Christmas in August? house of cards challenge: metallics

Welcome to a new month of creative inspiration! This month our challenge at House of Cards is Metallics. Feel free to translate our cue word to your papercrafting project however you like! I used gold metallic cardstock to create a white Christmas card with some vintage like paper poinsettias. I am late to the Christmas […]

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House of Cards Inspiration Challenge + Video Tutorial!

My oh my, does time fly by! It’s the start of a brand new shiny term at House of Cards and this month our challenge is Food and/or Color Inspiration. I love the image for the challenge but I decided to go with the color inspiration this time adding all the different hues to my […]

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Handmade Flowers 4 + Video Tutorial

Welcome to a new video tutorial on my handmade flowers series. This time I’m sharing a great technique to alter your paper flowers and add even more dimension to them. For the tutorial and card I used printing paper, a Marvy Uchida flower punch and Perfect Pearls Mists. Hope you enjoy today’s tutorial! Make sure […]

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House of Cards Blog Hop + Giveaway + DT Call

Welcome to our end of term blog hop and DT call. If you’re interested in working with us a House of Cards for a six month term from July through December of 2015, please put DT at the end of your entry name when you link up! This hop will run from June 1ST AT 6:00 […]

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Vintage Spring Blossoms – House of Cards

Welcome to my post for this month’s House of Cards challenge: Bokeh. Have you tried the Bokeh technique before? Well, I knew the technique but had not tried it yet. This technique imitates a photography effect that plays with light. I hope you get a chance to visit the House of Cards blog to see […]

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A Shabby Chic Spring Card – House of Cards

Today I’m sharing a shabby chic card I created for House of Cards. This month’s challenge is to use butterflies and/or colors from the inspiration photo. I went for the butterfly theme only, without knowing where to start and after a few handmade flowers and stamped butterflies I hit it off. I am so happy […]

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Retro Vintage Cutie – House of Cards

It’s the beginning of a new month and to be honest I feel like time is going by extremely fast! The good news is a new challenge is up at House of Cards! The theme of our challenge this time is Enamel Dots. I don’t own any enamel dots so I used a couple of […]

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