When I saw the Autumn Boldness Colors at the Sunday Stamps Challenge, I was pretty sure I had a piece of paint brayered paper in my stash from Art Camp (you can click through to see the process) in that exact color palette. And sure enough, my memory hasn't totally failed me (although … Read more
The new 100th Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is all about the Kids. I chose images from Lawn Fawn A Little Sparkle (with Coordinating Dies … so I'm also linking-up at the Dies R Us Anything Goes Challenge) together with the layout from the Global Design Project Challenge. My landscape is die cut with the Lawn … Read more
I wanted to make a Cat card this morning for several Challenges, so I chose the adorable Max form the Max & Millie Stamp set by Taylored Expressions. Since I was using Taylored Stamps, I decided to join her February #TEMakerChallenge, which luckily for me includes use something starting with C (in addition to Watercoloring … Read more
The Fox Challenge at CASology was the perfect opportunity to feature some Cute Foxes Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter. Remember my Discount Code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order. I thought the two cuties with the balloons would be perfect for a birthday card using the Sketch Layout from … Read more
When I saw the How to Catch a Star book cover at The Library Challenge, I immediately knew what I wanted to make. I die cut the Waffle Flower Stars Pattern Background from Navy Cardstock and cut it into three pieces. Then I spent a while hunting for some 3-D stickers that I … Read more
Often this weekend of the year I am hanging out in Ames, Iowa with the Taylored Expression Crew at Stamp Joy, but this year we all had to hang-out virtually. I was thrilled that Mona (aka @MyCraftyDreams was able to travel to Cedar Rapids, so we got to craft together with 900 of our closest … Read more
Today's Stay Crafty with Hero Arts Challenge theme is creating with Critters #staycraftywithhero. If you've been around here long, you know I"m not a huge critter stamper (mostly because I feel like they require coloring, which I usually don't have the patience to do) … but today I've got nothing but time, so … Read more
I'm thrilled to finally share that I am a member of the inaugural design team for a super-cool Sticker Store – {A Vintage Girl & her Daughter} (follow them on Instagram here). They also have the {Vintage Girl Shop} that sells amazing chipboard for all of your mixed media creations. You can use my code … Read more
When I saw Sam's adorable little Goat Card, I immediately ordered the Hello Bluebird Party on the Farm stamp set. I spent the afternoon coloring/watercoloring with my Karin Brushmarkers, which is something I seldom do … it was relaxing to put together my little farm scene. I stamped and colored the Hello Bluebird … Read more
When I saw Elmer at the current Library Challenge, I thought it would be fun to make a paper patchwork quilt. I thought it would be fun to do with the colors from the current Paper Smooches Color Story Challenge (especially since Kim draws cute little creatures like Elmer). As I was hunting … Read more