I needed to restock my thank you card stash, and I thought the faux cyanotype botanical prints that I made for #ABCprintingchallenge with GelliArts would be the perfect starting point. I started by die cutting the prints using a stitched rectangle die cut. Next I found two strips of Lawn Fawn Blue Pastel Pearlescent Vellum … Read more
Our newest prompt at Jingle Belles as CASE-ing Christmas … to make a card inspired by one of the oh-so-many holiday cards that Lauren and I have shared on Jingle Belles since 2011. I chose this lovely card of Lauren’s from November 2019 … I just loved the grungy holiday beauty of the design. I … Read more
This week’s STAMPlorations cards feature four new stamps and lots of paper product goodness. I stamped the new STAMPlorations Found Fragments #1, Found Fragments #2, and Found Frabments #3 on top of the Artsy Abstract #2 Card Fronts using inks in the colors of the abstract elements to fill in some of the spaces in … Read more
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Who’s Who – create a card that features at least one person. I chose one of my favorite stampy people – Miss Dee from AAAL & Create. I stamped Rocker Dee and colored her with Spectrum Noir Markers. Next, I shopped my stash for a GelliArts print … Read more
September is time for the #ABCPrintingChallenge with Gelli Arts. I had to dust off my Art Journals since I really had not created in them since I was stuck at home during the worse of the COVID pandemic (and I was most grateful for that creative outlet). I cut and tore three different gelliarts prints … Read more
The September Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Autumn Leaves. I’ve had these stamped leaves in my stash from Gina K. Designs/Thermoweb Thankful Leaves for longer than I can remember, so I decided now was the time to die cut them and find them a home on a card. I had two sets … Read more
When I saw that the Addicted to CAS Code Word was Purple and the CAS on Friday theme was SEA, I knew I wanted to combine the two. My sister’s favorite color is purple … and she loves an Octopus, so I knew where I was headed. I also took my inspiration from the movie … Read more
STUCK on You is still the theme at Jingle Belles … creating with stickers. I had multiple sheets of these clear gold mandala stickers in my sticker stash, so I used them to cover my teal card base. I added a few clusters of Spellbinders Gold Smooth Discs to help balance out the layout a … Read more
