Rising to the Challenge...

This months Gold Star Ink team meeting card swap is to 'limit ourselves' to one color, one natural color, one stamp set and one embellishment ... limiting myself is never easy when it comes to designing a card I tend to go for the bling and the bang however I am pleased with how this challenge turned out ... one color was Coral and I opened for two tones of it Calypso and Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White for my neutral, one stamp set Six Sided Sampler and one embellishment is my ribbon ... I did sneak in the Hexagon Emboss folder in there ;)

Hope the ladies at the shoebox swap tonight love it as much as I do ~ cannot wait to see what they have to offer!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Magical March News

I love March for so many reasons ~ Mardi Gras, St Patrick’s Day the first day of Spring are all fun reasons to be stampin’ and scrappin' my March newsletter is now live HERE ~ you are more than welcome to subscribe to the newsletter by clicking visit my website and request my newsletter tabs!

I have been pretty busy the past few months and have fallen behind on my blogging ~ however am going to try harder to stay on top of sharing my creations with all of you

This is a gorgeous little custom card that was ordered this month ~ a train themed birthday  card for a special little someone! I just love punch art it always comes to the rescue when you need a theme and cannot find the perfect stamp set for it!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Rising to the Challenge

Took advantage of a weekend away for Fathers Day to carve out some time to boot up My Digital Studio and rise to some challenges for inspiration with a scrapbook layout of my wonderful kitty Nevada and our recent road trip with her ... one of the things I do love about My Digital Studio is it allows me to scrapbook anywhere and well since the boys were off doing their boy fun a girl needs to be able to play too!

I was inspired by my online friends Maggie and Rhoda over at My Stamping Best Friend and their June's Color Challenge to make use of the wonderful new 2013-14 In Colors of Coastal Cabana and Strawberry Slush with Basic Grey combined with this wonderful Hexagon inspired June layout challenge of Sketch 348 from over at Scrapbook Challenges which I had a whole lot of fun playing along with cause I am loving the little Hexagon punch from Stampin' Up both in its digital version and the traditional punch!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Father's Day today!

Happy Stampin'
Margaret