Less is More

My goal this year is to streamline my cardmaking process - I'd like to be able to work more efficiently to produce MORE cards.  I'm just such a perfectionist, but I've been able to let go in other areas of my life, so stamping is NEXT!!!

This challenge reminded me of Frank Lloyd Wright & the Craftsman design style:

stamps:  papertrey ink, stampin' up

papers:  stampin' up

dies:  papertrey ink

embellishments:  button - papertrey ink

Eat Cake mini

Spent the weekend creating multiple "mini" cards to use around the office - there have already been more birthdays at work since the new year began than I was prepared for!

Make It Monday #99: Repeats & Rainbows

stamps:  stampin' up
papers:  stampin' up
tools:  embossing folder - cuttlebug; punch - stampin' up; die - sizzix
embellishments:  button - papertrey ink; ribbon - offray

thanks!

Just returned home from a wonderful (and white) holiday with ALL of our kids in Utah, so now I need to send a couple of thank yous.  Working with a corner scrap of ledger paper gave the arrows a completely different look depending on which way you turned it.  This is for my DIY guy - and son, scrapbook store chauffeur, Nick :)

stamps:  paper smooches
papers:  cosmo cricket; stampin' up
dies:  papertrey ink
embellishments:  button - papertrey ink

Jolly Holly

Here's a quick, but elegant Christmas card - I love the effect you can get by "stamping off."

stamps:  papertrey ink
papers:  stampin' up, basic grey
die:  papertrey ink
embeliishments:  ribbon- may arts

Log Cabin Christmas

Paper strips create a "log cabin quilt" frame for this pretty victorian - how I would LOVE to have a house like this - and decorate every inch of it for Christmas!!!  (Not sure about the snow, tho)

stamps:  stampin' up; papertrey ink
papers:  stampin' up
dies:  papertrey ink
embellishments:  crystal effects, dazzling diamonds glitter - stampin' up