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
I’m sneaking in one last Snake card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. This one features fun icon stickers from Reminisce The Wild Collection. I decided to have a few friends join the snake for this birthday card. I finished by creating a tree from the border sticker (the trunk) and leaves. I finished with … Read more
The Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge for November is to use Bits and Pieces (Scraps) on your project. The Seize the Birthday Challenge was to use Christmas Supplies on your card. I decided to combine the two. I went to my designer paper scrap bin and found scraps of three different holiday papers that I … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge this month is to add some Music. I started by stamping musical notes from Penny Black Footnotes in Catherine Pooler Clay Mask Ink. I added a Penny Black Promise of Spring Stickeroos, since it felt like that bird might be singing with the music. I finished with a Happy Birthday … Read more
I’ve had this adorable Tim Holtz Paper Doll pair of friends on my studio table for some time. I painted them when my friend Bev & I had Alabama Art Camp during the summer. It was time for them to find a home. I started by creating a coordinating GelliArts print using PaperArtsy Butter Fresco … Read more