Our newest prompt at Jingle Belles as CASE-ing Christmas … to make a card inspired by one of the oh-so-many holiday cards that Lauren and I have shared on Jingle Belles since 2011. I chose this lovely card of Lauren’s from November 2019 … I just loved the grungy holiday beauty of the design. I … Read more
I just returned from a long weekend in Kansas City with my sister … seriously, nothing fills my bucket quite like extended time with her. The start was a concert at the new Morton Amphatheater … Matt Nathanson, Barenaked Ladies & Train. It was so stinking hot. Matt said it was like “singing in soup”, … Read more
Beautiful Backgrounds is the August Challenge at Pinkfresh Studios. I went through my collection of designer papers and pulled out ones that had the colors in the challenge palette. I used the Pinkfresh Studio Colorblock Stripes Die to cut each of the papers into thin strips. I used a scrap of thin cardstock and angled … Read more
The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is Shades of Summer … happy, vibrant summer colors. I thought this paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Scattered Confetti collection fit the bill. I paired it with books and plant ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Heart and a Chipboard Flair sentiment sticker from Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection (all attached … Read more
It’s the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! I’m sharing cards made with new products – STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts paired with STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker Sentiments. For the first two I used a similar recipe combining elements from each of them with papers from STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage papers for two 5″x7″ cards. For … Read more
In case the title didn’t already give it away, the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is KRAFT-astic – to create a card featuring kraft cardstock. This one uses one of my favorite kraft cardstocks, Desert Storm by Neehah. I paired it with Pinkfresh Studio Whispering Daffodils Washi Tape. I layered three of the floral … Read more
We’re still creating in an Ombré Wonderland at Jingle Belles this week. Rather than blend ink, I started wotj a piece of Ombré designer paper from The Simple Thing collection by Pinkfresh Studio. I paired the rainbow colors with a rainbow of clear snowflakes and rainbow decorated holiday tree from Doodlebug Design. I finished with … Read more
The May Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Striking Stripes. My original thought was to find designer papers in the colors of the inspiration photo and cut some strips to turn into stripes. However, the first light blue paper I found was a striped paper, so I decided to see how many striped papers I could find … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is – I Don’t Sweat, I Sparkle. I started with a Gina K. Designs stitched square die and a vintage Pinkfresh Studio floral image (no longer available) that I stamped and colored with Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers. Next I used a larger stitched square die from Lawn … Read more
Ombré Obsession is the April Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio. Even though Pinkfresh discontinued many of their paper products, I still have one heck of a stash left to go through, and I remembered that several of the paper collections had some Ombre designs. I chose this green paper from Pinkfresh Studio Just a Little Lovely for … Read more