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
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to make a card for a child. My card is for a little guy who is turning two and loved trucks and construction vehicles. I went way back into my stash shopping and found a woodblock dump truck stamp in my stash from 2001 by Double D … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge this month is to add some Music. I started by stamping musical notes from Penny Black Footnotes in Catherine Pooler Clay Mask Ink. I added a Penny Black Promise of Spring Stickeroos, since it felt like that bird might be singing with the music. I finished with a Happy Birthday … Read more
I’m thrilled to be the Surprise Party Guest at the newest challenge at Seize the Birthday – Favorite Fall Treat. Honestly, I love Pumpkin Pie not just in Fall, but Fall is the time of year I don’t have to bake my favorite fall treat myself. Then again, who am I kidding, I mostly love … Read more
I remember attending my first (and only) Kansas City Chiefs game with my friend Amie. It was pouring rain the entire game, so we wrapped ourselves in trash bags and still had the best time. There is nothing quite like the atmosphere in Arrowhead Stadium. Today I made a Chiefs Birthday card featuring a free … Read more
Happy World Cardmaking Day … one of my favorite days of the year. It always falls on or near by birthday, so I’ve always thought of it has my own special holiday LOL. I’m spending my day in my studio trying to be as productive as possible because we have some home repairs coming-up that … Read more
The newest challenge theme at Seize the Birthday is to create using Black & White. Also, today's theme for the Gelliarts #abcprintingchallenge is Card, so I combined both for my birthday card design. I used a pinwheel pattern that also sorts of looks like orange slices with some paper texture for the … Read more
The newest challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is A is for Aliens. While I was searching through my stash for something unrelated, I came upon this fun woodblock Blue Alien stamp by Amy Bradley Designs for Stampabilities, so I had to join the snarky fun. I colored my Alien using … Read more
I wanted to try Jennifer Maguire's Background Stencil Highlights Technique that is the August Challenge in the Sharing Handmade Kindness Group. I decided to try it with Red & Blue ink for the current Color Hues Challenge with Blueprint Sketch & Lumberjack Plaid Distress Inks. I used Gina K. Designs Lovely Lace Stencil … Read more
