A while back I held a class to make calendar pages for this year and today’s post shows four of the pages that were created. Sometimes it’s hard to decide what each month’s theme will be but these four months were easy! We have a Mother’s Day theme for May, Father’s Day for June, Canada […]
charlie lake
CASING THE WATERFRONT
Have you ever had a time when you need a little inspirational boost? I needed one for the Waterfront stamp set and found exactly what I needed on page 48 of the Occasions catalogue! Looks pretty cool doesn’t it? This is completely driven by techniques such as using our Brusho® Crystal Colour as well as […]
HERE’S TO A STELLAR BIRTHDAY
Hello and welcome to today’s stellar birthday card! I’m calling it that because I used the fun Birthday Wit stamp set from the Occasions catalogue as well as some Brusho® Crystal Colour. Pretty stellar don’t you think? I used the Prussian Blue Brusho® crystals and sprinkled them onto a 3-3/4″ x 5″ piece of Shimmery […]
TO A CLASSY GUY
It’s the start of a brand new week and today’s card focuses on a masculine card for a classy kind of guy. Friday’s post showed a card layout that I used from Splitcoast Stampers so I used the same layout for today’s card. The bow ties from the True Gentleman designer series paper are so […]
PANDAS IN HATS
It’s time for the Pandas! Pandas in hats to be exact! There they are, all lined up to celebrate a birthday. I’m a member of the Splitcoast Stampers website and they posted a great sketch(SC689) to play along with. As you can see, I didn’t follow the sketch exactly but got the general ideas for […]
A LITTLE RAIN MAKES A RAINBOW
There’s nothing like a rainbow to brighten your day and the Sunshine & Rainbows bundle sure makes it easy to build your own! Since March is our transition to spring month, we see a lot of different weather which can give us some pretty spectacular rainbows. So my rainbow comes from that thought and from […]
A LOVELY LAVENDER THANK YOU CARD
Hi out there! I’m back to creating thank you cards and was excited to be able to use the Lots of Lavender stamp set from Sale-A-Bration! I opted for simple for this one with just a tiny bit of texture compliments of the Garden Trellis Embossing folder. The spray of lavender was stamped using our […]
SPRINGTIME FOILS THANK YOU
I finally got my hands on the Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper and went to work for today’s card. This paper is nice and thick which makes it perfect for creating a card base. Then all you have to do is add an image and a greeting and you’re all set! Because the background […]








