The newest challenge at Seize the Birthday is to make a card with No Stamping … Dies Only. I pulled out one of my favorite Birthday Die Cuts – Happy Birthday Solo Sentiments dies from Die-Versions. I used foam tape strips to attach it to a purple GelliArts print die cut with Whimsy Stamps Wonky … Read more
We’re still celebrating Masculine Merriment at Jingle Belles. When I thought about possible masculine themes, a car came to mind … and I had just the die cut in my yet-to-be-used pile – Cottage Cutz Snowman Reindeer Car. I will confess, it’s a bit futzy with a single die (having to cut it from each … 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
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
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
I just returned from another amazing session of Alabama Art Camp with my crafty friend Bev. I rate her art camp five stars … she had so many amazing artsy projects for us to complete this year. One of the things I love so much is that they are mostly projects that I don’t think … Read more
Usually after I travel, it takes me a while to get back into the creative groove. However, today the rain is really putting a crimp in my usual multi-mile Sunday walk, so thankfully the creativity is flowing in the studio. When I saw the current Inspired By … Fish Challenge, I was really drawn to … 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
A few weeks ago, I saw a woman on Instagram using a tool to help align squares. I went hunting for it, and found out it was a book binding tool. Today I gave it a try together with 1 1/4″ squares punched from Gelliarts Prints. I paired the squares with a stamped sentiment from … Read more
When I turned 13, for my birthday I got to update my bedroom and pick the colors … and I chose Navy and Pink. My Gran made me a new Navy Bedspread with pink flowers. Even my walls were painted pink (much to my sister’s chagrin as she later had to live in what she … Read more