• {5.13.2013} SPARKS monday

    it’s a little drafty We have another AMAZING sketch for the SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. week 2 Just super, right? Love the little banners. Talk about kismet… I had these little chipboard banners sitting on my desk when I sat down to create with this month’s sketch.  It was…

  • {4.29.2013} anything goes today…

    SPaRKS! It is a fun day with the SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. ANYTHING GOES!!!  week 5 This is a great week to JUST PLAY!!!  The Party Posse is a new stamp set for me, though it is “vintage” Paper Smooches.  I just adore that little hamster.  Who knew a…

  • {4.22.2013} Monday SPARKS with Paper Smooches

    Hey Sugah. Here is the NEW SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. week 4 Doesn’t this photo make you crave a cupcake? I sure did and almost ran out to get one.  I refrained… barely. Instead, I stamped them! The front of the card is trimmed short to show off the…

  • {4.8.13} Monday SPARKS with Paper Smooches

    Let’s get our SPARK on! Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. week 2 Too much? Lol… this is so not clean and simple and it seems so busy to me.  But I do love it. I tried to get some friends to cut those flowers out for…

  • {3.11.2013} let the good times roll

    Check out FUN, new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. week 2 Rockin’ the chalkboard effect this week.  Betsy Veldman has a great chalkboard tutorial that you should most definitely check out.  It is quite an easy technique, but just be cautious when adding the white ink with a tissue.  Blot…

  • {2.25.2013} hot lips

    Smooches That is what I thought of as soon as I saw this week’s SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches. week 4 Hee hee, I love how he is planting a big old kiss on her. I designed my ‘hot lips’ in my Silhouette software and paired it with the perfect…

  • {2.11.2013} go wild

    Go Wild Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches? week 2 When I saw this draft, I couldn’t help but immediately think of this cute little zebra surrounded by black, white and red.  Isn’t that weird.  I am constantly amazed at how something can spark your creativity and…

  • {12.31.2012} SPARKS anything goes

    Hi, Hi! Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches? week 5 Or should I say… Ho, Ho, Ho.  Ha.  I have one last Christmas card to share for this week’s anything goes challenge.  It was left over from my flurry of card making and it never made it…

  • {12.24.2012} SPARKS picture perfect

    Merry Christmas Eve Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches? week 4 So, I don’t have a Christmas card to share today.  The inspiration photo didn’t lead me in that direction.  But it is a birthday card and since we are celebrating the birth of Jesus, it is…

  • {12.10.2012} paper smooches designer drafts

    happy holly Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches? week 2 I can’t get enough of the Christmas sets from Paper Smooches.  So adorable and yet can be classic too.  This one turned out to be a sweet yet elegant Christmas card.  The label was cut with my…

  • {11.26.2012} paper smooches picture perfect

    Check out the new SPARKS challenge from Paper Smooches! The patterns were the main inspiration for this card.  I mimicked the chevron curtains in the background paper and the damask-like chair in the paper for the buildings.  Plus the great colors in the photo.  I thought it would be a…