My Happy Valentine
When I saw the inspiration photo at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie, I immediately thought of the adorable creations by Doodlebug Designs. But of course, I didn’t have any smiling hearts in my collection (I had smiling so-many-other-things), so I decided to go with this adorable smiling cloud since it included the colors … Read more
Be Mine
When I saw the Pink & Red hues at The Color Hues Challenge, for some reason my brain immediately went to Washi Tape. My washi fun inspiration also came from this image at the {PIN}spirational Challenge . Next, I saw the Allsorts Challenge to create your own background, so I went all-in Washi Tape on … Read more
Monster XOXO
I love Monsters, and I have these adorable foam stickers in my Valentine’s Day stash, so I had to feature another one on a card. I started with this heart GelliArts print that was also tucked away in my drawer of Valentine’s Day Supplies and paired it with this week’s Freshly Made Sketch. I paired … Read more
Too Cute
I discovered a new company, Scrap Diva Designs, where I got these fun Conversation Heart Dies. I paired it with fun heart designer paper from Vicki Boutin’s Bold & Bright Collection and a Vertical Sketch from Paper Craft Crew. The sentiment is a vintage woodblock from Studio G that used to be in the dollar … Read more
Mid Century Modern Santa
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is Mid Century Modern Christmas – to make a card inspired by this lovely Mid Century Modern image from Edward George filled with lots of vintage Christmas ceramics. I shopped through my stash for a vintage Santa and found this lovely one from Pretty Little Studio Jolly Santa die … Read more
Love You Most
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Love Me Do – make a love-themed project. It can most certainly be a Valentine, but there are lots of other ways to send Love through the mail. After I finished this card last week, I had some leftover butterflies and leaves from Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies … Read more
Be My Valentine
Today’s card features one of my GelliArts prints, wooden hearts, a heart sticker, and a sentiment from Kristina Werner’s You Are the Best. I cut my gel print for the Sketch from the Inspire.Create. Challenge. I built my design using three of the colors from the Sunday Stamps Love is in the Air Challenge. And … Read more
Vintage Magazine Collage
Almost a year ago, I participated in the Vintage Magazine Challenge at Contemporary Collage Magazine. I assume enough time has passed that they aren’t going to publish my images, so I thought I would share them here. I had a lot of fun challenging myself with this project. You had to do five collages on … Read more