The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is SuperSTAR – create a card featuring Stars. I literally went shopping in my studio. I immediately thought of this Cuttlebug Star Embossing Folder, but then I had to find it LOL. While I was "Shopping* I found a never been used pad of Core'dinations Cardstock, … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Shower Me with Sunshine – shop your stash and make a Baby Shower or Wedding Shower Card. I decided to use the Hero Arts Nesting Onesie that I used as a mask back in #gelprintJanuary2024 as the focal point for my Baby Shower Card. … Read more
At Jingle Belles this week's theme is A Christmas Story where we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life”, … Read more
I was intrigued by the colors at the Color Throwdown this week, since they aren't colors I would have thought to combine, but I love it. Since I had some orange gelli prints (with gold highlights) from this morning's cardmaking, I decided to create another print in red and maroon. Next … Read more
As you can tell from the blog post title, if expletives offend you – click away. I'm joining the E is for Expletives Challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. For those who know me, it's no surprise that I had multiple stamp sets to choose from for this challenge (I'm a … Read more
We're still celebrating cards inspired by Christmas Movies or Books at Jingle Belles this week. I went with the classic – A Christmas Story (am I the only one who says Fra-gee-lee) every time I get something marked Fragile in the mail. Stamps are from Leg Lamp by The Ink Road. … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're asking you to create a card inspired by the many holiday books or movies that we all adored in childhood (and likely still adore them today). So whether you love “A Christmas Carol”, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” or “It's a Wonderful Life” we're asking you to create a … Read more
This week's Wanderlust Art Journal theme starts a month of Serendipity. It was more of a free form lesson using sprays, paints, paper and pencil together with a large face image. I started with three colors of Dina Speed Wakley's Gloss Sprays – Lime, Turquoise & Sand. Next I added my focal image … Read more
When I saw this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! I was immediately reminded of a String Art Tutorial from Understand Blue, so I went and found it. I couldn't find a phone book or rubber globes, so I used an Encyclopedia and just got inky fingers. I used Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster Ink and … Read more
I told you I would come back and re-visit the current Sketch at CAS(E)this Sketch for a few more cards (you can see my first group of cards here). I thought this floral tape reminded me of RBG's Collar, so I used my new Ink Road Stamps RBG Stamps. I stamped … Read more