The Challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash is to make a card inspired by a Food or Beverage Label. Hunting for my inspiration took me back to the years of hosting the Inspiration Challenge at SplitcoastStampers … during that time, I looked at everything I saw as a potential item to inspire a card design. … Read more
I was asked if I could make a Winnie the Pooh Birthday card for a one-year-old. I immediately thought that I could turn Concord & 9th Hi There Bear into Pooh with some creative stamping & my MISTI. As with all layering stamps, it took a couple of tries to figure out the best order … Read more
I went full FUSION for the Fusion Card Challenge. I was drawn to the red grapefruit in the picture … both because I love one for breakfast (and haven't had one in quite some time) and because they remind me of my Grandad who taught me how to eat one with a grapefruit spoon. I … Read more
The theme at the Shopping Our Stash Challenge is Leaf it to Me … which was the perfect opportunity to ink-up the Concord & 9th Thankful Leaves Turnabout Stamps and Dies I received at the Junkie fest event. My MISTI makes it a piece-of-cake to create a gorgeous background. I used four lovely VersaFine Clair … Read more
I'm up on the MISTI blog today sharing tips I learned at Junkie fest about using the Concord & 9th Turnabout Dies. Click on over to see what I made.
What a fun weekend … so thrilled I got to experience all of the crafty fun. Junkie Fest was an event in Minneapolis, Minnesota organized by the talented artist Chris Dayton for members of the Stamp Junkies Facebook Group (a group formed to celebrate our love of the MISTI Stamping tool invented by Iliana Myska … Read more
The January Mix-It-Up Challenge at Ellen Hutson is with Concord & 9th. I combined a sentiment from Concord & 9th Hope Stamp Set with the Adorable Bear & Sun from All Inside by Essentials by Ellen. Given the unseasonable cold we've had the past week, I decided to send a little sunshiny warmth through the … Read more
I picked-up the Concord & 9th Dotty Turnabout Stamp when I was in NYC at The Ink Pad, and finally had the chance to ink it up. I chose my most Autumn-like colors from my Distress Oxide Ink Collection (Antique Linen, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey & Peacock Feathers) for Lori's Autumn Blessings Challenge at the … Read more
Since I failed at achieving Clean & Simple yesterday for the Peacock Colors Challenge at the Less is More Challenge, I decided to take a second run at it. I also decided to incorporate the current Mix-it-Up Challenge at Essentials by Ellen … and add a little Concord & 9th. I thought it would be … Read more