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
I won’t lie … I love Candy. Halloween was one of my favorite holidays because we didn’t get much candy the rest of the year (other than the annual Christmas parade where our Great Grandpa would let us fill a bag of Brach’s candy at the grocery store). It was the tough decision whether to … Read more
It’s time for the annual Pink Christmas at Jingle Belles … where Lauren and I each donate $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for each pink holiday card that links-up. I enjoy using non-holiday papers for holiday cards … this one is Embroidered from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Blooms collection. I thought the flowers and … Read more
