STAMPlorations 13th Birthday
It’s the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! I’m sharing cards made with new products – STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts paired with STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker Sentiments. For the first two I used a similar recipe combining elements from each of them with papers from STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage papers for two 5″x7″ cards. For … Read more
You’re So Sweet
You’re So Sweet is the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash. You can create with something sweet on your project … it could be a sweet treat, a cute baby card, however you interpret it. Of course, I went with both. I’ve had these 3-D baby stickers in my stash FOR-ever … and I paired … Read more
Merry SKETCHmas
We’re still getting SKETCH-y at Jingle Belles this week. This time I decided to flip the sketch on it’s side, so I could use this lovely tag from Simple Stories All Wrapped Up Big Bits. I built the rest of my card around it. I used a paper from the Simple Stories All Wrapped Up … Read more
Leftover Snowflake
The word prompt at Inkspirational Challenges is Leftovers. I went through my leftovers bin searching for inspiration and chose this Stampin’ Up Snowflake from 2005 stamped on a piece of Basic Grey designer paper. I’m guessing it’s been in my leftovers bin for almost 20 years (soon after I bought the stamp, which I no … Read more
Donuts & Summertime
I had fun watching the Cardinals play baseball and playing with some paper. I started with the Inspired By … Donuts Challenge … makes me think that a stop at the donut shop just might be in my future (I hear a maple long john or apple fritter calling my name). I went with a … Read more
Patriotic Just Because
When I saw the newest Sketch at AAA Cards Challenge, it reminded me of fireworks. I remembered several stamp sets I could use to recreate an idea I had in my head, but of course I couldn’t find either one (organizing my studio so I can find things I want is at the very top … Read more
Denim Jacket Dad
I thought the Hero Arts Jean Jacket Layering Stencils were fun to use for Father’s Day Cards. I started with the front vew die cutting some gold metallic snaps with more of a chambrey denim coloring. I paired it with a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Well Played Sir. The second card features the back … Read more
Hello Kitty Artist
On my recent trip, I stopped in a few thrift stores including Out of the Closet in Columbus where I found a Hello Kitty reader. Unfortunately, quite a few of the pages had been “colored” with pens, but there were enough intact pages that I picked it up hoping to do some fussy cutting for … Read more