I loved coloring as a child. My Grandma and I would sit together for hours filling up coloring books. I felt that same relaxed feeling using my Ohuhu Alcohol Ink markers with STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms – Spring Florals. I positioned these blooms on top of a coordinated STAMPlorations Watercolor ATC that I stamped with … Read more
The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is asking you to create a card insipred by this photo and/or color palette. I went shopping my stash and found this fun little popsicle pin that I decided to back with a thick glue dot to turn it into flair. I paired it with these fun summer … Read more
Tonight’s ask was for a farm-themed card for a lovely lady who will be celebrating her 100th Birthday. I used this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch and paired it with papers from Carta Bella’s On the Farm collection. I die cut the circle from one of the papers and added Doodlebug Designs farm stickers onto the … Read more
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
