The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Wood is Good – create a card that includes woodgrain or wooden embellishments or paper. I chose to include a piece of wood and multiple pieces of woodgrain in my design from the Simple Stories Trail Mix Lover Collection. I added stickers from … Read more
Today's theme at the ABC's of Printing Challenge is R is for Recycled. I wadded-up some recycled packing paper and used it to create a pattern on my print. Here is the first print using Yellow Oxide Paint and my plate inked with Red Oxide doing the same effect. Here it is with both … Read more
For this week's card prompt at Jingle Belles is Neutral Noel where we're asking you to create holiday cards which embrace only the neutral color palette – white, cream, ivory, ecru, black, gray, charcoal, obsidian, brown, tan, kraft, camel, oatmeal, sienna (you get the picture). There's also burlap, jute, paper bags, cork, chalkboards, sandpaper or … Read more
Day 12 of Spring Card Camp is Geometric Patterns with Basic Shapes with Laura Bassen. Geometric Patterns were my first love … pretty much all the first stamps I bought could fit inside a square or a circle. Geometric Patterns make me happy. So needless to say, I have spent my morning in my happy … Read more
This Sunday is Earth Day, one of our favorite holidays at Jingle Belles. And to celebrate, we're creating cards with recycled elements. I have a drawer where I save possible things to re-use on cards. Here are a few of the pieces I pulled out. I decided to use the Studio Calico grid-liked Journal Card … Read more
I needed to restock my birthday card stash, so tonight I challenged myself to combine this week's Freshly Made Sketch … with the Two Patterned Paper Challenge at Seize the Birthday. And for a twist, I wanted to use at least one Eyelet Outlet Brad. The first one combined two papers from Carta Bella's The … Read more
For me, the leftovers are almost better than the main holiday meal … so that is why we're still celebrating Holiday Leftovers at Jingle Belles. My work team all dressed as dominoes for Halloween, which meant I spent a few hours die cutting circles from white adhesive felt. I had saved the bigger scraps of … Read more
I needed a masculine thank you card, so I thought some DCWV Burlap paper would be perfect. Background paper is Studio Calico Darling Dear. I used Die Cuts from Paper Smooches Quote Tag Dies together with a sentiment stamp from Chit Chat. I love how the denim ribbon looks with the texture of the burlap. … Read more
I love the happy feel of this week's Fusion Card Challenge. I found some designer paper in my Studio Calico Collection that I used for the focal panel in the sketch. I tried several chevrons, but finall settled on a birthday party sock monkey and a few pieces of my hoarded flair … happy … Read more
I'm having a little fun tonight with the Runway Challenge / CAS(E) this Sketch combo challenge. For some reason, this stamp from Mama Elephant's Hustle was calling my name. I combined it with glitterg paper from DCWV and a texty Studio Calico design. And a sock monkey with big red lips and a crown seemed … Read more