I thought the lovely floral sketch at TGIF Challenges would be perfect for a Mother’s Day card. I combined lots of Tim Holtz Flower Ephemera with a butterfly. I used designer paper and one of my Gel Prints for the card base. I finished with some gems and a Fancy Mom and Shadow Die Cut … Read more
We’re still creating primarily red holiday cards at Jingle Belles this week. I pulled all of the red designer papers out of my scrap bin for inspiration. I decided to cut them into approximately. 5/8″ strips (a few were slightly different size to fit the design like the white poinsettias at the bottom right), but … Read more
When I saw the Simon Says: Things with Wheels Challenge, I went hunting for a bicycle in my stash … and instead I found this cute little baby carriage Doodlebug Design sticker, so I built my card around it. I paired it with papers from American Crafts Hello Little Girl and a sentiment from Simon … Read more
January is the final Challenge at the Lunar New Year Challenge. Since 2026 is the Year of the Horse, and US New Year has passed, I used the Horse as the theme for a birthday card (since I believe at one point in time almost every US child wished for a horse or pony for … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Old & New – make a card that combines some of the Old and Not So Old (aka New) in your stash. I chose my never before used item first – PaperTrey Trees N Patterns Dies. I used them with two different green Gelliarts prints that were … Read more
We’re still creating holiday cards with wrapping paper or tags at Jingle Belles this week. In 2019, Lauren shared some adorable Hello Kitty Christmas paper with me (that she Xyron-ed to a piece of cardstock). As I was thinking about my card this week, stumbled across it in my wrapping paper stash, so I decided … Read more
Woohoo … the Jingle Belles (Lauren and I) are back for our 16th year of holiday mayhem, and we would be absolutely thrilled to have you along for the ride. We love that we get to use our large selection of holiday products all year long. How it works is that every other Friday at … Read more
When I saw the image at the Inspired By Bright Christmas Challenge, I knew immediately what I wanted to use for my inspired card. As most crafter’s million dollar question would be … could I find it in my studio?? I had a crafting Christmas miracle locating this scrap of Monster Wrapping Paper leftover from … Read more
The newest Sweet Stampin’ Challenge is to use Die Cuts … it was the perfect opportunity to use the die cuts that were leftover from yesterday’s Jingle Belles Card using the Simon Says Stamp Mid Century Ethereal Plate Die and a Metallic Gold GelliArts print. I used a purplish card base and just had fun … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is all about the GOLD (okay, you can use Bronze or Silver too), but make sure we see the metallic in your design. I started by die cutting a gold GelliArts print with the Simon Says Stamp Mid-Century Ethereal Plate and attaching it to a metallic teal and gold … Read more