The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Time for a Hot Drink to make a card featuring a hot beverage of choice … Coffee, Tea, Hot Cocoa, Apple Cider … whatever warms your tummy and hands this time of year. You can also link-up your card at the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog … Read more
The colors in this week's Color Throwdown are a really unique combination to me … and I love them. That scene looks like something I would combine in my home. I searched through my print drawer and found an Alcohol Ink Background that combined purple and red with touches of silver foil. I … Read more
Today I got Happy Mail from The Paper Forest … the prize from participating in one of their Challenges that included one of their pins (love it) and a card with a hand-written note (the best) … and the travel theme was perfect since I just had to cancel our upcoming vacation plans. So … Read more
As I often do this time of year, I've been looking back at what I experienced in 2019 … and thinking about the experiences I want to have in 2020. What I realized this morning is that I really love my Art Camp with Lauren each year … just creating for the sake of creating … Read more
Therm-o-Web is having a Rainbow Challenge for World Card Making Day … I'd love to win their entire collection of transfer sheets. I took a page from the Jennifer Maguire Playbook and made a rainbow with scraps I had in my stash from Foil-a-palooza 2018. Since I needed a card for Mail-it-Monday, I chose … Read more
I used one of my favorite Cancer stamps from CAS-ual Fridays together with the Sketch Challenge at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog. I stamped it in Pink Ink and then added a Tim Holtz Hashtag sentiment below it. I used two scraps of pink-ish paper from my stash and some vintage blooms for the embellishments. … Read more
I love playing along with The Library Challenge … I love books … I love creating cards inspired by books. The Challenge is to create a card inspired by The Cover, The Title, or The Story of the book. When I stumbled across this gorgeous book cover for Oscar by Mauricio Segura, I e-mailed the … Read more
A friend who has been battling cancer this last year mentioned recently that she finally felt like She Was Back … so that was the Welcome Back that I was thinking about when I saw the Inspiration Photo at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge. I incorporated the contrast of black with the bold colors and large sentiment … Read more
Today I'm using Eyelet Outlet Washi Tape & Brads for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! I used two colors (and widths) of Glitter Washi Tape to create the top portion of my card and then added some Film Strip Ribbon between the sections. I used four different movie-themed brads matted on black … Read more
SplitcoastStampers is featuring the MISTI Creative Corners in today's newsletter. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to receive and test this great new product … and share my review. I won't lie … I've never been much of a a precision stamper. I just pretty much just eyeball everything and move on. However, that … Read more