When I saw that the Double D Challenge was Feathers, I used it as an opportunity to pull out my favorite hand-carved feather stamp by my friend Gina is Arty (she has her own book of art that you can buy if you’re interested). I inked it in two shades of purple for the Simon … Read more
Lauren & I (aka the Jingle Belles) are thrilled to be the Guest Elves at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the theme is – A Friend is for Life and Not Just Christmas. This seems rather appropriate since our cardmaking friendship started over 18 years ago. I decided to use the Festive Friday Card Challenge … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re still asking you to create a card that is made using at least three of the colors from this fun Unicorn Christmas color palette from Artsy Fartsy Life (your card does not have to be inspired by the image, but certainly can be as long as it includes at least three … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we’re asking you to create a card that is made using at least three of the colors from this fun Unicorn Christmas color palette from Artsy Fartsy Life (your card does not have to be inspired by the image, but certainly can be as long as it includes at least three of … Read more
The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is Shades of Summer … happy, vibrant summer colors. I thought this paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Scattered Confetti collection fit the bill. I paired it with books and plant ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Heart and a Chipboard Flair sentiment sticker from Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection (all attached … Read more
Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more
I was asked to make a 90th birthday cards for a lady who loves flowers. I decided to use inspiration and the Sketch from the Inspired By … Daisies Challenge. I cut scraps of cardstock into the three strips in the Sketch using the three colors and positioned them on some 49 and Market Summer … Read more
The new challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is R is for Rainbow. Since we’re all about “two birdsing” as we call it at our house (always trying to accomplish two things with one activity … for example walking-up the stairs for exercise while you take up items that needs to go upstairs), I also … Read more
In case the title didn’t already give it away, the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is KRAFT-astic – to create a card featuring kraft cardstock. This one uses one of my favorite kraft cardstocks, Desert Storm by Neehah. I paired it with Pinkfresh Studio Whispering Daffodils Washi Tape. I layered three of the floral … Read more
We’re still creating in an Ombré Wonderland at Jingle Belles this week. Rather than blend ink, I started wotj a piece of Ombré designer paper from The Simple Thing collection by Pinkfresh Studio. I paired the rainbow colors with a rainbow of clear snowflakes and rainbow decorated holiday tree from Doodlebug Design. I finished with … Read more