I finally had a little time to stamp tonight. I created a card for the current Mix-It-Up Challenge at Essentials by Ellen with My Favorite Things. I combined a leaf/feather from Essentials by Ellen Rustic Botanicals with a sentiment from My Favorite Things Deepest Sympathy. The background was created using my MISTI, Gel Press, and … Read more
I am hosting the Inspiration Challenge at SplitcoastStampers this weekend, and our inspiration site is super-fun store called Jellycat, a London store that releases a new soft toy at least twice a year. For my inspiration I chose Snagglebaggle Dudley Dragon. I designed my card using fun Dragon Brads from Eyelet Outlet. I perched my … Read more
I used this week's Wednesday Sketch Challenge and stamps from MFT Together Forever. The circle is die cut with MFT Stitched Circle Die-namics. Papers are DCWV Copper Luxe emellished with Eyelet Outlet Silver Pearl Bling Swirls … one of my favorite way to embellish a wedding card. And since this is the first time I've … Read more
Living in the Midwestern farmland, I love all of the fun farm animal brads from Eyelet Outlet. I gathered the entire herd of Farm Animal Brads together for this fun birthday card using sentiments from My Favorite Things The Whole Herd. I couldn't find a fence die or punch in my … Read more
For some reason, I couldn't really find a single stamp set in my stash to welcome someone to their new home … so I got creative and combined sentiments and and image from three different sets together with the gorgeous new Garden Party Collection from Bo Bunny. Yay, You! is from My Favorite Things Essential … Read more
I love the mosaic design of this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! - I die cut six rectangles from scraps of paper on my studio table using vintage rectangle die cuts from My Favorite Things. Two sentiment stamps from My Favorite Things Deepest Sympathy Stamped with my MISTI which allowed me to layer together several colors … Read more
I needed to make a sympathy card, and since My Favorite Things Deepest Sympathy is one of my go to stamp sets for those types of cards, I decided to use the Wednesday Sketch Challenge. Only one problem … no square die cuts in my MFT Stash … so I had to get creative. What I … Read more
When I explained our current Jingle Belles prompt My True Love Gave to Me (with lovely Guest Star Lela Menke) to my husband: Create a holiday card for your *TRUE LOVE* or for any extra-special person in your lifeOR…Create a holiday card with HEARTS on itOR…Create a holiday card that references any aspect of "The 12 … Read more
Love the contrast of blacks and grey with the neon pops of orange and green in this week's Fusion Card Challenge inspiration photo. I swapped Paris for NYC using a skyline die cut from My Favorite Things in Black and Neon Orange. I inked grey cardstock with Black Soot Distress ink for my background and … Read more
For this card, I combined the Sketch & Color Challenge at My Favorite things. I decided to turn the blue & yellow into a bouquet … and when combined with grey & black, it seemed like a sympathy card color combination to me. Sentiment is from Essential Sentiments (I wish every manufacturer had a set … Read more