What if you fly?
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
More #marchprintingchallenge
I’m continuing to spend some time on the weekend gel printing for the #marchprintingchallenge. Here are a few of my favorites. For day 5 Geometric, I die cut some circles. Day 6 was Stamp … I used my friend Dori Patrick’s Big Girl Panties Foamies Stamps. For Day 9 Ombre Challenge, I combined Blue & … Read more
Floral Mother’s Day
I thought the lovely floral sketch at TGIF Challenges would be perfect for a Mother’s Day card. I combined lots of Tim Holtz Flower Ephemera with a butterfly. I used designer paper and one of my Gel Prints for the card base. I finished with some gems and a Fancy Mom and Shadow Die Cut … Read more
Celebrating You
The March #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is an interesting one … Inverse Effect. It is a challenge to use the inverse of a die cut or foiling to make your card. I went through my entire collection looking for something that would work, and settled on the never-before-used Taylored Expressions Celebrate You die cut. I … Read more
A Bit O’Green
I was cleaning-up my studio, and as often happened, I got side-tracked by what I found. However, I figured using what I found to make cards was the equivalent of putting it into my designer paper bin (both got the paper off my table), so cards it was. The Simon Says Monday Challenge is A … Read more
Birthday Collage
This is a fun birthday collage card for my brother (who is an amazing large scale collage artist) that I made with all sorts of bits and bobs from my stash. I pulled out my glue stick and did a glue-as-you-go method without much preplanning. I started with the Tim Holtz Flash Cards and built … Read more
We THREE Kings
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is We THREE Kings – to create a card that features three of something … it might be three circles, three snowflakes, three presents under the Christmas Tree … you get the picture. I was cleaning my studio where I found some older chipboard stickers that included three Christmas … Read more
Mixed Media Spring Blooms
Today I’m sharing a card set I made as a gift. I am Guest Designing for STAMPlorations featuring their Mixed Media Spring ATCs and Newsprint Blooms – Ephemera Tiles … both which are available through their Paper Subscriptions. I started by pairing blooms with ATCs. Next I went shopping in my gel printed backgrounds for … Read more