I had a discussion with a co-worker this week about Tulips. She mentioned hers were getting ready to bloom, which immediately took me back to sitting with my Grandma AtKisson on the couch in the Fall thumbing through the bulb catalogs marking the ones we might want, and then narrowing it down until we finally … Read more
Hippity Hop is the newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash – we're asking you to create an Easter Card or a card featuring a rabbit or a chick. I decided to use my never before inked (linking-up at the NBUS Challenge) Trinty Stamps Bunnies. I added color to the cheeks, ears, and several … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is Anything Goes on the Farm. I made a single layer card combining stamps from Penny Black Shade Canopy with Penny Black Life is Simpler. I clear embossed the tractor and colored with my alcohol Ink markers. I took some of my inspiration from this photograph of … Read more
The final Jingle Belles prompt of 2024 is Banner Holiday – to create a card inspired by our gorgeous Jingle Belles Banner (created by the uber-talented Jingle Belle Lauren). I started my design by hunting for something in my stash I could use to create the star banner Lauren has across the top. … Read more
When I visited my friend Barb, I borrowed her Beached Dee Stamp. and then I had fun coloring her with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers. I used the layout from Try a Sketch on Tuesday. I also took my Inspiration from The Paper Players Beach Time Challenge.
We're still Dashing Through the Snow at Jingle Belles along with our Friends at the Double Trouble Challenge who are creating with Windows. To create my Window, I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Sentiment Banners to cut out my sentiment and attached it to the inside of the card, and then used the … Read more
This Travel Cutie image from The Sassy Club just screams Summer. It makes me want to roll my windows down and head to the beach. I used two sentiments from the same set together with the clouds & a bright sun from Lawn Fawn Spring Showers to complete my cute little summer scene. … Read more
With my win at The Color Throwdown last week, I have the privilege of Guest Designing for this week's Challenge. I decided the colors were perfect for a stamp I got from a new-to-me stamp company – The Sassy Club. I used the stamp set Little Genius, which I stamped in black ink … Read more
The June Challenge at Jaded Blossom is to make a Masculine Card. I started with the Jaded Blossom Coffee Stain Stencil using Walnut Stain Distress Ink on Kraft cardstock. Next I stamped & detail cut two coffee cups from Jaded Blossom Gnome Brewed, coloring the cups dark teal. Both sentiments are from Jaded … Read more
The newest challenge at Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero is Smooth – try some ink blending. I ink blended a cardstock panel using the Distress Oxide Ink equivalent of the the ink colors in The Paper Players Challenge and gave the panel a spritz of Hero Arts Frost Shimmer Mist (it got … Read more