A Floral Birthday Bouquet

It is Thursday and the beginning of a new month so that means it is a Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge week!  I love the colors for this week.  I had so many ideas for this color combination. I chose an old favorite stamp set that has been neglected for some time called Mixed Bunch.  It works with the Blossom punch for a quick easy 3D result.  The leaves are from the Blossom Petals XL…

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Organizing your Card Stock Scraps

With the onset of Spring many of us start to Spring Clean and organize our lives for the upcoming summer.  So for the month of April, each Wednesday I will show you how I keep my craft space organized.   For those of us who love paper there comes a time when you need to get all that paper organized.  I want to share with you my solution for card stock and the scraps that…

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Just for You

A bright cherry card Just for you.   Last week was a tough week and one evening I came home and lost myself in my craft room.  All the worries of the day just went away as I stamped, embossed and snipped away.  This is the result of that evening.  Some of the items I used are retired (these stamps were feeling neglected) yet this card can easily be created using current collections and less…

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A Color Block Birthday

Today's card is a classic card layout and a great use of scraps.  Take a look… I used a standard sized Crumb Cake card base.  Then cut a mat in Baked Brown Sugar only 1/4" smaller all around.  The left side column is 1 5/8" wide and the right side is 2 1/8" wide, using the In Color 2013-2015 Designer Series Paper Stack and Whisper White card stock. The sentiment is stamped in Baked Brown Sugar…

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