Pine and poinsettias both are traditionally used for Christmas decorating. Each holiday season my mother filled her flower shop to overflowing with poinsettias and pine wreaths, swags and garlands. I have fond memories of working with her in her shop during my holiday breaks from school. I have a pine and a poinsettia project to …
Do you like to use frames on your card front? I do. The Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoaststampers was to use some form of a frame on your project. I created an all white card with framed evergreen trees. This was a fast and easy project. The most time consuming thing was to …
Have you noticed how many companies have cardinals in their new Christmas release sets? There are several really beautiful images but I still love the one in the retired Stampin’ Up! set Christmas Cardinal. The Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge had an oval shape in the layout and inspired me to pull my cardinal out and use …
The Splitcoaststampers Tuesday Color Challenge was fun with soft colors. The challenge was to use Blushing Bride, Baja Breeze and Cookie Crumb. Since I don’t have some of the new Stampin’ Up! colors I used a soft pink Prism cardstock, Baja Breeze and Kraft. I couldn’t resist trying a snowman scene with these pretty colors …
I don’t usually try clean and simple card designs as I usually get too busy adding scenery or other stuff. I checked the Monday CAS challenge while I was on my lunch break and knew I had to play as soon as I got home. The challenge was to use either gingham or checks. I …