My father will be turning 90 in February (WOW!) and I thought this week’s PPA322 template challenge would be a great template to create his card. I used masculine colors from the retired Sweater Weather DSP and the Here’s to Cheer stamp with the “there is much to celebrate” saying since it seemed so appropriate for his celebration. […]
“Acorny” Woodland Fall – FMS258
Even though it’s almost mid October, here in south Texas we are still in the 80’s and 90’s. The weatherman keeps promising cooler temperatures, but we’ve only seen a few days in the 60’s in the morning so far. But I’m not complaining, when everyone else has snow, we’ll be in the 40-50’s which is […]
Celebrate the Stars, 60th birthday – MOJO469
Yesterday I shared my MOJO469 card entry for this week. If you missed it, see it here. Then in a moment of creativity at 5 am in the morning (unheard of for me, a non-morning person) I created this 2nd entry card using the same template. When I first saw this week’s template, I thought it would take […]
Retro Fresh Thoughts for MOJO469
Fall colors are so warm, soothing and they make a great card for either a I’m thinking of you card, a sympathy card or to cheer someone up. This week’s MOJO469 template was a great one to showcase the retired Retro Fresh DSP and all it’s wonderful patterns and fall colors. I finished the card Monday night and […]
Give Thanks for Fall
I’m still creating cards for Thanksgiving and fall birthdays using my retired DSP. This wonderful fall plaid is from the Happy Haunting DSP. What? Yes, it’s from a Halloween paper set. If you turned the black dot side over you have entirely different theme with this fun plaid! That’s what I love about Stampin’ Up! double-sided […]
Swirly Scribbles for Fall
I’m trying to make myself create fall card instead of Christmas cards (I love Christmas!), so this weekend’s SGGWWC was a good template for that. I used fall colors, Soft Suede, Tangerine Twist (retired in-color), Early Expresso and Cajun Craze, the fall colors in the north, but definitely not here in southern Texas! We still have […]
Fall Suite Seasons-MOJO468
This week’s challenges on a number of the websites I follow have been awe-inspiring! I’ve made a number of cards for various challenges, all have been Christmas cards. But I needed some fall cards, and this week’s MOJO468 challenge seemed to shout “fall card” to me. I used Tangerine Tango for the card base with pieces from […]
Candy Cane Christmas card for last Friday’s SGGWWC
I’ve often talked about how I use templates for creating my cards. They give me a starting point for inspiration for my cards. Once I have a layout in mind, I can spend my time playing with my various DSP, embellishments and stamp sayings to come up with something I like. As I’ve said many times, sometime the card just falls into place […]
Greetings from Santa for FMS257
I loved last week’s FMS template and the card I made, so I was really excited when I saw this week’s template. I knew exactly what I wanted to use for this challenge – the new Detailed Santa thinlit die! I’ve been waiting for just the right template to create this card! This card came together […]