Today's prompt at Jingle Belles is a fun game of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe which is kind of like "Beach Blanket Bingo"… but Christmassy… and with a lot more embellishments! We'd love for you to join us; all you have to do is pick a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and create a lovely new holiday card … Read more
I went thrifting with my sister when I was back in Missouri recently, and I took a chance on a board game called Icons – Women Who Play to Win, hoping that there might be game cards inside the taped-up box that I could use to make some cards. It turned out it had both … Read more
I needed to make a few wedding cards this week. The first one features Impression Obsession Wedding Collage. I inked it in Eucalyptus and Rose, two of the wedding colors, and stamped it on ivory cardstock. I die cut the collage using the Hero Arts rounded rectangle infinity die. I attached it to a … Read more
This week the Jingle Belles are asking you to create a card featuring Christmas Bells. I started by die cutting lots of Impression Obsession Jingle Belles from silver metallic cardstock. I used foam tape under some to create some dimension on my purple glittery card base. I finished with a sentiment from Kristina … Read more
Red, Red Wine is the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash. We're asking you to create a card using RED as your primary color OR use Wine (or another beverage) on your card … or if you're an over-achiever, use both. Since several local schools have RED in their colors, I used Red … 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, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 here) … I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year. Here are my favorites for 2024 (in no particularly order). This card was made for the Sweet EMBOSS-able … Read more
This stamp quote from Kay Foley for River City Rubber Works (2005) sums up what I've been thinking a lot lately, so I inked it up for Amy Tsuruta's Woodblock Wednesday. When I first started buying stamps, it was the words that drew me into stamping more than the images, and River City … Read more
I've had this little Frankenstein (who looks like he is by Darcie Heater Designs) in my Halloween stash for several years (I think I saved it from a card someone sent to me … he was too cute note to use again), so I thought he was absolutely perfect for The Dream Factory Challenge based … Read more
We're still playing Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles this week. This week I went straight down the center of Embossing, Green & Die Cuts. I started by die cutting a green Impression Obsession Layered Tree. I used it as the centerpiece of this week's Sketch from The Paper Players. Next … Read more
I continue to have fun at the #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts on Instagram. For the Metallic theme on Day 4, I used two shades of Metallic Silver Paint and the Totally Dotty Stencil from AALL & Create. For Day 5's Tissue Paper theme, I found this wonderful tissue paper flower at Create/Exchange … Read more