Here’s a birthday card for Jason’s dad! I always have the hardest time with cards for guys — I usually end up making a card with leaves or something — so this time I decided I’d start with the color scheme and go from there. I instantly thought of brown and blue, but I didn’t […]
Stamping
All things related to rubber stamps!
Take my ink survey!
Two things came together just now — kind of like the chocolate and the peanut butter in a Reese’s cup, ha ha — I tried getting my sister hooked on stamping, and I participated in a Zoomerang survey! So I decided to make a survey about inks. It was pretty easy to pick out stamps […]
I’ll miss you.
I gave this card to my husband Jason before he left for California this morning — 6 AM flight, ugh! We always have a cup of tea together at night — kind of a ritual — and we have it in our Fiesta mugs, so it fits in perfectly. I used the same colors as […]
Another one!
Here’s another card inspired by my color journal. I could keep going and going at this — love these colors together! I really like this saying too — how true! And it’s pretty nifty how all these circle stamps go together. Supplies: Hero Arts messages of wisdom (LL978), dash circles (B3885), dot circle (E3908), small […]
Inspired by my color journal!
Here’s a card inspired by my color journal – love these colors — I’ve got more ideas too! After I stamped the stitched flower on the striped background it didn’t seem to pop enough, so I used a craft knife to cut around the edges and then I lifted the petals up. Oh, and everybody […]
Travis Audubon Society
My husband Jason presented a talk on Texas prairies last night at the Travis Audubon Society meeting. I helped set things up — including a display of prairie grasses. We had a great turnout — they told us that 85-90 people were there — usually they get 50-60! Wow! We didn’t get home until late […]