We’re still creating with vintage or faux-vintage products at Jingle Belles this week. I started with a photograph of Poinsettias from the 1979 Christmas Ideals Magazine. My Gran always had Ideals on the table in the formal sitting room at her home, and I loved sneaking in and looking through them (kiddos were pretty much … Read more
I couldn’t resist making a cute little Halloween card inspired by Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. I combined two stickers with a sentiment from Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz Tiny Frights. I’m also linking-up at Simply Clean & Simple Pumpkin Challenge. It’s also Halloween at the Crafty Calendar Challenge & Halloween at Little Red Wagon.
I want to get my Halloween cards done early, so I can get them in the mail in time to be enjoyed. This card features stamps from Tim Holtz Spooky Spirits from Stampers Anonymous … I think I bought it specifically for this sentiment that makes me giggle. I paired it with this week’s Freshly … Read more
I got horrible news last week that Typepad was going out of business at the end of September. I rushed to find someone to help me migrate my years and years of paid blog history to a new platform, only to have Typepad crash and be inaccessible for the past few days (big surprise, since … Read more
I always loved Halloween (probably because of how much I loved … and still love … candy). Growing-up, our Mom always made our Halloween Costumes, and several were quite epic. One year we were a pair of dice, which was great except we had to drive to neighborhoods where trick or treating was safer (and … Read more
I built this card around one of my GelliArts prints made on a page from a automotive mechanical book using the Vertical Sketch from the Paper Craft Crew Challenges. I added some sticker stitches and a few golden circle stickers too. I finished with a Stampers Anonymous Sentiment from Games of Life. … Read more
At Jingle Belles, we're still making holiday cards inspired by our 2023 Blog Banner. I decided to start by spraying watercolor paper with Dylusions Bubblegum Pink Shimmer Spray. Next I die cut three Memory Box Marvelous Pines, which I then splattered with White Dina Wakely Media Gloss Spray. I stamped the … Read more
It's time for our annual PINK Christmas prompt at Jingle Belles where Lauren & I each donate $2 for each card uploaded for this prompt to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. My sweet sister-in-law gifted me the new Tim Holtz Christmas Cartoons stamps, so I couldn't resist inking them up with Catherine Pooler … Read more