On my recent trip, I stopped in a few thrift stores including Out of the Closet in Columbus where I found a Hello Kitty reader. Unfortunately, quite a few of the pages had been “colored” with pens, but there were enough intact pages that I picked it up hoping to do some fussy cutting for … 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
The new challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is R is for Rainbow. Since we’re all about “two birdsing” as we call it at our house (always trying to accomplish two things with one activity … for example walking-up the stairs for exercise while you take up items that needs to go upstairs), I also … Read more
Adult Coloring Books have been all the rage with the return to the relaxation of childhood coloring. STAMPlorations offers lots of colorables that bring the same relaxation … and then you can turn the colored panels into a card. I had fun coloring the largest STAMPlorations Love Always Colorable (the pack has multiple sizes of … Read more
For today’s cards, I had fun creating wht the Taylored Expressions Black Friday Special Present Parade Stamp & Layering Stencils. The first card combined three different colors of green ink, although the variance was more subtle than I had hoped. I paired it with a Hand Lettered Happy Birthday Die Cut from My Favorite Things … Read more
I had fun using the Concord & 9th Big Happy Dies with Scrapbook.com birthday patterned papers. For the first one, I used the patterned paper for the base and die cut the letters & birthday from cardstock. For the next one, I reversed the recipe using the cardstock outline and patterned paper letters. And the … Read more
The newest challenge at Addicted to CAS is Postage. I found some postage in 49 and Market Ticket Essentials in Toast. I combined the postage stamps with the other two ticket designs in the collection on a kraft card base. I layered them vertically, and then I finished with two sticker sentiments. And into the … Read more
When I turned 13, for my birthday I got to update my bedroom and pick the colors … and I chose Navy and Pink. My Gran made me a new Navy Bedspread with pink flowers. Even my walls were painted pink (much to my sister’s chagrin as she later had to live in what she … Read more
When I saw the AAA Birthday Washi Tape Challenge, I knew I had to join the fun. I decided to see if I could use the colors from the TGIF Challenges (which resulted in multiple rolls of washi tape being permanently retired to the trash can … some brands do not age well), but I … Read more
During one of my artsy trips to Alabama, I colored these lovely older Pinkfresh Studio flowers using Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers. For this card, I cut them into a tag for the Seize the Birthday Add a Tag Challenge. I added purple ribbon and blue thread, and then I attached it to one of … Read more