The new Shopping Our Stash Challenge is an awesome Sketch. I needed a beer-themed Thank You card, so I pulled out multiple beer colored GelliArts prints to create the sketch layers. I die cut the Creative Expressions Three Cheers beer mug from white cardstock and a second time from a Gelliarts print to … Read more
I needed a Sympathy Card, so I went to Unity Stamp Company for some inspiration (according to the post I'm too late to join, but I didn't see any new challenge posted, so I'm joining in late). I chose to use the colors together with inspiration elements in the photo. I used Speckled … Read more
This afternoon, I had fun creating a card inspired by the Tray in the Inspired By Challenge … can you spot all of the ways I was inspired. I started by gathering a collection of grey designer papers from my stash. The background is inspired by the tray itself. The vertical panel was … Read more
The first Shopping Our Stash Challenge of 2024 is Once Upon a Time – creating cards inspired by Fairy Tales (Dragons, Princesses, Castles, etc.) – if it's not obvious what fairy tale inspired you, make sure you fill us in. I started by searching for lists of Fairy Tales to see if there … Read more
When I was trying to return my studio to a sense of order, I found this stamped AALL Miss Dee image & sentiment gifted to me by my friend Bev. I decided to color her using red, yellow and orange (I thought I was using those hues for a color challenge, but turns out the … Read more
My friend Beverly & I have been enjoying our Spellbinders Advent Calendars. These were the two little stamps that were included behind door #2. I stamped them in Black Amalgam ink and colored with Alcohol Markers. I looked and there aren't many grey flowers in real gardens, but the white seemed a bit stark, so … Read more
Somehow our weather seems to have gone straight from Summer to Winter, which makes me side since the cooler fall temps are my favorite. We had to bundle up in coats, gloves and hats to walk to breakfast today. So it seemed appropriate to create with snowflakes this afternoon for the #staycraftychallenge at Hero Arts … Read more
Our theme at Jingle Belles this week is – Not a Creature was Stirring. We're making cards featuring animals or other creatures like gnomes, monsters or Yetis. I chose the Christmas Cheer Gnomes from Rubbernecker Stamps (which I colored in the Blue/Coral color combination for Color Hues Challenge before I realized that challenge closed before … Read more
Whenever I join Amy T's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge, I always seem to take a walk down memory lane. I am also always amazed that I used to stamp with woodblocks all of the time (because of the heavy black areas on this pumpkin, it took me 5 tries and two different inks to find a … Read more
The next Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Color Me Beautiful – showcase your favorite coloring medium. I chose my Gellipress as my favorite medium. It works so well for large stamps like So Franken Cute from Picket Fence Studios. I used a combination of green inks to create my paper and then … Read more