The next prompt at Jingle Belles is “Something Old… Something New“ … we’d like to see holiday cards on which you combine an item or two that you’ve had in your craft stash for a bit (or in my case quite a bit) together with something new that you received for the holidays… or shopped … Read more
My friend Bev knows I love Frida Khalo, so when I went to visit her for our Alabama Art Camp, she had this fun AAKK and Create Frida Dee image stamped for me to color (after floating in her pool, I love to sit in Bev’s comfy recliner that has awesome lighting and color all … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Old & New – make a card that combines some of the Old and Not So Old (aka New) in your stash. I chose my never before used item first – PaperTrey Trees N Patterns Dies. I used them with two different green Gelliarts prints that were … Read more
I always loved picking out my Valentines for school each year. I remember in 6th grade, I saved-up my allowance and bought a package of Muppets valentines that were actually cards that I could write messages inside and put in an envelope. I took time choosing each card for each classmate and writing a positive … Read more
For Christmas, Santa Stephanie brought me the super-fun Honey Bee Stamps Build a Snowman Honey Cuts. I thought the CAS on Friday Snowman Challenge was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. I went with a three ball snowman because that’s the size I remember most from my childhood. His hat and it’s colors … Read more
When I saw this week’s Sketch at A Cherry on Top, I had a gold polka dot note card staring back at me from my studio table, so I decided to turn it into a card. I liked the text, so I used a page from a dictionary that had the word Noel. Since I … Read more
Shery at STAMPlorations is focusing on growing her store again, and one of the fun things she has added are these great card front sets that she has as part of her subscription series. She graciously sent me the Junk Journal Collage set, and I had a lot of fun creating with them (you can … Read more
We’re still creating holiday cards with wrapping paper or tags at Jingle Belles this week. In 2019, Lauren shared some adorable Hello Kitty Christmas paper with me (that she Xyron-ed to a piece of cardstock). As I was thinking about my card this week, stumbled across it in my wrapping paper stash, so I decided … Read more
After my win at the last Seize the Birthday Challenge, I have the privilege of designing for the newest challenge – Make Your Own Snowflake Background. I’m thrilled to be the Seize the Birthday. I used an oldie but goodie technique of inked embossing for my snowflake background. I applied ink to the raised edges … Read more
