The July Pink & Main Monthly Challenge is Shiny Things. I embossed metallic shiny silver paper with the Pink & Main Rainbow Embossing Folder. I paired it with Daydream Ink and the PInk & Main Happy For You Stamp Set (which appears to have been sadly discontinued) … I really like that color combination.
I had so much fun with the STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts and STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker sentiments, I decided to make more cards with them this week … this time combining them with STAMPlorations Pop Art Faces for two 5″ x 6 1/2″ cards (proving that card fronts are versatile for all sizes … Read more
It’s the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! I’m sharing cards made with new products – STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts paired with STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker Sentiments. For the first two I used a similar recipe combining elements from each of them with papers from STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage papers for two 5″x7″ cards. For … Read more
I had fun watching the Cardinals play baseball and playing with some paper. I started with the Inspired By … Donuts Challenge … makes me think that a stop at the donut shop just might be in my future (I hear a maple long john or apple fritter calling my name). I went with a … Read more
My card is inspired by The Outdoors Challenge at The Male Room. It was the perfect opportunity to pull together ephemera and stickers from the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I really love those colors. I finished with a stamped sentiment from Scrapbook.com Mini Circle Sentiments II. I’m also linking-up at the Simon … Read more
A friend recently returned from a trip to New York City and brought me a gift of some gorgeous handmade papers. They have a lovely thickness to them, so I thought I would try spritzing a piece with water and embossing it … and it worked perfectly. I positioned it on top of a piece … Read more
I had fun using the ink smooshing with acetate technique with Distress Inks to “paint” my new STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms Spring Florals. I went in and added a bit of watercolor marker to some spots and then I spattered the blooms with Speedball Acrylic Calligraphy gold ink. I paired the blooms with the STAMPlorations … Read more
I absolutely love this week’s Freshly Made Sketch. I had already been playing with GelliArts prints making my 4″ square collage for the mini.collage.collective challenge for International Collage Day. I matted it on a metallic copper painted GelliArts print to turn it into a card. I used a 1″ square punch for my sketch card. … Read more
I love the large size of the new Collage papers from STAMPlorations. For today’s cards, I trimmed two different STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage Papers down to 5″x7″ for two large cards with lots of room to write a note. For the first one, I covered the card base with the Collage Paper and then topped … Read more
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Man’s Best Friend – creating a card featuring an animal one might keep as a pet. Growing-up, our pet was a black and white beagle named Snoopy. She was an incredible partner. I particularly loved having her run beside me as I rode my bicycle around the … Read more