En Francais Paper: Whisper White, Soft Suede, Pool Party Ink: Soft Suede Accessories: Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sponge, Labels [...]
Outlined Occasions Thank You
Posted in Cards, Christmas on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This will be my family’s Christmas thank you card this year (I’m a little behind in designing it, I know). I was happy to be able to use the new Sale-a-bration stamp set Outlined Occasions without having to color each letter; here I’ve only colored the little stars with a Real Red marker. I very [...]

