Whimsical describes something playfully quaint, fanciful, imaginative and slightly odd … often suggesting a lighthearted, unpredictable or charmingly unusual quality not based on strict logic. For our newest prompt at Jingle Belles – Walking in a Whimsical Wonderland – we’re asking you to use that definition and make a Whimsical holiday card … it might … Read more
This week I had some creative fun with STAMPlorations Color Me products. Remember, there are lots of ways to use colorable products, even if you’re not a fan of coloring with pencils or markers. For these cards, I used an inky technique with Distress Oxide Inks. I applied Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to create a card that includes NO WHITE. I started by using a Spellbinders Plaid Embossing Folder with yellow cardstock for my card base. I added a vintage 3-D Chick Magnet sticker together with a woodblock Stampin’ Up Small Sayings sentiment from 2006 to finish a cute … Read more
A friend asked me for a wedding card for some upcoming nuptials. I die cut the the Die-Versions Wedding Canopy from gold glitter cardstock. I framed it using the Infinity Arches dies from Hero Arts and matte gold cardstock. I used foam tape to attach it to a debossed red card base. The sentiment is … Read more
I love the colors in this week’s Inspired By … Eggs Challenge … I thought they would be perfect for a masculine birthday card. I used Simon Hurley’s Create Bursts Stamps in various blues & green using this week’s Freshly Made Sketch layout. I finished with a Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Birthday sentiment and … Read more
I was working on cleaning my studio (is that a task that will ever be complete), and I found a package of Bo Bunny Tuxes and Tiaras Washi Tape that was unopened. So, as I often do when my plan was to clean … I stopped and made a card instead. I keep all of … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re still making cards that feature three of something … and being the over achiever that I am, I have 3 threes in my design that is an homage to my Grandma. When we were little, she had a desk in front of one of the windows in her living … Read more
I had a request for some Spring cards, so the STAMPlorations Color Me Spring ATCs were the perfect solution. I matted the butterfly and tulips ATCs with black cardstock, and then I went shopping my GelliArts Gel Printed backgrounds for coordinating designs. For the first card, I stamped the STAMPlorations Artsy Doodled Borders on each … Read more
