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Continue reading →: Postage Edge Frame and Embossed BackgroundsMy own cards are the inspiration for my next card design. Here are two mostly completed cards as the sentiment strips are temporarily attached for the photos. These showcase beautifully, embossed backgrounds in white cardstock die cut with Pinkfresh Studio’s Nested Rectangles Postage Edge to fit Neenah Desert Storm A2…
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Continue reading →: Go for PinkOctober is for fall color and pumpkins, but it’s also for pink! With two of these card designs I once again went for the classic pairing of pink and black while also keeping to very clean white backgrounds and empty space. In this first card I stamped black flowers and…
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Continue reading →: Large Number Birthday FramedLooking to celebrate my mother’s 80th birthday, I thought I’d make a card with a large ’80’ at the center to acknowledge this special milestone. With a little Pinterest searching I came across a design with a large ’90’ cut in kraft paper with a colorful stamped wreath around it.…
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Continue reading →: MilkweedHow does the monarch find its milkweed? I brought home three swamp milkweed, Asclepius incarnata, from a plant sale at Stowe Conservancy in Belmont, NC the first week of August. By mid-September monarch larvae, Danaus plexippus, were furiously eating through every leaf on every plant. I counted seven caterpillars total…
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Continue reading →: Fall Shots: C2October has arrived and the perennials’ blooms have come and gone, some are still holding out like the zinnias, salvias and asters. In the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont (Zone 8) region we are getting cooler days to match shorter days and it feels like fall is on the way. The prettiest part…
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