The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Black Cats – we’re asking you to feature a black cat or any other black Halloween icon (bats, spiders, a witch … you get the picture) on your card. My Halloween stash is quite large to shop (because I never get rid of anything and keep it … Read more
Today is World Card Making Day … it’s always near my birthday, so I like to think of it as my own special celebration. Today I’m starting with a fun witchy card using some of my Halloween cardmaking paper stash. I added seme epoxy stars to continue the star theme in the sentiment. The purple … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is Christmas Stockings. If you’re feeling ambitious, you could make a stocking-shaped card, for which we’ve found you some excellent templates; but of course a card with a stocking stamp, diecut, or journal card also works. I built my card around this journal card from Echo Park Happy Holidays … Read more
When I pulled out my Halloween cardmaking products, I realized I had never even opened the Scrapbook and Cards Today Halloween class from last year. So while I was in Madison with my cardmaking friends, I completed the class. This was one of my favorite cards from the class … I love everything about it. … Read more
CASE-ing Christmas is still what we’re doing this week at Jingle Belles … we’re asking you to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) any card that either Lauren or Stephanie have made since Jingle Belles commenced in 2011. I was feeling paper-craftery, so I chose this sketchy card by Lauren from August 2018. I die cut … Read more
The newest challenge at Inkspirational is Furry Friends … they mentioned the Abominable Snowman as a possibility, so I am creating with my favorite Furry Friend … a Monster. This little Halloween cutie is from Echo Park My Favorite Monster – Monsters Set 2. I had this scrap of halloween paper in my stash, so … Read more
Our newest prompt at Jingle Belles as CASE-ing Christmas … to make a card inspired by one of the oh-so-many holiday cards that Lauren and I have shared on Jingle Belles since 2011. I chose this lovely card of Lauren’s from November 2019 … I just loved the grungy holiday beauty of the design. I … Read more
STUCK on You is still the theme at Jingle Belles … creating with stickers. I had multiple sheets of these clear gold mandala stickers in my sticker stash, so I used them to cover my teal card base. I added a few clusters of Spellbinders Gold Smooth Discs to help balance out the layout a … Read more
The new prompt at Jingle Belles is Stuck on You – we’re asking you to use at least one sticker on your holiday card. I recently got the Simple Stories Snow Pine Lodge Paper Collection that included a sheet of stickers, so that’s what I decided to youse. I used one of the journaling cards … Read more
The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is a Sketch Challenge. I started with a doily for the circular image and some vintage Big Corn Trading Stamps for the vertical element. I thought the corn stalks sort of looked like Christmas Trees, so I went with a holiday theme. I used a combination of holiday … Read more