Since it's Independence Day in the USA this week, at Jingle Belles we're creating holiday cards featuring stars or stripes (or both). I went with candy cane striped paper from Doodlebug's Night Before Christmas Collection for my background. I added a red polka dot paper and tiny tags from the same collection. I finished … Read more
We're creating masculine holiday cards at Jingle Belles this week (with our lovely Guest Designer (and my dear friend) Bev). I started with some handmade paper that almost has the look of tree bark. Next I layered on one of my gel printed tags in greens. Next up was a 3-D glittery jar … Read more
This week's theme at Shopping Our Stash is the Power of Pastels – create a card with a Pastel color palette. I went shopping through my cardstock scraps and found a Pastel Rainbow. Then I decided to create a card as an homage to the cardmaker who was the first to inspire me … Read more
The current Seize the Birthday Challenge is to create a card featuring the Signs of Spring. If you live in Iowa, you know one of the long awaited Signs of Spring is the re-opening of the Ice Cream shops. Many of them are just little walk-up/drive-through type stands, so they close for the winter months. … Read more
Masculine Birthday Cards … why am I always out of Masculine Birthday Cards. This card is inspired by the Tag You're It! Challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. I stumbled across some Tag Paper from the Happy Cake Day! Paper Collection, which made it easy to pull this card together. I used the layout … Read more
When I saw the fun cloth bunnies at the Fusion Card Challenge, I had an idea to create my own cloth bunny using my piece of gel pressed denim from the #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts. I started with this Gel Pressed piece of Denim. I stamped my bunny from Gina K. Designs … Read more
Here we are at Day 12 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with Ellen Hutson – Holly Jolly Christmas. I focused on the line "Have a Cup of Cheer" for my tag design with inspiration from these wonderful tags by Julie Ebersole and my winter manicure. I used two of the Essentials by … Read more
It's Day 11 of the 12 Tags of Christmas – Oh Christmas Tree. I love using journaling cards in my paper crafting, so today I used one from Authentique's Colorful Christmas Collection for my tag. I matted my card on a thin red cardstock frame and then used two sizes of red bling … Read more
Today is Day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas – and the carol is the 12 Days of Christmas. I have no turtle doves, no golden rings and no maids a milking … but I do have some Drums (for the Drummers Drumming). I die cut my tag from an Alcohol Inked Glitter … Read more
Day 9 of the 12 Tags of Christmas at Ellen Hutson is – Deck the Halls … the perfect opportunity to break out my new Fa La La Background from Essentials by Ellen, which I stamped on a scrap of designer paper and die cut with Essentials by Ellen Hexagon. I added some … Read more