I wanted to make a card for the January Pinkfresh Studio Challenge, which is to revisit one of the challenge themes from 2025. I chose the May Frame It Up Challenge for my card. I chose to use the colors from the Inspired By … Frozen Treats Challenge for the Pinkfresh Studio Geometric Tile Layering … Read more
At our home, winter sports aren’t ones played outside, but instead the sports played inside. This card celebrates the three sports we watched yesterday. I decided to challenge myself to use shades of blue for the Inkspirational Challenge, and I loved how it turned out. I don’t know if you can tell, but I even … Read more
The January #monthlymixchallenge at Gina K. Designs is to create a card using 6 different ink colors. That seemed like the perfect opportunity to give my Color Cube that I got for Christmas a trial run. This is the card I chose and the Gina K. Designs inks to correspond – Sweet Mango, Sweet Corn, … Read more
I always loved picking out my Valentines for school each year. I remember in 6th grade, I saved-up my allowance and bought a package of Muppets valentines that were actually cards that I could write messages inside and put in an envelope. I took time choosing each card for each classmate and writing a positive … Read more
Today’s card was inspired by the {PIN}spirational Challenge colors of purple and blue and inspiration from the Inspired By … Snowman Party Challenge. I started with a blue snowy winter tag and added a Doodlebug Designs Candy Cane Lane Puffy Icons Snowman in the center of the snowflake. I framed the tag in silver metallic … Read more
The December #TEMakerChallenge with Taylored Expressions is to use Bubblegum, Popsicle and your choice of a third color – I went with Gumdrop. I used the three colors together with Taylored Expressions Create-in-Quads Birthday Layering Stencil. I used the confetti background with the pile of presents to create a fun birthday card. I finished with … 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
The newest Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Sparkle & Shine. That was perfect for my creating tonight, since my Lawn Fawn order arrived today, and it included some gorgeous Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock. I used it with the Lawn Fawn Giant Let It Snow Die. For my card background, I took my inspiration from … Read more
The December #staycraftychallenge with Hero Arts and A Blog Named Hero is GOLD. I started by wanting to use the Hero Arts Ornate Frame Transfers, but I wasn’t sure if they were “gold” enough, so I thought I would try seeing if they would transfer onto glitter paper … and turns out, the answer is … 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