I had the joy of participating in the Pinkfresh Create & Connect virtual event with one of my crafty besties here in town (she's the one who invited me to my very first ever crop where I learned about card making). We had a lot of fun creating together. The first class was taught by … Read more
The May Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Floral Fantasy. I pulled out my Poppy Stamps Peony Bouquet and decided to revisit an inking technique from this inky card from two years ago. I used my MISTI to stamp the Peony image with fade-out grey ink and then grabbed a combination of yellow and … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're making cards inspired by the color palette found in this plate of cookies from Sweet Sugarbelle at The Cake Blog – Pink, Grey (or Silver) and Ivory (or White). I started with a grey and white Pinkfresh Studio Just a Little Lovely floral designer paper, for the Flower … Read more
We're still celebrating Earth Day at Jingle Belles by creating cards with re-cycled/up-cycled items. After making a recycled packaging card last week, I fully intended to take a different approach this week … at least until I opened my PinkFresh Studio drawer and saw a pile of some of the prettiest packaging in … Read more
This morning's card is inspired by the April Pinkfresh Studio Geometric Shapes Challenge. I went searching through my drawer of Pinkfresh Studio papers and embellishments and found the perfect Hexagon paper called Love & Peace from the Holiday Vibes Collection. I trimmed it to fit a slimline card design. Since the … Read more
The January Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is to create a project inspired by one of the months in 2021. Since Santa brought me the new In the Meadow Washi Tape & Coordinating Die from Pinkfresh Studio, I went with the March 2021 Challenge theme of Flowers. I thought the die cut … Read more
The November Challenge theme at PinkFresh Studio is Wreaths. I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Vines Washi Tape with the coordinating Indigo Vines Die Cuts. I layered the die cut branches over the die cut wreath with foam tape for dimension. I added a sentiment from the Pinkfresh Studio / … Read more
When I saw the inspiration photo at the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge, it reminded me of several painted panels I've had near my studio table for some time just waiting to become a card. I had done a paint smooshing technique with Dylusions Shimmer Paint that I got from The Ink … Read more
Today is Day 5 of the ABS's of Gel Printing with GelliArts – E is for Envelope. I had a couple of ideas, but finally decided to go with a Leafy Envelope Die cut from PinkFresh Studio to use with a lot of the prints that were left on my studio table from the … Read more
The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is all about butterflies … only one problem, after a full search through all of my Pinkfresh Studio products no butterflies were found. Since I had everything out, I decided to create a card anyway. I bought the lovely Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Vines Washi Tape and coordinating Dies, … Read more