Today I continue on my journey to show you how I organize my crafting tools, accessories, paper and ink. In the last two weeks, we have conquered the organization of paper, ink and ribbon. So today we will look at storing punches, dies, framelits and embossing folders. I know that if I can't see the items they won't get used and who wants to keep digging to find what you need. Target has cute and…
These "cards in a box" are the hot trend right now. It seemed like a lot more work than perhaps I might want to do for a card. Yet I was drawn to try it. Check out the result… I have a colleague at work who turned 50 yeasterday and she loves owls so I thought this was a fun way to say happy birthday. I can see the mistakes I made in the placement…
I saw on Facebook that an old colleague lost her brother to cancer. She has a wonderful family and a resilient spirit and I wanted her to know I was thinking of her. I love the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set because it always seems to says just what I am feeling and has two simple elegant foilage stamps to go with it. The DSP is from the Sale-a-Bration DSP pack called Sweet Sorbet. A…
Just Because it is Thursday and a Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge I created this card! Clean and simple using the color challenge colors: The card base is So Saffron followed by a mat of Calypso Coral. I framed my focal point in black to make it pop. The butterflies are from the Best of Butterflies stamp set and stamped in Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz. The ribbon is also Pear Pizzazz and the embellishment…
