The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Winter Wonderland – creating cards with a winter landscape or an all white card. I die cut lots of white snowflakes from Essentials by Ellen Snowflakes and attached them to my white card base using foam tape for a few of them for dimension. … Read more
When I saw the Sketch at AAA Cards Challenge, I knew I wanted to have some Bokeh fun. I inked-up my well-loved Essentials by Ellen Bokeh Dots using the colors from the Just Us Girls Challenge (translated to Concord & 9th inks in Midnight, Clover and Oceanside) … oops, just realized I was too late … Read more
Each year I enjoy taking a walk down memory lane and picking my Top 10 Favorite Non-Holiday cards of the year (you can see my 2022 Picks Here & my Top Five Holiday cards here). Here are the cards I've chosen this year in to no particular order. 1. This Mother's Day Daisy Card was … Read more
Amy's hosting a Coffee Lover's Lookback Challenge, so I thought I would join the fun (oops, when I went to link-up I was too late). Regardless, I had a lot of fun hunting for my cards and remembering making them. This fun stenciled card was for the Fall 2016 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop with … Read more
The newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is Hot, Hot Hot! – you could make it weather related, grilling or even spicy food. We just want you to shop your stash for what says HOT to you. Since I just returned from a vacation to visit my crafty friend Bev to enjoy time … Read more
Here we are at week 8 of daisy yellow #icad challenge. Day 50 was a Note to Self. I found some affirmation-like sticker quotes and attached them to one of my discarded gelliprinted index cards. Day 51 was Topiary, but I wasn't feeling that, so I did an off-topic clean-up collage … Read more
It's our 500th Challenge at Shopping Our Stash (Wowza!) so we're Celebrating by the Numbers – make a celebration card that includes a number … it might be a birthday, anniversary, or whatever you want to celebrate. I decided to use the numbers on the new First Class Stamps from Essentials by Ellen. I … Read more
April Showers is the current Challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash – Create a card that features a *Shower* element … rain, umbrella, rainbow, clouds, puddles or a Baby Shower or Wedding Shower card. I truly shopped my entire stash trying to find an umbrella. Turns out, it's apparently not something that attracts … Read more
There's something about making art every day … even if it's just one thing … that brings such joy. So I'm always a bit sad when the #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts comes to an end. Here's how I finished my prints. Day 19 was Lines. I used paints and the Radiate Universal Background Stamp from Magnuson … Read more
This weeks Shopping Our Stash Challenge is Somewhere Over the Rainbow – use Rainbows or Rainbow Colors on your card. I went with a St. Patrick's Day Doodlebug Designs retired Lots O' Luck paper collection that I've had for quite some time. I added a file tab sticker from the … Read more