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
The newest Challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is F is for Finally Fall. I pulled out one of my favorite fall stamps sets – Witch, Please by CZ Design for Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the witch and sentiment with Catherine Pooler Grape Crush Ink. I found this background in my GelliArts print files. … Read more
The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is Cardstock Christmas. We're creating cards using only cardstock (no designer paper allowed). You can tear it, ink it, stamp it, spray it, emboss it … but use only cardstock. I tried a new-to-me Ink Smoosh Technique on white cardstock where you spray the paper rather than spraying the … Read more
The newest TGIF Challenge is You're My Hero with this inspiration photo. I had picked-up a packet of stickers when I was thrifting in Missouri with my sister, and there were lots of super hero ones, so I decided to use them to make a few cards. I've always loved the Incredible Hulk, … Read more