The current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is to create a card inspired by a book, movie or song. I was playing around with papers inspired by this wonderful Scrapbooking Layout by Nicole Santos. I went searching for a large heart die and thought I found one tucked way in the back of my Lawn Fawn products … Read more
When I saw the image at the Inspired By Bright Christmas Challenge, I knew immediately what I wanted to use for my inspired card. As most crafter’s million dollar question would be … could I find it in my studio?? I had a crafting Christmas miracle locating this scrap of Monster Wrapping Paper leftover from … Read more
The new theme at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie is all about Santa. I broke out this adorable Santa die cut from Happy Holidays Doodlebug Designs. I die cut his hat from a scrap of polka dot designer paper. The background is a vintage Cuttlebug Embossing folder and sentiment is from Unity Stamp … Read more
When I saw the challenge at CAS on Friday was Feathers, I knew it was time to pull out my favorite hand-carved feather stamp from my talented friend Gina is Arty (who just released an amazing new book of her art). I took my color and layout inspiration from the Inspired By Panels Challenge … … Read more
Today’s 75th Wedding Anniversary card took its inspiration from the TIME OUT Challenge image. Instead of frames, I used several doilies to frame the silver 75 chipboard numbers that I positioned on a satin white paper, bringing in the metallics in the photo. The layered doilies were attached on top of a piece of Ephemera … Read more
This is my card for this week’s Inspired by Autumn Challenge. I took my inspiration from both the photo and the sketch using an entire sheet of Halloween stickers on some scrapbook.com ombre designer paper. I finished with a sentiment from CZ Designs Witch Please! Sentiment Strips. I’m also joining the Send a Smile 4 … Read more
I colored the AALL & Create Emily's Splash Mermaid to coordinate with one of my GelliArts prints. I die cut her and my card base with stitched die cuts for the Simon Says Stitch It Challenge. I used a sentiment from the same stamp set. I gave my Mermaid a tropical … Read more
My studio had reached the point of disaster that I had to spend time cleaning & organizing. However, that usually means that in the process, I go down some sort of rabbit hole when I discover things I had forgotten about, like these fun summer texty stickers. I realized they would be perfect for the … Read more
It's been a while since I've joined the Altenew Inspiration Challenge, so I wanted to join the fun. I really loved the July inspiration photo. I die cut the Altenew Dog Rose Panels from the Cream & Royal Blue from the inspiration colors and layered them onto a white panel. I … Read more
This month's Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is to use paper piecing. I paper pieced the lemons from Gina K. Designs More Fun Fruit by stamping them in black ink and clear embossing them on Gina's Amethyst Poly-Glaze Foiling Sheets that I had foiled with Gold Foil. After I detail cut the images, … Read more