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
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
After being short quite a few holiday cards when December rolled around in 2025, I’m going to try to make at least one extra card (besides my Jingle Belles card) each week. Today I used the Sketch from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and combined it with the January Anything Goes Challenge at Jaded Blossom. I … Read more
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
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
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
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
We’re still Dashing through the SNOW at Jingle Belles. This week I chose to feature snowflakes and the Lawn Fawnatics rainbows! Challenge. I started by printing a rainbow on white cardstock using my GelliArts Press. Once the paint had dried, I applied silver glitter paste through the Lawn Fawn Snowflakes Stencil and let that dry. … Read more
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
The #abcprintingchallenge on Instagram with GelliArts has come to an end. I wanted to share a few of my favorite final prints. S is for Stamp was the perfect opportunity to use some of my neglected FMD Foam 3 Circles & 4 Circles stamps. Next up is T is for Tape. I used two different … Read more