In my recent crafty purchases, I picked-up this fun Hand Knitted Stamp Set from Darkroom Door. Then today I saw a post where they have an Instagram Challenge each month, so I had to join the fun. Here's the inspiration picture. I felt rusty after not stamping a week, so I decided to go … Read more
The theme at the Retro Rubber Challenge is to make a card with buttons … I can't even remember the last time I used a button on a card. I keep my buttons in a vintage Ball Jar because that's where my grandma kept hers. When I was a kid, she would let me pour … Read more
When I saw the current {PIN}Spirational Challenges, I knew I had to ink-up my Darkroom Door Guitar. I loved the rustic textures of the background and the blue of the worn denim, so I stamped it in Navy Ink on a piece of White Wood Designer Paper … I love how part of the … Read more
Today is World Card Making Day … tomorrow is my Birthday. I always secretly believed that they picked this weekend for World Card Making Day, so I absolutely HAD to spend my birthday weekend making cards … and so that is what I will be doing today (because there are lots of prizes … and … Read more
There are quite a few challenges this week featuring butterflies, so I went on a Butterfly scavenger hunt in my studio. I was sure I had a large butterfly stamp … or die cut … but nada. I finally found this never-before-inked Eclectic Stamp Butterfly from Darkroom Door, so that is what I used. I … Read more
For the Shopping our Stash prompt at Jingle Belles this week, I went searching for my oldest holiday stamp … but instead got sidetracked by some gorgeous Darkroom Door Noel Stamps that are at least 2 years old (so old I couldn't find a link to buy them) and had never even been cut apart … Read more
When I saw The Corrosive Challenge Blog was featuring Mixed-Media this week, I knew it was time to pull out some more of my Color Burst creations from Art Camp. For this one, I splattered Color Burst around a New York Skyline Mask. After it dried, I outlined the silhouette with an Orange Glitter Pen … Read more
The theme at The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stamps is … R is for Rude (which is their annual profanity challenge, so don't proceed if you don't want to see that). I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use a rubber stamp I purchased several years ago from Paper Source (I'm pretty sure … Read more
Tonight I needed to make a New York themed thank you card that featured an iconic yellow cab. I knew I had some puffies in my stash that would work perfectly, so I combined them with this week's Unscripted Sketch. I stamped the gray card base with Darkroom Door New York images, and then added … Read more
Darkroom Door is having a WCMD giveaway, so I wanted to make sure I found time to join … love their stamps. I combined their guitary photo stamp (in Burnt Sienna Chalk Ink) with papers from Echo Park's Reflections Fall Collection. The layout is from Feeling Sketch. With the large size of my stamp, … Read more