The July Challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is H is for Hot, Hot, Hot! I inked-up one of the Taylored Expressions Hot Flash Grumplings for this assignment. The Taylored Expressions #monthlymixchallenge is to use Stenciling, so I used the Create-in-Quads Birthday layering stencils with three colors of Distress Oxide Ink – … Read more
I had fun making another card for the Lunar New Year Challenge. I stamped the Snake from Whimsy Stamps Animal Tiles Desert Unexpected and colored it with alcohol ink markers. I die cut the snake using the Hero Arts Hexagon Dies and used the next largest die to cut from brushed gold cardstock. … Read more
It's graduation time again. Today I made a card with the Hats off Grad Background by Taylored Expressions. I finished with the sentiment from The Tassel by Taylored Expressions.
We're still celebrating Animal Antics at Jingle Belles, so I knew it was time for Taylored Expressions Big Grumpy to make his annual appearance. This year I dressed him up in Antlers & Mittens and added a sentiment from Big Grumpy Christmas. I colored them all with my Graph'It Alcohol Ink markers. I … Read more
I had a request to make a thank you card featuring common office supplies. The first one features die cuts from Taylored Expressions Tools of the Trade. The Thank You die cut is from Kristina Werner Big Type Greetings. For the second one I used stamps from Brutus Monroe All Set for School … Read more
Red, Red Wine is the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash. We're asking you to create a card using RED as your primary color OR use Wine (or another beverage) on your card … or if you're an over-achiever, use both. Since several local schools have RED in their colors, I used Red … Read more
I like to send Mother's Day cards to lots of the special women in my life, so I continue to make some to go into the mail. This one combines multiple challenges, but started with the AAA Card Challenge Color Challenge Palette. I went shopping for the colors in my GelliArts bin and found all … Read more
The newest Simon Says Challenge is Blooming Blooms. I used Taylored Expressions Blooming with Love and paired it with Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day sentiment. The background is embossed with Taylored Expressions Harlequin embossing folder. I finished with Enamel Dots from Altenew. I'm also linking-up at the Crafter's Café Blog challenge of Anything … Read more
I realized today that I better get started on Mother's Day cards. I decided that combining stamping and stenciling was one of the quickest way to get several cards done in a short amount of time. I started with Taylored Expressions Best Bud Stamp & Stencil combination. For the first one I combined Lemon Meringue … Read more
The current Little Red Wagon Challenge is C is for Circles … and I love circles. So I started with one of my GelliArts prints made with a Circle Stencil and multiple layers of paint and cut it into a Circle. I die cut more circles for my card base. Next, I … Read more