When I saw the Dictionary Day Challenge at Daring Cardmakers, I knew I needed to join the fun. I started with my Joy Definition Stamp from Catslife Press stamped in brown on ivory cardstock & the joy page out of one of my dictionaries … and my base is a gel press print made … Read more
We're still SHAPE-ing Up at Jingle Belles this week. For my second card, I enlarged a clip art picture of a mitten to card sized and then traced it onto a scrap of red designer paper for my mitten base. Next I attached the green designer paper to the cuff and trimmed it … Read more
One thing I've discovered about working from the corner of my studio at home is that I really take very few steps all day. I'm 10 steps from the bathroom and 10 steps from the kitchen, but mostly I'm just sitting in my desk chair on conference calls. So tonight, after I was able to … Read more
Even though I make a Christmas card for Jingle Belles every week, that doesn't get me nearly enough completed by December … so Christmas in July Challenges are the perfect time to make some ground on the final number of cards I need … just like at AAA Cards. I inked-up a never-before-used Magenta Floral … Read more
I just looked at how many Falliday Challenges I have yet to complete … and how much time I have yet … and it's going to take a valiant effort to make it. It is unlikely, but I will go down trying. Tonight I made a card for the We Wish You a Snarky Christmas … Read more
It's our favorite time of the year at Jingle Belles … when the Jingle Belles make Pink Christmas cards and Lauren and Stephanie (aka the Jingle Belles) will each donate $2 per linked-up card to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. For my first pink card I started with the fun Christmas Kitty Stamp from Technique Junkies and colored his hat & nose … Read more
It's one of my favorite times at SplitCoastStampers … the annual Dare to Get Dirty Challenges. I love this dapper little dancing bird from Catslife Press. I made a version where I colored the bird … but decided I liked the monochromatic one better. Sentiment is from Memory Box. Layout is from CAS Colors … Read more
We're celebrating "Shake it Santa Baby" at Jingle Belles … which means making a shaker card or a Santa card (or both). I love Tim Holtz Vintage Santa Stamps, so I inked mine with Festive Berries Distress Ink and then edged it with Gathered Twigs (don't those ink colors just sound like Christmas). I added a … Read more
I was feeling a little Snarky, so I thought it would be the perfect time to join the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for their Weekly Challenge … the theme is J is for Just Kidding. I combined the fun Why Me Lady from Viva Las Vegastamps (it was fun to see that they have one … Read more
Red Carpet Studios is celebrating Movie Heroes … My hero is April in Pieces of April who went outside her comfort zone to bring her family together for Thanksgiving … as her mother is battling breast cancer. The layout is from Mojo Monday … and stamps are Paper Smooches Hope. And the colors are from … Read more