When I saw that the Addicted to CAS Code Word was Purple and the CAS on Friday theme was SEA, I knew I wanted to combine the two. My sister’s favorite color is purple … and she loves an Octopus, so I knew where I was headed. I also took my inspiration from the movie … Read more
This week I had fun creating two cards designed around STAMPlorations Newsprint Blooms Ephemera Tiles. For the first one, I paired three black tiles with STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms: Spring Florals Card Front Colorables. I decided to leave it uncolored for some modern contrast. I framed the card front in red and attached it to … Read more
My grandmothers all loved roses, so I know they would have appreciated today’s cards made with STAMPlorations Vintage Roses Card Fronts. For the first Vintage Roses, I used the STAMPlorations Beautiful Mandala Accent #1 Slimline stencil with clear glitter gel, and once that had dried, I cut the panel into three pieces and attached it … Read more
I just returned from a long weekend in Kansas City with my sister … seriously, nothing fills my bucket quite like extended time with her. The start was a concert at the new Morton Amphatheater … Matt Nathanson, Barenaked Ladies & Train. It was so stinking hot. Matt said it was like “singing in soup”, … Read more
I love the new Simple Expressions Series of Stamps from STAMPlorations. The ability to fill in the words with different colors of ink makes them endlessly versatile. For today’s card, I combined them with the STAMPlorations Pop Art Faces A2 Card Fronts … I love how it looks like they’re lovely lips are saying the … Read more
There were quite a few water/ocean/shell challenges, so I took that as a sign that I needed to pull out some Ellen Hutson Essentials by Ellen Inner Mermaid stamps and play today. My first source of inspiration were the seashells at the Inspired By … Seashells Challenge. I stamped the Mermaid Tail & Seashells on … Read more
Beautiful Backgrounds is the August Challenge at Pinkfresh Studios. I went through my collection of designer papers and pulled out ones that had the colors in the challenge palette. I used the Pinkfresh Studio Colorblock Stripes Die to cut each of the papers into thin strips. I used a scrap of thin cardstock and angled … Read more
I got new STAMPlorations goodies in the mail, and I had to drop everything and use this fabulous STAMPlorations Memphis Cool Pocket Backdrop paper. I adore that color combination and those super-cool circles. I paired it with the new STAMPlorations Expressions: Dream Stamp … I love that it’s actually two stamps, so you can fill … Read more
The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is What’s The Good Word? We’re asking you to design a card around a WORD – using a Word Die, Stickers, or a Word Stamp – just make sure it’s clear what your WORD is. I realized that technically I used two Words, so I suppose ROCK is … Read more
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.