Gel Printing January

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

Let’s Celebrate

The new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge is Let’s Celebrate. To me, nothing says celebration quite like cake. I’m also joining the Simon Says Something New Challenge with everything on my card being new except for the Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Die. I used the Lawn Fawn Cake It Easy Add-on Bundle stamps with coordinating Lawn Clippings … Read more

Confetti Birthday

The December #TEMakerChallenge with Taylored Expressions is to use Bubblegum, Popsicle and your choice of a third color – I went with Gumdrop. I used the three colors together with Taylored Expressions Create-in-Quads Birthday Layering Stencil. I used the confetti background with the pile of presents to create a fun birthday card. I finished with … Read more

Holiday Spirit

I had fun making this card for the December Pinkfresh Studio Challenge – Very Merry. I started by using the Pinkfresh Studio Color Block Stripes stand alone die with the five colors from the challenge. I alternated the colors to the center of my white card base. Next I stamped the Pinkfresh Studio cup of … Read more

Mistletoe

I had to search to see what color the berries are on Mistletoe. In my mind, they were white, but the Gina K. Designs Layered Mistletoe Stencils showed them in red. Turns out both is true, as is a pinkish-white, so that’s sort of what I went with for my card (although one of the … Read more

You’re the Friend …

The November Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is Petals & Thanks. I used four of the challenge colors with Pinkfresh Studio Butterfly Garden stamp, stencils and coordinating die cut. I positioned the flowers and leaves within the Pinkfresh Studio Notched Corner Frame Die Cut on a piece of Pinkfresh Studio Oh What Fun! designer paper. I … Read more

Garden Floral Thank You

The October Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Texture & Shine. I decided to go with both and I used the colors from the challenge image with the Pinkfresh Studios Garden Florals layering stencils (adding in a second green to cover all of the layers). I die cut the smaller Pinkfresh Studio Mini Slimline Frame multiple times … Read more