I intended to make a Beaver card with a Wood joke on it (Wood is the last name of several family members, so that was the intended recipient), but instead I managed to drop my Poppy Stamps Whittle Beaver Die somewhere in my studio (I heard it hit the floor), and despite both me and … 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
The April Poppy Stamps Challenge is to add some Texture to your card. I decided to combine that with the Let's Squash It! Challenge to add Geometry and Repeating Patterns. I started with the Lined Diamond Embossing Folder for my repeating geometry (no name on the folder & I was unable … Read more
The current Poppy Stamps Challenge is to use Pretty Papers on your card … and what could be prettier than papers I made myself with paint & my Gel Press. All of the papers on my card were either Gel Press prints or roll-off papers where I cleaned my brayer (honestly sometimes those … Read more
The February Poppy Stamps Challenge is to use Hearts or Felt (or in my case, both). The main layered die is the Adora Layering Dies from sister company Birch Press cut in three shades of purple. The center heart is from Poppy Stamps Heart Confetti Collage. I used a sentiment from … Read more
The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Happy Holly Days. I pulled out some Memory Box glitter paper and cardstock for the card base & die cut the Poppy Stamps Frozen Flakes from the glitter paper. The sentiment is Poppy Stamps Tidings of Joy. I'm also joining the Inkspirational … Read more
When I saw the Autumn Boldness Colors at the Sunday Stamps Challenge, I was pretty sure I had a piece of paint brayered paper in my stash from Art Camp (you can click through to see the process) in that exact color palette. And sure enough, my memory hasn't totally failed me (although … Read more
My card is inspired by the photo at the Peach Birthday Fusion Card Challenge. I used a combination of peachy washi tape to create my background inspired by the layers of the rainbow. I love how the design in one of the tapes looks like a row of lacy rainbows. I brought … Read more
I had a very relaxing weekend. I got up early on Saturday and headed to the Farmers' Market before it got warm and crowded. I also stopped at Trader Joe's and at Michel's (couldn't believe how absolutely empty the aisles were … literally multiple aisles with not a single product on them). In the afternoon … Read more
Today I wanted to join the Poppy Stamps I Love You Challenge (and once again remind myself that I need more Poppy Stamps Stamp Sets other than Tidings of Joy that I've been performing Stamp Surgery on for all of the other holidays since at least 2018). Given the age of my stamp set (and … Read more