For today’s cards, I had fun creating wht the Taylored Expressions Black Friday Special Present Parade Stamp & Layering Stencils. The first card combined three different colors of green ink, although the variance was more subtle than I had hoped. I paired it with a Hand Lettered Happy Birthday Die Cut from My Favorite Things … Read more
I had fun using the ink smooshing with acetate technique with Distress Inks to “paint” my new STAMPlorations Color Me Blooms Spring Florals. I went in and added a bit of watercolor marker to some spots and then I spattered the blooms with Speedball Acrylic Calligraphy gold ink. I paired the blooms with the STAMPlorations … Read more
The April Altenew Inspiration Challenge is this fun flamingo photograph. It reminded me of when my sister and I visited the flamingos on one of our Florida sisters trips. It was so fun to be able to get so close to those beautiful birds. I chose the peachy pink hue for my bloooms and several … Read more
I love the colors in the AlteNew March Inspiration Challenge. I didn’t have a Gerbera Daisy, so instead, I went with the Altenew Swamp Buttercup layering stencils and coordinating die cut using the inspiration colors. I thought it would make a lovely birthday card, so I added a sentiment from Altnew Sincere Greetings. I’m also … Read more
STAMPlorations is releasing a very awesome new product on March 15th – Collage Papers. I am Guest Designing with the set called Industrial Patchwork. For the first card, I cut one design of paper into strips and then wove the strips together to create the background. Next, I used black ink to stamp multiple images … Read more
I love donuts … and I love the fun little Inspired By … Sweet Caterpillar image. I pulled out my Trinity Stamps Circle-Shaped Card Die Set and made a fun little chocolate donut card. I also have a bit of obsession with Terrazzo Flooring. I got to watch them actually make it when we built … Read more
Uniko is celebrating their 14th birthday as a company with a Birthday Card Challenge. I started with the never-before-used Uniko Geometric Happy Birthday stencil and three colors of blue Distress Ink – Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Prize Ribbon. In the center, I used the Prize Ribbon ink to stamp the Celebrate sentiment from Uniko … Read more
Since I am clearly a collector of all things Kristina Werner, I decided it was time to consciously start using them (because they are so fun and amazing. For this card, I used four shades of pink Distress Oxide Ink (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry) with Kristina Werner’s Jumble of Hearts … Read more
I wanted to make a card for the January Pinkfresh Studio Challenge, which is to revisit one of the challenge themes from 2025. I chose the May Frame It Up Challenge for my card. I chose to use the colors from the Inspired By … Frozen Treats Challenge for the Pinkfresh Studio Geometric Tile Layering … Read more
This year, Tania has changed-up Gel Print January Challenge on Instagram. I’m just sharing some of my prints here … if you want to see them all, you can hop on over to my Instagram Account SmilynStef. She has given it a Wabi Sabi theme with prompts every other day. The definition I liked for … Read more