At Jingle Belles the theme is still A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life” … Read more
I am still having fun with #dyicad2023. Day 36 was imaginary. I wanted to do a one-staple collage with my imaginary Monster crew, but for the life of me I couldn't locate my stapler (I bought a new one, then of course it showed up). So instead, I used an Eyelet Outlet Unicorn … Read more
I'm thrilled to be Guest Designing for the newest Retro Rubber Challenge Challenge, which is an awesome Sketch. I chose this 2000 Woodblock Stamp Franklin's Wisest Words from DRS Designs to build my card around. I started with the Beer Designer paper that is at the top from the Moxxie Tie the Knot … Read more
The current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is G is for Glitter. The only glitter I really like to create with is glitter paper where none of the glitter rubs off … otherwise I invariably find glitter on my skin & all over my studio for days. Today in the mail I got … Read more
The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Let It Snow! Strangely enough I didn't have any snowflakes, but I do have the adorable Poppy Stamps Whittle Snowman, so I added him as an accent to a birthday card, since I need to restock my masculine birthday card stash. I die cut the … Read more
The first Caffeinated Christmas Challenge of 2023 is all about Snowflakes. I had this Technique Tuesday snowman & sentiment that i stamped when we went to the crafty house last Spring. I decided to use some Eyelet Outlet Brads to turn him into a Christmas card by adding his Holiday Coffee Cup Brad … Read more
The Caffeinated Christmas Challenge is to add a gnome to your coffee-themed holiday card. I chose the cute little Gnome from Gina K. Designs Home for the Holidays and paired him with some I Love Winter Paper from Echo Park using this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch (not realizing it had already closed … … Read more
We're still creating with BLING at Jingle Belles (in partnership with the Double Trouble Christmas in July Challenge). Lauren gifted me some of the gorgeous new Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple (that she used in our prior Masculine Holiday Cards), so I had to immediately break one out and use it. … Read more
Lauran & I (aka the Jingle Belles) are happy to be partnering with the lovely ladies of the Double Trouble Challenge for exponentially more fun AND a chance at some cool prizes! First, we should mention that our part of this event has a theme of, "Bling On the Holidays" and we'd like to see … Read more
The current Simon Says Stamp challenge is Wild and Wonderful … to create a card featuring something Wild. I immediately thought of my Stamperia Arctic Antarctic Papers. I went with the wild howling winter wolf. I used the layout from Arctic Hearts Sketch with sentiments from Unity Stamp Company Empowered Words and an Eyelet … Read more