This week's challenge on the Fab Friday challenge blog is a color challenge. I usually shy away from color challenges that have more than 3 colors. I'm always afraid that my design will be too much of a good bad thing. But I thought the Letterpress Winter snowflakes in Old Olive, Coastal Cabana, ... Read More about Fab Letterpress Winter
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Retro Wreath
Wow! I really went "retro" for this week's Retro Sketch Challenge. I used some more Under The Tree Designer Series Paper and let that choose my color scheme. Since I already had the "Wondrous Wreath" stamp set out, I thought I'd use the same colors on the wreath that I used for the card. Here's the ... Read More about Retro Wreath
Sweet Taffy Birthday
The sketch at the Create with Connie & Mary challenge blog reminded me of birthday streamers, so I pulled out some scraps of Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper and decided to make a cheery birthday card. I love these colors on the Sweet Daffy DSP. I think they're great all year round for ... Read More about Sweet Taffy Birthday
Very Merry Trees
OOOO! I love the sketch on the Freshly Made Sketches challenge blog this week! I had an idea for a fall card, but it's been so cold the last few day and I had a piece of Trim The Tree DSP laying on my desk, so I was destined to make a Christmas card. Once I had the DSP in hand, I went digging ... Read More about Very Merry Trees
Old Fashioned Christmas
I really try to avoid using red and green on Christmas cards. It's really, er, "traditional." I like vintage cards, blue cards, and I can even go with Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. But red and green are so "normal." But sometimes the normal, traditional route is the way to go! This week the Fab ... Read More about Old Fashioned Christmas
A Cheery Octopus
The challenge this week at the Addicted to Clean and Simple blog is a sketch. I decided to use a set that I haven't picked up in quite a while: Sea Street. I've been making Christmas and fall cards for a while, so I wanted a little change of place. This sketch challenge was just the ticket for a ... Read More about A Cheery Octopus
