Today's card was inspired by the Scrapbook Layout by Karrla Dauer for the PinkFresh Studio Create & Connect Challenge. I incorporated the texty background paper (from Pinkfresh Studio Office Hours) combined with flowers and the folded edge of a piece of paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Be You Collection along the right. I … Read more
This afternoon while watching the football playoffs, I decided to play with my collection of Pinkfresh Studio products and join their Create & Connect Inspired by Challenge. Here's are the two inspiration projects. I chose the card as my inspiration. I started with a piece of 6" designer paper from the Pinkfresh Studio … Read more
The January Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is to revisit the Challenges from 2020. I chose the May Challenge to create a card inspired by one of the Design Team Members and used the colors from the Challenge photo. I started by creating a rainbow from the five colors of ink on Bristol Smooth Cardstocck. … Read more
The November Pinkfresh Studio Card Sketch Challenge is a fun Slimline Card design. Lucky for me, I just got the new PinkFresh Studio Diamond Plaid Layering Stencils in the mail this week. I ended-up blending four different Distress Oxide Inks to get the colors i wanted to coordinate with my PinkFresh Studio Christmas … Read more
I was blessed with another crafty call this afternoon that helped me finish cards for four more of the Pinkfresh Studio World Cardmaking Day Challenges. I went back to Challenge #1 – Die Cutting – and used one of my favorite Pinkfresh die cuts – the Leafy Envelope Die. I just used the outline of … Read more
I had a relaxing and productive crafty Zoom call this afternoon where I was able to finish 5 cards for the World Cardmaking Day Challenges at Pinkfresh Studio. Since my Die-cutting machine was in another room (Challenge #1 is Die-cutting), I started with Challenge #2 to make a Thank You Card. Quite a while ago … Read more
I have friends who are spectacular ink blenders (have you seen the blends from SkyPaperScissors??) … me, not so much. I need lots more practice and a lighter hand. Today I tried it with the Domed Ink Blenders from Scrapbook.com and that seemed to help me get softer edges. I wanted to do an … Read more
When I saw the September Sketch Challenge at PinkFresh Studio, I immediately thought about doing a spotlight with one of their beautiful floral stamps … I chose Floral Cluster. I stamped it twice in Archival Ink and then Ink Smooshed around the edges of one using Acetate with Shabby Shutters and Bundled Sage Distress Oxide … Read more
I finally inked-up the lovely Modern Layered Floral Stamps from Pinkfresh Studio I decided to go with a minty green and coral color combination. The first card uses the current Sketch Challenge in the Pinkfresh Studio Facebook Fan Group. Since I made several attempts while I had the stamps inked-up, I … Read more
PinkFresh Studio has a summer-themed challenge with some yummy summer colors. I started with the colors and the Essentials: Inverted Stitched Scallop Circle Die Set inspired by all of the circles in the photos. And nothing says summer quite like Ice Cream … the Ice Cream Bars and sentiment are from PinkFresh … Read more