This month’s DT challenge was to show how we celebrate Memorial Day. To be honest, we don’t really do very much. I do reflect and give thanks for those who gave their lives serving our country and for those still serving. One thing we do now is take the wreaths that […]
Power Tabs

Parchment craft….also known as Pergamano is the art of embellishing parchment paper through the techniques such as embossing, perforating, stippling, cutting and coloring. To start I took a piece of parchment paper and placed it onto a pattern. I used painters tape to tape it to the pattern. With a […]
“Parchment Butterfly” By Guest Designer Karen Goguen

The easel card is one of my favorite folds. It is so versatile. I have used it to create cards, photo album cards and gift box easel card combos. For this project I have designed a Note Card and Tag Set. The box measures 4 ¾” x 4 […]
“Easel Note Card and Tag Set” by Guest Designer Karen ...

I painted the wooden frame with white acrylic paint. The first smaller frame is made with adhesive backed cork. I punched the pieces of cork with an EK Success border punch and cut 45 degree angles for the corners. I used Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue to adhere the cord to the […]
“Ahoy” by Guest Designer Karen Goguen

MONO Aqua Liquid Glue, MONO Multi Liquid Glue, Dual Brush Pens, Fastner Tabs, Power Tabs, Stamp Runner Permenant Adhesive
Letter Holder by Marie Browning

This vintage card with a sewing theme demonstrates a few adhesive techniques for adding gold gilded accents. I love to incorporate old ephemera into card designs, like a sheet from my Grandmamma‘s notebook of a smocking design and an old photo. Remember to color photocopy these pieces rather than using the […]
“Life’s a Stitch!” by Marie Browning
Did you know May is National Strawberry Month? Around here it would be June as our strawberries aren’t ready until Father’s Day. I LOVE strawberries and love this image that is in FredSheSaid’s precolored “Emma in the Strawberry Patch”. Precolored images make creating cards much quicker. And with my super […]
National Strawberry Month

i’ve jumped on! been wanting to done something like this for a while, and was inspired to give it a try when i got my jillibean soup “blossom soup” papers. with the help of their canvas flowers, bean blossoms, corrugated die-cut letters, bean stalks and the blossom soup cardstock stickers. […]
banner bandwagon

www.elizabethallan-blog.blogspot.com Supplies: Tombow Dual Brush Pens: 026, 055, 685, 725, 835, 985, N15, Tombow Glue Pen, Tombow Foam Tabs, Tombow Power Adhesive Tabs, Tombow Dot Adhesive Stamp Runner, Rubber Stamps: Penny Black – 4183K Sparkle, 40-049 Majestic Composition, Penny Black Mix & Match Cardstock: Fuchsia Fantasies 13-003. Other Materials: Watercolor […]
Flower Magnet by Elizabeth Allan of Penny Black

Here are some simple cards that can be made quickly to celebrate Spring’s blooming flowers! Change up the decorative paper colors and Dual Brush Pens for variety – with TOMBOW pens you can custom flowers to match any color scheme! Color the white blossoms with the Dual Brush Pens. The […]
Blooming Greetings by Marie Browning

it is fact…i talk alot. i can get too wordy at times. but with all of that i am not an eloquent speaker. which is why quotes are so wonderful…they say the words i wish i could say. there is a pattern paper for just about everything we could […]
block party

Fancy Pants, Dual Brush Pens, MONO Aqua liquid glue, Foam Tabs, Power Tabs, Fastener Tabs, Stamp Runner