The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is a Sketch Challenge. I started with a doily for the circular image and some vintage Big Corn Trading Stamps for the vertical element. I thought the corn stalks sort of looked like Christmas Trees, so I went with a holiday theme. I used a combination of holiday … Read more
We’re still celebrating Masculine Merriment at Jingle Belles. When I thought about possible masculine themes, a car came to mind … and I had just the die cut in my yet-to-be-used pile – Cottage Cutz Snowman Reindeer Car. I will confess, it’s a bit futzy with a single die (having to cut it from each … Read more
I’m back for another round of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. This time I went diagonal down from the right corner with dry embossing, Red and Green, and a Die Cut. I used the Sketch from BYSH Cardmakers and made my wavy band by dry embossing with the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder (I … Read more
Tonight’s ask was for a farm-themed card for a lovely lady who will be celebrating her 100th Birthday. I used this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch and paired it with papers from Carta Bella’s On the Farm collection. I die cut the circle from one of the papers and added Doodlebug Designs farm stickers onto the … Read more
We’re still creating with Stars and/or Stripes at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to use Echo Park Happy Holidays collection together with a Sketch from Just Add Ink. I cut a striped designer paper and a star designer paper into 1/2 inch strips and attached them to a white card base. I matted one … Read more
Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more
We’re still getting SKETCH-y at Jingle Belles this week. This time I decided to flip the sketch on it’s side, so I could use this lovely tag from Simple Stories All Wrapped Up Big Bits. I built the rest of my card around it. I used a paper from the Simple Stories All Wrapped Up … Read more
When I saw the newest Sketch at AAA Cards Challenge, it reminded me of fireworks. I remembered several stamp sets I could use to recreate an idea I had in my head, but of course I couldn’t find either one (organizing my studio so I can find things I want is at the very top … Read more
‘Twas the SKETCH before Chrsitmas at Jingle Belles with a fun Sketch to guide your creativity. When I saw the rectangle in the Sketch, I thought it would be perfect for a Scrapbooking journaling card. I opened the never-before-used Carta Bella Merry Christmas Flora Collection and used it to build most of my card. I decided to … Read more
It’s the time of year I pulled out my container of patriotic paper products and have some fun. I’ve got years worth of papers and stickers that I store together in a 12″ scrapbooking container (it’s just about exceeded it’s capacity, so I think that means I need to mail lots of cards). For this … Read more