There were quite a few water/ocean/shell challenges, so I took that as a sign that I needed to pull out some Ellen Hutson Essentials by Ellen Inner Mermaid stamps and play today. My first source of inspiration were the seashells at the Inspired By … Seashells Challenge. I stamped the Mermaid Tail & Seashells on … Read more
When I saw that the Double D Challenge was Feathers, I used it as an opportunity to pull out my favorite hand-carved feather stamp by my friend Gina is Arty (she has her own book of art that you can buy if you’re interested). I inked it in two shades of purple for the Simon … Read more
I’m back for another round of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. This time I went diagonal down from the right corner with dry embossing, Red and Green, and a Die Cut. I used the Sketch from BYSH Cardmakers and made my wavy band by dry embossing with the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder (I … Read more
STAMPlorations has released their new STAMPlorations Party & Wishes pair … gorgeous birthday ephemera paired with a fun two stamp set. I laid all of the ephemera out and moved them around until I decided to pair the big balloon bouquet with this yummy piece of chocolate cake with white frosting. I positioned them on … Read more
Lauren & I (aka the Jingle Belles) are thrilled to be the Guest Elves at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is – A Friend is for Life and Not Just Christmas. This seems rather appropriate since our cardmaking friendship started over 18 years ago. I decided to use the Festive Friday Card Challenge … Read more
Beautiful Backgrounds is the August Challenge at Pinkfresh Studios. I went through my collection of designer papers and pulled out ones that had the colors in the challenge palette. I used the Pinkfresh Studio Colorblock Stripes Die to cut each of the papers into thin strips. I used a scrap of thin cardstock and angled … Read more
One of the fun projects we did at Alabama Art Camp was make Paper Dolls from Playing Cards (inspired by Mini Mad Things). For my fancy lady, I added some washi tape shoes, heart embellishments and her own purse. And for the gentleman, he got some washi tape gloves as well as a heart on … Read more
It’s time for another Woodblock Wednesday … and since some of my favorite Woodblock Stamps are for weddings, I’m making a Wedding Card today. I went hunting through my scrap paper bin for a piece that captured the colors and feel of the wedding I’ll be attending, and I found this beauty right on top. … Read more
It’s time for our annual game of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. I decided to go vertical down the left side with a Memory Box Wonderland Snowman Die Cut and a stamped & die cut flower from Memory Box Rose Bouquet adorning her snazzy hat. I attached that cutie to a piece of pink … Read more
