The newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is Hot, Hot Hot! – you could make it weather related, grilling or even spicy food. We just want you to shop your stash for what says HOT to you. Since I just returned from a vacation to visit my crafty friend Bev to enjoy time … Read more
The current Challenge at Addicted to CAS is Shapes. I immediately thought of my Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) – Bauhaus Blocks from Uniko. I stamped one block in black ink and colored with my alcohol ink markers in traditional primary colors for the Make Your Mark Challenge at Addicted to … Read more
It's our 500th Challenge at Shopping Our Stash (Wowza!) so we're Celebrating by the Numbers – make a celebration card that includes a number … it might be a birthday, anniversary, or whatever you want to celebrate. I decided to use the numbers on the new First Class Stamps from Essentials by Ellen. I … Read more
Unfortunately I depleted my sympathy card stash this week, so I needed to restock. I decided to use a NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Perfect Poppies Die from Gina K. Designs with some Alcohol Ink panels I had in my stash, so I'm linking-up at the NBUS Challenge. I had three alcohol ink … Read more
I broke out a vintage Hero Arts Woodblock Stamp for the current Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero Challenge A Sentimental Journey. I inked the large sentiment stamp with Grass Skirt Green and Uptown Teal and gave it a spritz of water to blend the colors (which unintentionally gave the stamp a … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're still creating with Christmas & Coffee (or Tea or Hot Chocolate). I'm making my card masculine, so I can also link-up at Caffeinated Christmas. I started with the colors from the Color Hues Challenge – Aqua and Red. I stamped three coffee images from Rubbernecker … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is She's a Lady – Create a Card that features a woman or a card for a special woman in your life. When I was sorting through my product for a purge, I found this never-been-inked vintage Pattern Pieces stamp by Tim Holtz from Stampers Anonymous. I stamped … Read more
Another fun thing my friend Cyndie and I did when we were together was play with Alcohol inks and metallic mixatives. Tonight I turned several of those panels into Mother's Day Cards with Penny Black Bouquet Masterpieces and Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies. I used a a variation … Read more
Today is the 490th Challenge at Shopping Our Stash, so to celebrate we're repeating our 49th Challenge – To include anything starting with the Letter B in your card (and because we're overachievers, we included multiple B's in our designs). I started by building my card around the Butter Stamp in the new … Read more
I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for the newest Retro Rubber Challenge Challenge, which is an awesome Sketch. I chose this 2000 Woodblock Stamp Franklin's Wisest Words from DRS Designs to build my card around. I started with the Beer Designer paper that is at the top from the Moxxie Tie the Knot … Read more