My crafty friends and I have been talking about how our rate of acquiring art supplies the past few months has well exceeded our rate of using them. My friend Sam threw down a Use My stuff Challenge to use those products to make a some birthday cards, so you have them ready to send in … Read more
Each year I like to go back and revisit all the art I made and choose my ten favorites from the group (You can see my Five Favorite Holiday Cards of 2019 here) … here are my favorites in no particular order. I found it a little challenging to narrow down the group this year, … Read more
Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I've been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year. Here they are in no particular order: 1. This card is from May 2019 for our Jingle Belles Very Vintage … Read more
Today's Christmas Carol at Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas Tags is Let it Snow. I love living in an area where we have snow … I don't always love navigating through it, but it's so pretty when it falls. I chose Ardyth's snowy tag as my inspiration … she used ebony for … Read more
The Gina K. Designs Monthly Mix Challenge is to make a Tag … so I knew I wanted to use Gina's stamps to make a card for Day 2 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge. I chose Sandy Allnock's lovely tag for the song Joy to the World as my inspiration. She … Read more
I must have been sleeping under a rock, but somehow I did not know about Tracy's 25 Days of Christmas Tags … but I'm not missing out this year. I started with Day 1 and made a tag inspired by this Tag by Laurie Willison. I started with a Tag cut using the Shipping … Read more
I'm sharing a Masked Stencil Technique at the My Sweet Petunia Blog today using both ink & Gina K. Designs Glitz Glittery Gel … come visit me.
The teams at Therm*O*Web, My Picket Fence, and My Sweet Petunia are all joining together today for a Trifecta of Fun. I started with a card that combines products from both companies … the cool new Therm*O*Web Flock Transfer Sheets in Sunshine Yellow and A Sunny Day from Picket Fence Studios with the … Read more
The current Gina K. Designs August Monthly Mix Challenge is For the Boys … to create a masculine card … which fits right in with restocking my Masculine Birthday Card Stash … only one problem … my Gina K. Designs collection is sorely lacking masculine stamps, so I had to get a bit creative (and … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're taking our inspiration from this gorgeous Rustic Glam Fireside Holiday Scene. My eyes were initially drawn to the texture of that gorgeous Sisal Rug, so that's where I started with a layer of DCWV Burlap Paper. Then I used the sketch only from the Fusion Card Challenge to … Read more