This week's the Jacksonbelle Rockstars have a fabulous sketch to inspire you (keyword JBE106). I love the panel design, which was great for featuring Jenni Bowlin mini papers. I used stamps from Artistic Outpost's Hair is Important plate. My mother-in-law was a beautician, and I know she will love these fun vintage images. The … Read more
Here's another card from the Artistic Outpost Wonderland Collage for the Botanical Challenge at Gingersnap. I stamped the Alice Collage in India ink on yellow designer paper from Pink Paislee's 360 Degree collection. Alice's dress and crown were paper pierced & the trellis and flowers were colored with Prismacolor pencils. The crown from the set was stamped … Read more
While I absolutely LOVE to travel, I'm am so glad to be back home in my studio. This card combines papers from October Afternoon with Jen's Sketch for You To Try. Jacksonbelle just stocked up on the new October Afternoon Thrift Store & Fly a Kite collections … better get yours before they're all gone. The … Read more
This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge comes from the eco-friendly online store Green Rainbow. My card was inspired by this Hook Board "Bike Skinny". I loved the combination of the woodgrain background (which also worked for this week's Cards Blog Challenge) with the bicycle image. I started by stamping the Hero Arts Designer Woodgrain Background in creamy … Read more
Here's another fun image from the new Wonderland Collage set by Artistic Outpost. I really love that there is a separate clock stamp in the set that fits perfectly over the partial clock in the image. The rabbit collage was stamped on Pink Paislee Queen Bee designer paper. The jacket and flower were colored with … Read more
Who doesn't love a good story with a lot of fantasy and a hint of quirk? Ok, so with Alice in Wonderland, you get more than a hint of quirk, you get a whole load of zany with a hint of logician philosophy. Artistic Outpost has pulled together some of the most zany iconic images from … Read more
Today's Jacksonbelle Challenge is to make a card inspired by Tax Day (keyword JBE101) … it can involve money, green, numbers … anything that incorporates your view of taxes. I decided to incorporate both green and numbers into my design. The papers are from Pink Paislee's Bayberry & 360 Degrees Collections (I love … Read more
Did you ever love a collection of paper so much, you actually thought about buying a second set? That's how I feel about Pink Paislee's new Queen Bee Collection. I think it's humorous that papers called Queen Bee are so perfect for masculine designs. I just don't think the market makes enough masculine designs. The Queen … Read more
I love the awesome art & challenges at the Gingersnap Creations blog. Since March has five Wednesdays, today's challenge is a Blue Moon Challenge to create something using one of the many tutorials available on their blog. I can't believe I never noticed they have an entire collection of tutorials … so many possibilities. I … Read more
The Time to Craft Challenge Blog has a Manly Challenge this week. The SteamPunk set from Artistic Outpost is the perfect collection of images for fabulous manly designs. I inked the circular label and stamped it multiple times on the background (Basic Grey Fruitcake paper) before re-inking again. The rest of the stamps were stamped on the same … Read more