Today is the Online Card Class Wrap Up. I managed to squeeze in one more card inspired by these classes. If you didn’t happen to purchase the class, Crushing On Cardstock, you still can on the website here. I used a My Favorite Things large die for this card. I cut the die from a …
I recently reorganized my space a bit and got my scrap pieces of paper places in plastic envelopes. I have placed the new bin right next to my die cutting machine. My intention is to use scraps as much as possible and today it worked. This card has no stamping on it. Just an embossing …
This challenge is a personal challenge. I am simply trying to use what I have. I don’t have a lot of sympathy sentiments but thought this would work. It also works for the Color Hue Challenge. Hope you like it. https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/color-hues-14-black-and-white.html?m=1
In case you don’t know one of my goals this year is to use what I have. It is TOUGH not to buy new stamps or dies. Today I really really wanted a bunny die. But I buckled down opened up my Silhouette software and created something resembling a Peep. My mom loves Peeps and …
Designer series papers were something that always caught my eye and still do. However, I seem to have purchasing restraint now. But wow there are soooo many beautiful papers out there! I don’t want to discourage you from purchasing them. The point of the challenge is to encourage you to use these supplies. This card …
A brave man once said, “You must BE the change you wish to see in the world.” This brave man was Mahatma Gandhi. I really cannot think of a better mantra to follow today. With everything going on in today’s world I think if we spent more time BEING that change instead of talking about …
Dull, lacking interest and unchanging in tone…..this is what I was thinking about this morning as I lay in bed. I was thinking to myself that it was going to be another day of the same old, same old. Then my BFF called from Minnesota. It made me realize that although the current pandemic is …
So people are asking, why the name Expressive Paper? There are really a couple of reasons. The first and most important is that paper breeds creativity. There are so many things that can be done with a simple sheet of paper. Think about it…how do most works of art start? We know they start in …