Fun Photoshop Border

OK. I know this isn’t a card or a scrapbook page, but I just had to share this fun (and easy) photo border treatment. First of all, I have to give credit for this adorable photo to a fabulous photographer named Wendy Whitacre of Blue Lily Photography. She took some great photos of my kiddos …

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Playful Flourish Card

This simple card uses CTMH’s Playful Flourishes stamp set. (One of my favorites!) I embossed CTMH’s Taffy Textured Cardstock with white embossing powder. Then I stamped a few sentiments in Taffy ink from CTMH’s Happy Birthday set. I used three mini flowers from CTMH’s White Daisy Just Blooms and added a Pewter brad in the …

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Another Simple Beauty Card

This is a card that I made using CTMH’s March stamp of the month called Simple Beauty. I stamped the image twice and then colored it in with markers, cut out the flowers and used 3-D foam squares to add dimension. The “hello” is from CTMH’s For Every Occasion. I also added a bit of …

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Dress Card

I saw this adorable dress card on Giovana’s blog and had to make one myself. The dress pattern came from this site. I used some patterned paper from Chatterbox and Blush cardstock from CTMH. The ribbon is actually from Big Lots of all places. *Ü* The card below uses CTMH’s Sweet Pea paper pack, Colonial …

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Everyday Blessings Card (with a little sewing)

I finally got a little time to play with my new Janome sewing machine. I am LOVING it! The ironic thing is that I just discovered Gina K’s posts on her blog about how to use the darn thing. Click here to visit her blog, see her fun tutorials, and enter to win your own …

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Textured Cardstock Basket

I finally tried one of those fun cardstock baskets. It was a little tedious, but fun to make. Here is a link to the instructions. I used CTMH’s Honey colored textured cardstock which I love because it is darker on the inside and lighter on the outside. I sanded the cardstock and then inked the …

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