Whenever I join Amy T's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge, I always seem to take a walk down memory lane. I am also always amazed that I used to stamp with woodblocks all of the time (because of the heavy black areas on this pumpkin, it took me 5 tries and two different inks to find a … Read more
The next Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Color Me Beautiful – showcase your favorite coloring medium. I chose my Gellipress as my favorite medium. It works so well for large stamps like So Franken Cute from Picket Fence Studios. I used a combination of green inks to create my paper and then … Read more
The inspiration for tonight's card started with the Fall Plaids Challenge at the Double D Challenges. I found this great piece of plaid designer paper from the Carta Bella Autumn paper collection. Then I realized that the spacing of the plaid worked for the Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge, so I added stitched … Read more
Yesterday I was hunting for a specific sentiment, and in the process discovered a number of Halloween Stamp sets (many of which are embarrassingly unused). So I pulled them out, and made a vow to get them inked-up and get some Halloween cards in the mail. I started with Simon Says Stamp Witch, Please and … Read more
We're getting Frightfully Delightful at Shopping Our Stash … create a card with your favorite spooky image. I have never inked these fun stamps from Impression Obsession, so I used them for a clean & simple Halloween design. I paired a sentiment from Impression Obsession Witch Sayings with the fun dancing … Read more
Tonight I had a little Washi Tape fun for the Simon Says Stamp Fun with Washi! Challenge. I created a Washi Tape background and then used the Freshly Made Sketch for my layout. I used one of my favorite vintage stamps from The Project Bin Haunt It for the Make The Cards Halloween … Read more
I love the October Mood Board Photo at the Joy Clair Challenge. The grey and black spooky feel reminded me of the Suminagasi Japanese hand-marbled paper I made, so I used that for my card base. I stamped the Witch from Joy Clair Keeping It Real in black ink on light … Read more
I was cleaning out a drawer for my new Shimmer Paints, and found a collection of Snoopy stickers that included fun Halloween ones … so I had to make some cards. The first one uses a Sketch from the CAS Colors & Sketches (only realizing after the fact that I didn't make a CAS card). … Read more
September is #abcprintingchallenge month. I love doing a little Gel Press printing every day. Next up is D is for Diamond. I attached my little diamond Gelli Arts plate to a clear block and used it to stamp a diamond shape in various shades of green Catherine Pooler inks and Nathalie Kalbach ArtFoamies Stamps. … Read more
The theme at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is W is for Wicked. Halloween is the one holiday whose stamps I keep filed by theme vs. manufacturer, so I pulled out my drawer to see what might work. I settled on the main sentiment from The Project Bin Haunt It!, which is from … Read more