Some beautiful Concord & 9th flowers to start your day. I made this card with products from the C9 Winter Retreat Event. I just love that color combination. I'm linking this card at the TIME OUT Challenge where you were supposed to use two of the ideas .. I used Florals & an … Read more
The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Fun Fold – to make a card using something than a standard bi-fold. I searched for fold options and liked this fun tri-fold design by Ink It Up with Jessica. I used a 4 1/4" strip x 12", so my dimensions are a bit different. … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Think Ink – we're asking you to use lots of ink, but NO COLORING … think sponging, smooshing, stenciling, brayering, splattering, gel printing. I chose one of my favorite techniques. I apply Distress Oxide to a stamping block, spritz some water, and then press the block … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is Anything Goes on the Farm. I made a single layer card combining stamps from Penny Black Shade Canopy with Penny Black Life is Simpler. I clear embossed the tractor and colored with my alcohol Ink markers. I took some of my inspiration from this photograph of … Read more
I had so much fun at the Concord & 9th Winter Retreat last weekend with my friend Mona. The pace of the event was absolutely perfect and allowed a little time for me to make some bonus cards with the awesome products. This Quilted 3-D embossing folder was certainly one of my favorites. For this … Read more
Today is my final Guest Designer week at Just Us Girls Challenge, and it's a product theme with Anything Goes using Stencils. I decided to combine my new Concord & 9th Simple Flowers layering stencil pack with the Coral and Yellow color combination from the Color Hues Challenge. The nice thing about these … Read more
It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday with Amy T. I combined a vintage Stampsbilities Snoopy Stamp with a newer sentiment from Red Lead. I added a bit of yellow color to the envelope and matched my card base to it.
The February Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Something Sweet. I die cut the Poppy Stamps Grand Whittle ice Cream Cone adding a second scoop. I finished with the perfect Sweet sentiment from Poppystamps Colorful Life. I'm also linking-up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, because even my husband knows … Read more
I really enjoyed spending time at the SCT Magazine With Love event. I didn't have time to finish all of the classes, but I did enjoy the ones I was able to do. One of my favorites was this one from Cathy Zielske's Class using stamps & coordinating stencils. This one from Cathy's … Read more
The February #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is a Color Challenge. I chose Tropical Punch for my third color and used all three colors to ink-up the Taylored Expressions Good Hearted Background Stamp. Since I've never inked-up that heart stamp, I'm also linking-up at the NBUS Challenge. Next, I die cut … Read more