"Picture Perfect" Card (+sketch)

Materials: white, navy and kraft cardstock, Amy Tangerine stamp, EK Success "Scalloped Scallop" border punch, white gel pen

I really love this card! I love the pink/navy/kraft combo and that camera stamp is the reason I bought the Love Struck stamp set. To give it a little dimension, I stamped the cameras on the strip and then three more times, cut out the lens area of each and mounted them on foam adhesive so they stood out.

And here's the sketch! Feel free to use it for inspiration, but let me know if you do!

JiYP Giveaway Winner!

And the winner is...



Congratulations, Kymmie! Please contact me as soon as possible with your email address so that I can invite you to the Journal in Your Pocket blog!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! I hope that some of you will still decide to join the class! Registration is still open, so go here or here to purchase a spot!

April Sponsor Call!

I'm now accepting sponsors for the month of April!


Each space will be 200 pixels by 100 pixels and located in my sidebar beneath my little "hello" blurb. If you choose to purchase a spot (or make a sponsorship trade--just email me!), you'll be introduced at the beginning of the month, and you'll have the opportunity to make a guest post at any point during the month, as well as participate in a group giveaway!

If you're interested, please click here to view more information. My email address can be found there or by clicking on the "contact" button at the top right of this page!

I hope you'll consider sponsoring my little blog here! My views are going up every day, and everything earned from this blog goes right into my crafting and advertising budget!

P.S. Scroll down to enter to win a spot in the Journal in Your Pocket class!

"Happy Day" Card

I'm so in love with making cards! It's so much fun. Here's a new one I just finished the other day.



Materials: white and lime cardstock, Studio G stamps, blue and black ink, Staedtler pens, EK Success "Scalloped Scallop" border punch

I had fun with this one! I cut out some little cloud shapes to use as masks and then inked over them to create the background. Then I stamped the little hot air balloons on an index card, colored them, and cut them out, and mounted them on some foam adhesive. I stamped the sentiment a couple times and cut out the little rectangle, added the punched strips, and adhered that, too! Easy and fun.

Journal in Your Pocket Giveaway! Last Chance to Win a Spot!

Yes, that's right! You have one last chance to win a spot in the class Natalie and I are teaching. Click here for info about the class first, and then come back here and leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway!

This is the last chance lightning round, so this giveaway will only be open until midnight on Saturday, March 17! I'll post the winner on Sunday!

Project 365: Week 10

playing around with my Amy Tangerine stamps (I'm in love with them!), a nice night at the Radiohead concert with my boy, a yummy vegan dinner on my own, my new sketchbook, an amazing night in Dallas to see The Hunger Games cast, a sneak peek of a future product, a clean room and a place for my chair (and Fred!)
Sorry the recap was late this week! I had a fantastic day on Sunday at Six Flags over Texas (Ryan and I have season passes this year!) and I didn't have time to post it like usual.

P.S. Don't forget, you still have the rest of today to enter our giveaway of a Journal in Your Class spot over at Punk Projects. And if you've already entered that one, hop on over to I Just Might Explode for another chance at winning! Good luck!

Card sketch!

Today I want to share something new (for me) with you! It's a card sketch! Check it out:

And here's the card I made:



I sent that card off in a Hunger Games themed swap package! It was a lot of fun to make. I love making cards, and I know sketches come in handy often, so I wanted to share this one! It's super simple, but you more experienced card makers can add much more embellishment and such. Let me know if you make a card with this sketch! I hope to share many more in the future.

P.S. I blogged over at Punk Projects today! Hop on over there for a little "sample" of the Journal in Your Pocket class, and a chance to win a spot! And Natalie's giveaway is still going on, too!