The July Pink & Main Monthly Challenge is Shiny Things. I embossed metallic shiny silver paper with the Pink & Main Rainbow Embossing Folder. I paired it with Daydream Ink and the PInk & Main Happy For You Stamp Set (which appears to have been sadly discontinued) … I really like that color combination.
I have a lot of Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folders that haven’t been used yet, so I decided to pull out the Simon Says Stamp Shimmering Starfall Embossing Folder for the Can You Handle the Pressure? Stars and/or Stripes Challenge. I used it with silver metallic paper for my card front. Next I embossed lime … Read more
We’re still creating with Stars and/or Stripes at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to use Echo Park Happy Holidays collection together with a Sketch from Just Add Ink. I cut a striped designer paper and a star designer paper into 1/2 inch strips and attached them to a white card base. I matted one … Read more
I had so much fun with the STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts and STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker sentiments, I decided to make more cards with them this week … this time combining them with STAMPlorations Pop Art Faces for two 5″ x 6 1/2″ cards (proving that card fronts are versatile for all sizes … Read more
The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is Shades of Summer … happy, vibrant summer colors. I thought this paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Scattered Confetti collection fit the bill. I paired it with books and plant ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Heart and a Chipboard Flair sentiment sticker from Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection (all attached … Read more
Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more
I picked-up the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Carnation Layering Die Set on a recent trip to my local store Scrapmania, so I wanted to give it a try for the July Altenew Inspiration Challenge, which also features Carnations. I die cut the large carnation from the darker pink (which I ink blended quite a bit) and the … Read more
Since July 4th is Independence Day in the United States of America, this fortnight we’re asking you to incorporate the USA flag elements of either stars or stripes into your card design. It doesn’t need to be red, white or blue, but certainly can be… just stars or stripes (or both!) in any medium you choose. Since I … Read more
