The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Old & New – make a card that combines some of the Old and Not So Old (aka New) in your stash. I chose my never before used item first – PaperTrey Trees N Patterns Dies. I used them with two different green Gelliarts prints that were … Read more
For Christmas, Santa Stephanie brought me the super-fun Honey Bee Stamps Build a Snowman Honey Cuts. I thought the CAS on Friday Snowman Challenge was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. I went with a three ball snowman because that’s the size I remember most from my childhood. His hat and it’s colors … Read more
This year, Tania has changed-up Gel Print January Challenge on Instagram. I’m just sharing some of my prints here … if you want to see them all, you can hop on over to my Instagram Account SmilynStef. She has given it a Wabi Sabi theme with prompts every other day. The definition I liked for … Read more
A sweet little valentine made with one of my GelliArts prints. I added some silver Love from Lizi Peel-off stickers on each side of the print. For the January Art Nudge Challenge, the multiple shades of pink are inspired by the roses with the valentine heart inspiration from the bottom right prompt. The sentiment is … Read more
I wanted to join the final Altenew Inspiration Challenge of 2025 … which is an Ultimate Inspiration Challenge that looks back on the prior 11 months. I really loved the pillow in the January 2025 Inspiration Challenge with Aditi. I love the colors, the vertical lines, the muslin background and the variance in the blooms. … Read more
Tonight’s card features my favorite Snowman Joy Die Cut from Penny Black. I positioned him one a piece of GelliArts printed paper that I embossed with the Penny Black Rounded Embossing Folder. With my Die Cut Snowman, I’m linking-up at the Just Add Ink Challenge. I added a wrap of cord, two more designer papers, … Read more
At Jingle Belles, we’re still creating with holiday leftovers this week. One of the things I don’t love about leftover creating is that I have no idea the original source of all of these bits, but I did manage to make a second card entirely from pieces in my leftover bin. I love the silver … Read more
We’re still Dashing through the SNOW at Jingle Belles. This week I chose to feature snowflakes and the Lawn Fawnatics rainbows! Challenge. I started by printing a rainbow on white cardstock using my GelliArts Press. Once the paint had dried, I applied silver glitter paste through the Lawn Fawn Snowflakes Stencil and let that dry. … Read more
I’ve had this adorable Tim Holtz Paper Doll pair of friends on my studio table for some time. I painted them when my friend Bev & I had Alabama Art Camp during the summer. It was time for them to find a home. I started by creating a coordinating GelliArts print using PaperArtsy Butter Fresco … Read more
