Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

by | Jul 3, 2017 | Punches, Sketch Challenge, Stamping

I created a few of these cards a couple of weeks ago so that I could send Thank you notes to some people that had recently placed orders with me. A few years ago I used a stamp/punch combo to create some black-eyed Susan flowers and I thought it would be great to do...
Happy Birthday Colin Hay

Happy Birthday Colin Hay

by | Jun 29, 2017 | Sketch Challenge, Stamping

Colin Hay and the group Men at Work was part of the music soundtrack of my youth. Yes – I do know that I’m showing my age here.  I fondly remember listening to “Down Under” and “Who Can It Be Now?” while I was hanging out in my room...
Summery Seashells

Summery Seashells

by | Jun 26, 2017 | Stamping, Techniques

This was the more involved card that we made at the June session for the Essex stamp club. I wanted to tech these ladies about the masking technique so that they would have it in their papercrafting “toolbox”. Also, I wanted to create a summery card since...
Prince George Birthday

Prince George Birthday

by | Jun 19, 2017 | Stamping

I’m a bit early with my celebration of Prince George’s birthday – his special day is actually on July 22nd. But isn’t this just the perfect card to give a child to help celebrate their special day? The cute characters on the stamps and the...
Lemon-y Greeting

Lemon-y Greeting

by | Jun 16, 2017 | Punches, Sketch Challenge, Stamping

We had the Essex stamp club meeting last evening, and I was super-excited to showcase a few new items from the shiny new catalog. This card that you see here was the easier project of the two for the evening. The most challenging part ended up being punching out the...
Summery Beach

Summery Beach

by | Jun 6, 2017 | Stamping, Techniques

I created this card for the South Burlington stamp club group. We were meeting at the end of May, so I wanted to highlight a product that wasn’t retiring due to “flexible” inventory levels. I didn’t want to entice them with something that was...