The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is – Bent Out of Shape. We’re asking you to make shaped cards (no squares or rectangles allowed). I went searching and found this fun neglected Cupcake Die by Stephanie Barnard for Sizzix in my stash that makes the absolutely perfect shaped card (the fold is under the … Read more
Tonight’s request was for a cat-themed birthday card. I knew I had several kitties in my Taylored Expression inventory, so I decided to start with the January #TEMakerChallenge Multi-Color Magic – to use multiple colors of ink on a single stamp. I decided to use hues from the AAA Colorful Challenge – I chose Cupcake … Read more
January is the final Challenge at the Lunar New Year Challenge. Since 2026 is the Year of the Horse, and US New Year has passed, I used the Horse as the theme for a birthday card (since I believe at one point in time almost every US child wished for a horse or pony for … Read more
After my win at the last Seize the Birthday Challenge, I have the privilege of designing for the newest challenge – Make Your Own Snowflake Background. I’m thrilled to be the Seize the Birthday. I used an oldie but goodie technique of inked embossing for my snowflake background. I applied ink to the raised edges … Read more
The new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Let’s Celebrate. To me, nothing says celebration quite like cake. I’m also joining the Simon Says Something New Challenge with everything on my card being new except for the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die. I used the Lawn Fawn Cake It Easy Add-on Bundle stamps with coordinating Lawn Clippings … Read more
I wanted to join the final Altenew Inspiration Challenge of 2025 … which is an Ultimate Inspiration Challenge that looks back on the prior 11 months. I really loved the pillow in the January 2025 Inspiration Challenge with Aditi. I love the colors, the vertical lines, the muslin background and the variance in the blooms. … Read more
The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is My Sweet Embossable You – create a card featuring heat embossing or pressure embossing (or both if you’re an over-achiever). I decided to use emboss resist technique. I started by stamping Kristina Werner’s Long Line Leaves Background stamp in white pigment ink and heat embossing with white … Read more
Today in Iowa, snow is falling and the temperatures are quite frigid … so the only flowers will be in my studio. I rediscovered a stack of water colored images from my Alabama Art Camp earlier this year, so I turned one of them into a Birthday card to put in the mail. This one … Read more
This month is the final Lunar New Year Challenge, so I knew I had to use the final Snake product I purchased for 2025 – the Lovely Layers Curious Critters from Honey Bee Stamps. I used four different colors of olive cardstock for my snake and then added some ink blending on top to try … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to make a card for a child. My card is for a little guy who is turning two and loved trucks and construction vehicles. I went way back into my stash shopping and found a woodblock dump truck stamp in my stash from 2001 by Double D … Read more