On a cold icy morning, it's good to have a nice warm studio to create. I decided to join the SplitcoastStampers Inspiration Challenge from a fabulous site – Unique Vintage. I chose this vibrant floral top with a bow to inspire my design. I stamped Technique Junkies Small Poppies Background in Gina K. Designs White … 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 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year. Here they are in no particular order: 1. Layering Holiday Style Stamps from Sunny Stamps for the My Sweet Petunia … Read more
Tonight I'm creating with Gina K. Designs Watercolor Garden Luxury Papers … they are so vibrant and gorgeous. While the sentiments and circle stamps from Gina K. Designs Reasons to Celebrate set are sized to go inside the wreath builder creations, they also stand perfectly alone with her layering stitched circle dies (love that … Read more
This morning, my craft tables were so covered an product leftovers that I had to take a break from creating and do some serious clean-up. I challenged myself to see if I could make a few simple cards (I didn't want to get distracted from the task at hand) with products that were already stamped … Read more
My Tag for the 8th Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist was inspired by Emily's flowers & use of color. I loved her poinsettias in shades of magenta and purple, so I started by using my Gina K. Designs Stitched Circles dies (they nest inside each other for a perfect border) in ombre … Read more
As with Birthday Cards, my stash of Masculine Christmas cards fell short as well, so I need to make some more. I found a new (to me) Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K's StampTV, which is to make black & white holiday cards … perfect to solve my masculine card dilemma. Also my new Tiny-Wreath-Builder-Bundle … Read more
For our first artsy adventure at our annual Art Camp, Lauren and I tried a variety of foiling. I won a Gina K. Designs prize package at Junkiefest and another Therm-o-Web prize package after Junkiefest, so we were well-stocked with products to try. We started by applying Decofoil Transfer Gel with stancils so they … Read more
One of the new techniques I learned at Junkie fest was foiling. Christopher from Brutus Monroe shared his new foil line with us. So needless to say, one of the first tools I added to my crafting tool arsenal when I returned was a laminator … and this morning, I did my first ever foiling … Read more
What a fun weekend … so thrilled I got to experience all of the crafty fun. Junkie Fest was an event in Minneapolis, Minnesota organized by the talented artist Chris Dayton for members of the Stamp Junkies Facebook Group (a group formed to celebrate our love of the MISTI Stamping tool invented by Iliana Myska … Read more
I've been mulling over the Essentials By Ellen Pin-Sights Challenge inspiration photo for some time now, trying to decide which element I wanted to build my design around. I kept coming back to the pattern around the border of the plates in the bottom left photograph. I wanted to create a similar repeating pattern. I decided … Read more