The newest challenge at Seize the Birthday is Geometric plus a Word Die. Since I needed several masculine birthday cards, this seemed perfect. In looking at the Design Team cards, I loved the idea of geometric embossing on the background with a word die sentiment. I pulled out a couple of Shaving Cream Marbled backgrounds … Read more
I love the new STAMPcuts Retro Gratitude from STAMPlorations … that font and those colors are perfection. I paired the first Retro Gratitude with a piece of Dry Wall Tape that I painted a variety of retro autumn colors using, and then I attached it to ivory cardstock. I attached them on top of one … Read more
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is If the SHOE Fits – create a card featuring a shoe (or shoes). Well, you know I’m all about the shoes, so picking one was the challenge. Since we’re nearing Halloween, I went with an old Favorite from The Project Bin – Haunt It! While I was … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge has an optional theme of Bright Colors. I paired bright blooms from the Penny Black April in Paris Stickeroos with a coordinating cardstock base. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Deepest Sympathy. to make the sentiment work with the tall image, I cut it into three pieces … Read more
This was one of the class cards from last year’s Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine virtual Halloween event (that I didn’t manage to open until this year). The card in the class featured stenciled items and a cute die cut & stenciled Jack-o-Lantern candy container. I made two more of my own cards using that … Read more
Lauren and I had another fun day in NYC (you can see the beginning here if you missed it and remember, you can see the whole shebang on my Instagram @smilynstef). The next morning, we headed to our “big” destination for this trip … The Metropolitan Museum of Art (aka The Met) to see the … Read more
We’re back for another week of Pink Christmas at Jingle Belles, where Lauren and I each donate $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for each pink card linked-up. Here’s the pink card I made this week. This week I let the papers do the work … these are all from Mackenzie Christmas from LDRS … Read more
I just returned from visiting Lauren in New York City and then at her home in New Jersey. It was a magnificent vacation. The weather could not have been more perfect for 20,000+ steps of walking per day. Here are some highlights (you can see all of the photos on my Instagram @SmilynStef). Our trip … Read more
