After being short quite a few holiday cards when December rolled around in 2025, I’m going to try to make at least one extra card (besides my Jingle Belles card) each week. Today I used the Sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and combined it with the January Anything Goes Challenge at Jaded Blossom. I … Read more
The December Challenge at Jaded Blossom is to make a tag. Since a have a few belated gifts that I’m going to call New Year’s presents, I made a New Year’s tag using the fun sentiment from Jaded Blossom Holiday Treat Tags. I stamped it on a tag using the Jaded Blossom Rounded Tag Die. … Read more
The August Challenge at Jaded Blossom is one of my favorite decades – the 1980's. It was the perfect opportunity to break out some Ella & Viv 80's Party papers in my stash, which gave me the inspiration for my Jaded Blossom Music to My Ears Mix Tape. I chose Neon Pink & Yellow from … Read more
The June Challenge at Jaded Blossom is to create a background. I used the Jaded Blossom Coffee Stain Stencil for my background. It's perfect paired with the Jaded Blossom Brewed Gnome and sentiment. I like the coffee-colored monochromatic look.
The March Jaded Blossom Challenge is Anything Goes. I inked-up my never-before-used Jaded Blossom Tulips (to join the NBUS Challenge). I had a scrap of the orange paper on my studio table, so that's the color I decided to use. My Grandma and I used to spend the fall going through the Tulip catalogs picking … Read more
The December Jaded Blossom Challenge is to make a shaker card (my nemesis). I used some adhesive foam sheets together with the Jaded Blossom Circle Internal Scallops Dies 1 for my Shaker Opening. I filled it with some shaker sprinkles that were included in my Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar (since they are my nemesis, I … Read more
The final Jingle Belles prompt of 2024 is Banner Holiday – to create a card inspired by our gorgeous Jingle Belles Banner (created by the uber-talented Jingle Belle Lauren). I started my design by hunting for something in my stash I could use to create the star banner Lauren has across the top. … Read more
The June Challenge at Jaded Blossom is to make a Masculine Card. I started with the Jaded Blossom Coffee Stain Stencil using Walnut Stain Distress Ink on Kraft cardstock. Next I stamped & detail cut two coffee cups from Jaded Blossom Gnome Brewed, coloring the cups dark teal. Both sentiments are from Jaded … Read more
After winning last week's Color Throwdown, I am thrilled to be Guest Designing this week. I needed a birthday for a Kansas City Chief's fan, whose colors include Red & Gold, so I went with a football theme for my card using die cuts from Jaded Blossom. I started with the Jaded Blossom … Read more
In the spirit of using my Never Before Used Schtuff (thanks Darnelle), I spent the afternoon playing with my new Lindy's Magicals Tea and Crumpets Shakers. The shaker top make it much easier to play with them and stencils, which is what I did (although several got to wet, they turned into more of a … Read more