I discovered today that I needed more birthday cards than I had made (how does that happen to a cardmaker??). Since I needed to get a few in the mail, I had to make some quick ones tonight. I pulled out some birthday journaling cards and decided to combine them with the Simon Says Monday … Read more
This week’s STAMPlorations cards feature four new stamps and lots of paper product goodness. I stamped the new STAMPlorations Found Fragments #1, Found Fragments #2, and Found Frabments #3 on top of the Artsy Abstract #2 Card Fronts using inks in the colors of the abstract elements to fill in some of the spaces in … Read more
This week I had fun creating two cards designed around STAMPlorations Newsprint Blooms Ephemera Tiles. For the first one, I paired three black tiles with STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms: Spring Florals Card Front Colorables. I decided to leave it uncolored for some modern contrast. I framed the card front in red and attached it to … Read more
The newest challenge at Seize the Birthday is to make a card with No Stamping … Dies Only. I pulled out one of my favorite Birthday Die Cuts – Happy Birthday Solo Sentiments dies from Die-Versions. I used foam tape strips to attach it to a purple GelliArts print die cut with Whimsy Stamps Wonky … Read more
My grandmothers all loved roses, so I know they would have appreciated today’s cards made with STAMPlorations Vintage Roses Card Fronts. For the first Vintage Roses, I used the STAMPlorations Beautiful Mandala Accent #1 Slimline stencil with clear glitter gel, and once that had dried, I cut the panel into three pieces and attached it … Read more
The current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Fun with Food. I needed a birthday card, so I decided nothing says birthday quite like a row of ice cream cones from Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Summer. I attached rows of Lawn Fawn Birthday Candles Washi Tape on top of Plaid paper from Lawn Fawn Favorite Flannel Fall … Read more
This morning I had fun using stickers and ephemera from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection to make a birthday card for a nature lover. I started with the larger pirece of ephemera with the squirrel on top of a piece of grid paper from my scrap box. Next I added some words with foam … Read more
When I saw that the Double D Challenge was Feathers, I used it as an opportunity to pull out my favorite hand-carved feather stamp by my friend Gina is Arty (she has her own book of art that you can buy if you’re interested). I inked it in two shades of purple for the Simon … Read more
STAMPlorations has released their new STAMPlorations Party & Wishes pair … gorgeous birthday ephemera paired with a fun two stamp set. I laid all of the ephemera out and moved them around until I decided to pair the big balloon bouquet with this yummy piece of chocolate cake with white frosting. I positioned them on … Read more
Another new-to-me creative experience at Alabama Art Camp this year was making seals using wax and clear glue sticks. the first sticks we used weren’t super clear (as you can see in the photo), so we swapped out for clearer ones (which you can see on my card). I loved the cool frame seals that … Read more