Stars or Stripes for Christmas

Since July 4th is Independence Day in the United States of America, this fortnight we’re asking you to incorporate the USA flag elements of either stars or stripes into your card design. It doesn’t need to be red, white or blue, but certainly can be… just stars or stripes (or both!) in any medium you choose. Since I … Read more

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

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

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