I spent several hours yesterday morning slowly wandering through my local papercrafting store Scrapmania (if you like to take road trips to a shop, this one is worth it). I picked-up some fun new Halloween papers and used one from Echo Park's Spooktacular Halloween to make this card for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch. I … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles our prompt is still to combine at least THREE Designer papers in your card. As a usual over achiever, I managed to use five different papers from the Echo Park Santa Claus Lane collection this week. I did add a bit of green ink around the die cut … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is to create a holiday card that features "The Man with the Bag" aka Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle (you get the picture). I picked up a piece of 12×12" journaling cards paper from Echo Park's The Magic of Christmas Collection together with the 6" paper pad from the same collection … Read more
When I saw the Simon Says Recycle Challenge, I knew exactly what I would use since I had just torn the sides off of the packaging for my new Farmhouse Fresh Honey Chai Steeped Milk Lotion, and the pieces were sitting on my desk. I thought it would pair perfectly with my unopened package of … Read more
The first Caffeinated Christmas Challenge of 2024 is to combine Snowflakes & Coffee. I took the inspiration for my card from the adorable Winter Wishes cookies at the If You Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge. I used the colors from the current Color Hues Challenge and stamped my Echo Park … Read more
Tonight I needed to re-stock my masculine birthday card stash, so I relied on a sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday and Echo Park Happy Birthday Boy papers.
It's too late to mail a Halloween card, but I thought I would make one more before I put my Halloween supplies away for the year. I used fun Echo Park Monster Mash papers. The layout is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch. I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says Monday Spooky! Challenge. … Read more
Tonight I made a couple of Safari-themed baby shower cards. The first one uses Echo Park Little Explorers papers with the layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Anytime Expressions & die cuts are Hero Arts Nesting Onesie and My Favorite Things It's a Baby Dienamics. The next … Read more
The February Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is a Sketch. I opened a drawer of Unity Stamps and picked out the first one I saw that had yet to be inked – Unity Stamp Company Queen of the Universe. She seemed perfect paired with Scenic Route Designer paper from Echo Park. I stamped … Read more
I'm thrilled to still be Guest Designing at the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge Candy or Cookie. I paired a Cottage Cuts Coffee Cup with a sentiment from STAMPlorations Caffeinated Christmas on a journaling card from Echo Park My Favorite Christmas. I added a little Hero Arts Santa from Kelly Purkey Holiday Planner Christmas to … Read more