October 5 UPDATE! We have a winner! Katie Camden won the set of three handmade seasonal cards! Thank you to everyone who entered! Our second birthday celebration wouldn’t be complete without a giveaway! Win this set of three handmade greeting cards featuring a card you can use each month for the rest of this year. There is a Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas card included in the set. Cards come with envelopes and are blank inside for your greeting. You can enter up to three times for a chance to win. Choose one, two …
Lately I’ve been working on several custom orders, which I love to do because they stretch my creativity and give me an opportunity to work on projects I might not otherwise make. I love a challenge! The first of this latest round of custom order requests was a couple months ago. Ashley contacted me about designing personalized cards to give to her friends she was going to ask to be bridesmaids in her upcoming wedding. I wasn’t sure where to start with design options, so I did what I always do in that situation…
October 6 UPDATE! We have a winner! Rebekah Khoury won the set of three handmade birthday cards! Thank you to everyone who entered! *** The blogoversary celebration rolls on with a giveaway! It’s our first birthday and we’re handing out gifts! Win this set of three handmade birthday cards featuring a variety of cute critters. Each card in the set features animals, but they all have a different look. There’s a deer card made with fall colors and prints, a sloth card that has bright birthday colors, and a blush and gold fox card all included in the…
Papertrey Ink hosted a live crafting event in Cincinnati August 24-25 to go along with their annual online Stamp-a-Faire. I was really excited when I heard about the option to attend in person. The only other live event was held in 2011 for the first ever Stamp-a-Faire, before I knew about Papertrey Ink; I became a customer in 2015. I had so much fun participating in Stamp-a-Faire from home last year that I decided spur of the moment to attend the live event on May 20, the day it was announced and tickets…
August’s challenge hosted by the blog Where Creativity Meets C9 is Anything Goes. Since there wasn’t a set theme, I knew immediately that I wanted to make a unicorn card with the Concord & 9th Unicorn Awesomeness stamp set I hadn’t had a chance to craft with yet. My July challenge card was all about shiny things, and I’m still on a glitz kick. Lately, the more glitter the better! So I knew my unicorn would end up with some sparkle. By the way, black stars are still raining out of my die cut…
I’m back with another Papertrey Ink Blog Hop challenge. I had to skip June’s challenge since I was out of town for work when it took place, but I’m jumping back in for July. The blog hop is a day-long event held each month for crafters to share their creative projects made using Papertrey Ink products on their blogs. Each month there is a different image presented by Papertrey Ink which serves as the inspiration for the project. July Challenge Description and Image: “We have been so inspired by the ocean themed products that Papertrey Ink…
I had so much fun my first time participating in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop last month that I decided I had to join in the fun this month too, especially when I saw May’s cute inspiration photo. You can check out my April blog hop post here. The blog hop is a day-long event held each month for crafters to share their creative projects made using Papertrey Ink products on their blogs. Each month there is a different image presented by Papertrey Ink which serves as the inspiration for the project. May Challenge Description and Image: “Do…
This is my first time participating in the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, an all-day event held once a month for crafters to share via their blogs their creative projects made using Papertrey Ink products. Each month there is a different image presented by Papertrey Ink which serves as the inspiration for the project. April Challenge Description and Image: “Anytime is a great time to throw a tea party and it’s such a great way to gather together a group of friends and friends and loved ones. Keep it simple or get as fancy and flowery as you want…
Super Bowl Sunday was super indeed! The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Patriots in the Super Bowl, and I had a pre-game meal at our new Portillo’s for the first time ever (they’re famous for hot dogs, and I’d been craving a good hot dog!). But those weren’t even the best parts of the day. The highlight was my friend Jessica’s Year of Cards Make and Take class. I love her card classes and attend as many of them as I can. During the class attendees choose five projects to make for a class…
My friend Rebecca’s daughter Abbie just turned three on Groundhog’s Day and celebrated the occasion with a fun birthday party. She was REALLY into playing with all her presents this year and enjoyed everything about her birthday cake, from the adorable Daniel Tiger design her Grammy made to the ice cream accompanying it, and us singing Happy Birthday to her. Unfortunately her birthday fell on a bright, cold day, so she saw her shadow and we’re in for six more weeks of winter! Abbie is the cutest little fairy princess so I wanted to make a card…
Today’s the day! I’m excited to announce the grand opening of the Gnome Décor online shop, featuring handcrafted goodies like greeting cards, tags, goody bags, and gifts. I’m opening the shop with a collection of Valentines and will be adding more Valentines soon, then introduce birthday cards and tags. I plan to add more items in a week, so let me know if there is anything in particular you’re looking for. You can email me at gnomedecor@gmail.com or leave a comment below. Check out a video of all the products on Facebook now…
This past weekend was warm and rainy, the kind of weather that fools you into thinking Christmas is much further away than it actually is. Some of my perennials are confused and are starting to show signs of Spring growth from the mild temperatures and rainy days. We’ve had frost but not a hard frost so my fall fairy gardens are still going strong too. But there are only – GET THIS – 50 days until Christmas. Gulp. So when my CFF (craft friend forever) Wendie invited me over for a Saturday crafternoon, I was determined to focus…
October 14 UPDATE! We have a winner! Barbara Shreve won the set of three cards! Thank you to everyone who entered! *** World Card Making Day is celebrated each year on the first Saturday in October. It started in 2006 as a way to encourage crafters to get a jump on crafting for the holiday season. What better way to celebrate than with Gnome Décor’s handmade card set giveaway? We’re celebrating the site’s launch with this freebie. You can enter to win this set of three cards three different ways. Choose one, two or all three methods…
Stamp-a-faire is a free annual online crafting event hosted by Papertrey Ink, my favorite manufacturer of clear stamps, dies, and other paper crafting accessories. I’m obsessed with their products and blog, where the challenge was hosted by members of their design team August 25-27. I had never participated before, but I actually had the weekend of the challenge free this year, so I had time to watch the instructional videos, follow the challenges as they were posted, gather supplies, be inspired and create my own projects. I managed to finish six of the challenges by…