Author Archives: Cathy

Birthday Challenge #3

Hi all,
Another Friday, another Birthday party game!  So come play out 3rd Birthday challenge for a chance to win fabulous prizes.
For this challenge, all you need to do is create a card using “spring” or “Easter” colors. You were planning to do that anyway – so why not join the party?  Just link your card [...]

Purple Onion Designs + another digi freebie example

Purple Onion Designs has these nifty “Word Blocks” for all kinds of occasions. I’m so excited because I can think of so many ways to use these. They can be a focal element of a card, or a background. I can even cut up the stamped image to create individual sentiments! I think they would [...]

Spring Flowers Digital stamp freebie

Its getting springy here – my absolute favorite time of the year! 

So I thought I’d sketch out another little digi stamp set freebie.  Think of it as another Birthday party prize (yes – we are still partying!).
This set contains 2 spring flower images and 5 sentiments.  Both JPG files and transparent background PNG files are included [...]

Spring is in the air….

I fell in love with this stamp as soon as I saw it!   I just love how cheerful and springy it is.
This is a cling stamp called Thistle Carden. 
I colored it with copic markers.   I also added some copic glitter pen but its hard to see in the picture. 
The lacy border at the bottom was [...]

What’s Up?

The water table for sure …. my backyard is totally flooded and still the rain falls.  Oh well, might as well stamp then…
Our Creative Corner has a challenge to use pink, green,yellow and brown.  So here is my attempt (Iadded a little red too).
Here is what I used (in case inquiring minds want to know…)

Animal [...]

Design Team Call Sticky….

Just a little sticky reminder of our current Design Team call.  You can see all the details here. 

Birthday Challenge Winner

Just a quick note to announce the winner of Birthday Challenge #1.  Using Random.org, the winner is Hazel. 
Hazel – I sent you an e-mail.
Don’t forget to enter Birthday Challenge #2 to win the Dressy Miss Anya stamps.  You can see the details here.
Its pouring rain – and I have a house full of kiddos and [...]

Paper Garden Birthday Challenge #2

Hi all,
Another Friday, another Birthday Challenge!  This week it is a sketch challenge! 
Just make a card using this simple sketch and link a picture of it in a comment here to enter our Birthday Party Game.  You have until Midnight (EST), Monday, March 22 to enter.

And what can you win?  How about a set of springy [...]

A dog walking duo

So… we got this puppy….

And sometimes I feel like this (me actually walking the dog):

And sometimes I feel like this (the dog walking me!). 

He’s only about 40 pounds – it should get interesting when he’s 75 pounds!   We went walking with friends and their dogs today.  How exciting – a puppy playdate.
What I used for [...]

Springtime Hedgehogs

Who can resist the cute Penny Black Hedgehogs?  Not me obviously.  I just find them all so endearing. 
The images on this card come from the Penny Black clear set called “Wonderful” .  I tried to make it “springy” and paired it with paper from the  Basic Grey Porcelain pad.
The image is cut out with a Spellbinders [...]

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