I found these adorable vintage looking birthday stickers recently and am having so much fun making cards with them. Here are three that I've made so far: … [Read more...]
Tuesday Trigger…seeing red
This card was inspired by the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World. I love the black/red combo, as well as the ruffles in the trigger picture. I'm so happy with the way this card came out, and it's for a dear friend whose aunt just passed away. … [Read more...]
Catching up….
I completely forgot to post these back in September...back to school cards for teachers. I had so much fun making these! My sister gave me a pack of computer stationary with this adorable little girl on it, and ever since I've been itching to use them in a project. … [Read more...]
Pleated challenge take 2
My son turned 6 yesterday and I made this card for him. I pleated paper ribbon to make the flames coming from the rocket. … [Read more...]
Pleats Challenge
I had fun coming up with this idea! I pleated vellum paper to make this Halloween candy card. I loved all the ideas for pleating paper in Paper Crafts magazine, so when a challenge was posted on Moxie Fab World I just HAD to play along! … [Read more...]
Yellow & orange challenge
Just a note of thanks! Yellow & Orange card challengeThe reverse side of this card says "of thanks!" … [Read more...]
Juliana’s first birthday party
t's hard to believe that our baby girl is ONE already! We celebrated Juliana's first birthday party on Saturday. When we lived in Japan I began collecting kokeshi dolls, and I have quite a few dolls. Ever since Juliana has been born all I hear is that she looks like a baby doll, so for her first birthday theme I went with kokeshi dolls since she is my real life baby doll! I found the perfect kit on etsy from a seller named PaperGlitter and had fun printing, cutting, … [Read more...]
Bicycle Ride!
What a fun new challenge at Moxie Fab World: I Want to Ride My Bicycle! (And, yes, the awesome Queen song gets stuck in my head everytime I read that!) I immediately thought of this Vintage Yummy paper I've fallen in love with but couldn't figure out what to do with. Ta da...made a trifold birthday card! Thanks for looking! … [Read more...]
Another Moxie Fab Challenge
Here is the sketch for a new Moxie Fab Challenge:And here is what I made:I purchased a pack of vintage inspired postcards over a year ago and have been trying to figure out what to do with them. When I saw the sketch I immediately thought of this image. … [Read more...]
Spring Dress Card
I was blown away by one of the winning card designs in the Moxie Fab World doily and lace challenge. Rachel Defnet made a GORGEOUS card that you can see here. I immediately wanted to try to make one myself, and I had just found some bits and pieces at Impact Thrift Store that I thought I could use. I made a spring dress, using the same yellow/blue/white scheme that my kid's spring picture clothes are in. I had fun making the tiny hanger out of wire, too. :) … [Read more...]