Simplicity by Lateblossom

And so I'm starting it off with a Valentine that uses a totally cool embellishment Audrie sent me...the tiny key charm! The heart...

The fall issue of Take Ten includes a spread of colorful, highly embellished cards that use corrugated cardboard. Seeing them made me want t...

Today's card made me so very happy, but then, soft, beachy colors always make me happy. So does using a tool that has languished in my ...

Inspired by the rad texture of peat pot cards in Take Ten , I pulled out several different textured papers and played, just to see what woul...

In keeping with yesterday's post about the joy of new stuff, I recently purchased a few new punches at Michael's, including this fab...

This adorable kraft-base card by Lindsay Amrhein appears in the latest issue of Card Creations , which is my favorite issue EVER. It's l...

Before When I made this card, one mistake caused some odd design elements. When I stamped the Text Style background, I left a bit too much...

*Squeal!* I received my Stampin'Treasures order in record time (ordered Tuesday, got it Thursday!). I took a picture of all the Hero A...

Today's cards are a variation on yesterday's use of squares punched from shimmery paper colored with Twinkling H2Os. I used a sligh...

Painting an image with Twinkling H2Os (or any watercolor) like I did for yesterday's card is tons of fun but time-consuming. And 'ca...

A while back, StampinTreasures sent me some free stuff, including a few colors of Hero Arts' pre-made cards and envelopes. The cards are...

In my previous life as an academic intellectual, I despised puns. Now, however, I'm starting to like them. Or at least not despise them....

I got a little punch crazy recently and made this card: Oh how I love the colors, the layout, everything...except the scale of the sentiment...

There's a saying in design that lines love curves. This means that if a design is too straight and right-angled, add curves. If it's...

As I've said before, it's hard to photograph subtle colors. This paper, a textured cardstock from I don't know where, is so very...

Got a coupon? Get a border punch! That's my motto. Well, one of them. Along with "You can nevah, nevah, nevah have too many stamps....

On Blog Hops If you missed the Clean and Simple Blog Hop , please check it out. A bunch of very talented ladies made amazing cards to celebr...

Oh. My. Gosh. I have no idea where this came from. Last week, I just sat down and made it. Don't you love the way the border punch echoe...

When I first saw this challenge, I realized that I haven't used many brads lately, so this was fun! I have hundreds of brads in my stash...

They're as good as sunshine on my shoulders. Here are two more of my cards using PTI's Peaceful Poinsettia using the smaller poinset...