The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Summertime – Ceate a card featuring something you’d see or experience in the summertime. I chose hiking as my theme. I’ve been wanting to do some park hikes this summer, so it’s on the bingo card. I used the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I … Read more
For this Dad Day Card, I used a fun panel from the Ciao Bella Hipster paper collection. I loved how all of the elements worked for the recipient. I paired it a great plaid from 49 and Market Rust and Revs paper collection. I finished with a stamped Father’s Day sentiment, love you stickers and … Read more
The final leg of our recent vacation was a trip back through Ohio. This time we stayed in Cincinnati. We started at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens. The parking was $12 for the first hour … with both the good and bad news being that an hour is really all you need for the garden. It … Read more
I was asked to make a 90th birthday cards for a lady who loves flowers. I decided to use inspiration and the Sketch from the Inspired By … Daisies Challenge. I cut scraps of cardstock into the three strips in the Sketch using the three colors and positioned them on some 49 and Market Summer … Read more
Flat Feliz Navidad is still our theme at Jingle Belles where we’re creating Flat One Layer cards. Last week I used stencils, this week I got stampy. I started by creating a mask using the next to largest Hero Arts 5-Point Stars Infinity Die and a scrap of thin cardstock. I used three colors of … Read more
Quick Cards #9 – Thank You A2 Card Fronts are one of the new Paper Subscription products from STAMPlorations. I thought it would be fun to pair them with some spray & spatter. I started by spraying Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Spray. Next, I added some darker orange metallic paint spatter. I die cut STAMPlorations … Read more
Next stop on our vacation was Cooperstown, New York … home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Our home base was the amazing Landmark Inn. We enjoyed our lodging, our dining, and the company of the owners and staff. And the art throughout the home was amazing including this lovely mantle top display. We … Read more
It’s the time of year I pulled out my container of patriotic paper products and have some fun. I’ve got years worth of papers and stickers that I store together in a 12″ scrapbooking container (it’s just about exceeded it’s capacity, so I think that means I need to mail lots of cards). For this … Read more
Usually after I travel, it takes me a while to get back into the creative groove. However, today the rain is really putting a crimp in my usual multi-mile Sunday walk, so thankfully the creativity is flowing in the studio. When I saw the current Inspired By … Fish Challenge, I was really drawn to … Read more
