I had a request this week for a card celebrating a new US Citizen. I remember helping my friend Mary study for her Citizenship test, and I'm not sure I would pass it without a lot of studying. I chose some patriotic papers, a patriotic medallion, and a few glittery stars using the … Read more
These adorable Snoopy Stickers are usually a bit of extra smile on my envelopes, but when I saw this week's Sketch at AAA Cards Challenge, I thought they could also be front and center on a card design. I added a stamped sentiment from Avery Elle Peek-a-Boo Scary Pals.
This week at Jingle Belles we're still creating with the color blue. I chose three Distress Oxide Blues (Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and the gorgeous new Uncharted Mariner) together with Pumice Stone for the dots using Taylored Expressions Create-in-Quads Snowflake Stencil. I used my Memory Misti to line up the stencils … you just place … Read more
The July Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Over the Rainbow. I started by using some unopened Jane Davenport Art Essentials Mermaid Markers to create a striped rainbow on white cardstock. When it dried, I added a coat of Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray, and then I die cut the cardstock with the Poppy … Read more
At Jingle Belles, we're still creating using the colors from this fabulous plate of holiday cookies – Grey/Silver, Pink and Ivory/White. I started with some pink designer paper and added a strip of silver metallic cardstock. I looked-up a picture of a Narwhal, and saw that they are actually grey spotted, … Read more
When I saw the pillow inspiration at the Color Throwdown Challenge, I thought I could build an entire boy's bedroom around those pillow. I chose Catherine Pooler Dress Blues & Twilight with Concord & 9th Stardust (there is really no ink color like that one and I thought it matched perfect). I paired … Read more
I should be cleaning my studio, but instead I made a card with things I found on my studio table. I saw that the Seize the Birthday Challenge was to use an Embossing Folder (and re-stocking my masculine birthday cards is also on my To Do List), so I grabbed the Tim Holtz Retro Cirque … Read more
Have you checked out all of the fun new Gnome Stickers at {a vintage girl} & her daughter? Today's card features the adorable Winter Gnomes (and remember if you use my Discount Code SMILYNSTEF at checkout you get 10% off your entire order). I started my card by spraying white cardstock with Avery … Read more
I had so much fun doing the Gina K. Designs Make-Over Challenge the last two weeks, I thought I would expand and look for other cards in my history that deserved a make-over too. I chose this Avery Elle Washi Tape Birthday card from August 2015 because it has been way to long since I … Read more
Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2019 here) … here are my favorites in no particular order. I found it a little challenging to narrow down the group this year, … Read more