When I did the #abcprintingchallenge with GelliArts last month, I purposefully made some prints that I thought would work for die cutting some leaves. When I saw the Insipred by Fall Leaves Challenge, I knew it was time to break them out. I shopped my collection of prints and pulled out multiple prints that I … Read more
This week’s STAMPlorations cards both started with the one of the STAMPlorations Blushing Blooms ATC floral images. For the first card, I used the ATC itself as the focal image, pairing it with a Sentiment from STAMPlorations Inspirational #1 Clear Sticker Sentiments. For the background, I thougtht the leaves in the STAMPlorations Abstract Oats Stencil … Read more
This week’s STAMPlorations cards feature four new stamps and lots of paper product goodness. I stamped the new STAMPlorations Found Fragments #1, Found Fragments #2, and Found Frabments #3 on top of the Artsy Abstract #2 Card Fronts using inks in the colors of the abstract elements to fill in some of the spaces in … Read more
My grandmothers all loved roses, so I know they would have appreciated today’s cards made with STAMPlorations Vintage Roses Card Fronts. For the first Vintage Roses, I used the STAMPlorations Beautiful Mandala Accent #1 Slimline stencil with clear glitter gel, and once that had dried, I cut the panel into three pieces and attached it … Read more
STAMPlorations has released another awesome stamp and ephemera combination – STAMPlorations Perfect Pairs – Classic Christmas. If you follow me at all, you know I make Christmas all year long, so I can get them into the mail and delivered to my large work team in December, so I was thrilled. I really love how … Read more
I love these fun little Campers of Cheer from STAMPlorations. There is a lot of Christmas in July going on right now, so I used them to make fun holiday cards for my camper-loving friends. For the first one, I parked my camper among the holiday trees on one of the STAMPlorations Simply Christmas Card … Read more
I just returned from another amazing session of Alabama Art Camp with my crafty friend Bev. I rate her art camp five stars … she had so many amazing artsy projects for us to complete this year. One of the things I love so much is that they are mostly projects that I don’t think … Read more
I loved coloring as a child. My Grandma and I would sit together for hours filling up coloring books. I felt that same relaxed feeling using my Ohuhu Alcohol Ink markers with STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms – Spring Florals. I positioned these blooms on top of a coordinated STAMPlorations Watercolor ATC that I stamped with … Read more
Quick Cards #9 – Thank You A2 Card Fronts are one of the new Paper Subscription products from STAMPlorations. I thought it would be fun to pair them with some spray & spatter. I started by spraying Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Spray. Next, I added some darker orange metallic paint spatter. I die cut STAMPlorations … Read more
I looked thorugh my STAMPlorations stash and decided to make a coffee-themed card. I found various coffee-themed products in my stash, but I didn’t have a card front that coordinated, so I pulled out some ink and stamps, and altered one of the STAMPlorations Quick Cards #12 – Mixed Media A2 Card Fronts to make … Read more