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
The end of the year is near, which often means people choosing to retire. This card is for a co-worker who homes to be able to spend more time in her garden with her flowers. I started by stamping and stenciling Waffle Flower Elegant Flowers (and leaves). I die cut the elements and positioned them … Read more
The final 2025 prompt for Jingle Belles is Banner Holiday – to make a card inspired by our 2025 Jingle Belles Blog Banner. I started with my words made with two different fonts of alphabet stickers. Next, I added lots of die cut glitter stickers framing the words. Then I die cut my panel with … Read more
Mellow Yellow is the current Stay Crafty Challenge with a Blog Named Hero – to create a card featuring some yellow … personally, I went all-in Mellow Yellow for my design. I stamped the Hero Arts Snowfall Background in tone-on-tone ink with my pineapple yellow cardstock and die cut it (and my card base) using … Read more
