A friend recently returned from a trip to New York City and brought me a gift of some gorgeous handmade papers. They have a lovely thickness to them, so I thought I would try spritzing a piece with water and embossing it … and it worked perfectly. I positioned it on top of a piece … Read more
I absolutely love this week’s Freshly Made Sketch. I had already been playing with GelliArts prints making my 4″ square collage for the mini.collage.collective challenge for International Collage Day. I matted it on a metallic copper painted GelliArts print to turn it into a card. I used a 1″ square punch for my sketch card. … Read more
A few weeks ago, I saw a woman on Instagram using a tool to help align squares. I went hunting for it, and found out it was a book binding tool. Today I gave it a try together with 1 1/4″ squares punched from Gelliarts Prints. I paired the squares with a stamped sentiment from … Read more
Today I’m sharing a card set I made as a gift. I am Guest Designing for STAMPlorations featuring their Mixed Media Spring ATCs and Newsprint Blooms – Ephemera Tiles … both which are available through their Paper Subscriptions. I started by pairing blooms with ATCs. Next I went shopping in my gel printed backgrounds for … Read more
I needed to restock my Thank You card stash, and these papers from Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright made that super easy. I used half of the paper together with a Kristina Werner Written Words Thank You sentiment (and die cut) attached with foam tape for dimension. For this one I attached the other half … Read more
The February Altenew Inspiration Challenge Photo is from Guest Designer Lea Lawson. I embossed the green cardstock using the Altenew Geo Steps Embossing Folder (you can see a bit above and below the right side of the sentiment and at the open area at the top left … a bit hard to see in the … Read more
I wanted to make a card for the January Pinkfresh Studio Challenge, which is to revisit one of the challenge themes from 2025. I chose the May Frame It Up Challenge for my card. I chose to use the colors from the Inspired By … Frozen Treats Challenge for the Pinkfresh Studio Geometric Tile Layering … Read more
The newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is A Quick Thank-You. We’re asking you to make a quick Thank You Card that takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish (Time yourself & let us know your speed!). I decided that using Die Cuts would be the quickest solution for me. I combined multiple … Read more
It’s time for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (or in my case, a nice cup of tea). I chose to pair Gina K. Designs Crescent Mandala Cover Plate with a cup of Tea from Gina K. Designs You Are So Loved. I’m also linking-up at Gina K. Designs November Tag Team! #monthlymixchallenge, which is … Read more
