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STAMPlorations Spring Florals
Sherry at STAMPlorations has re-opened her shop for new products, and I’m thrilled to be doing some Guest Designing with products that she shared with me. Today’s cards feature her Quick Card Fronts #3 – Spring Florals. This is part of her Card Fronts Subscription where you get to pick a new Card Fronts to … Read more
Stamp Carving
Last Sunday, I had so much fun taking a stamp carving class at Tree of Liminality. I found some images I found interesting, so she was able to print them in reverse for our pattern. Then we used transfer paper to get the image onto our carving material. After that, we used a sharpie to … Read more
I Am The Luckiest
This ephemera makes a perfect little glittery valentine … a lyric from my favorite Ben Folds song. I love it with the fun heart paper from Vicki Boutin Bold & Bright collection. I am joining the Simon Says Add a Heart Challenge.
Mid Century Modern Santa
The next prompt at Jingle Belles is Mid Century Modern Christmas – to make a card inspired by this lovely Mid Century Modern image from Edward George filled with lots of vintage Christmas ceramics. I shopped through my stash for a vintage Santa and found this lovely one from Pretty Little Studio Jolly Santa die … Read more
Love You Most
The new Challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Love Me Do – make a love-themed project. It can most certainly be a Valentine, but there are lots of other ways to send Love through the mail. After I finished this card last week, I had some leftover butterflies and leaves from Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies … Read more
Lunar New Year – Year of the Horse
January is the final Challenge at the Lunar New Year Challenge. Since 2026 is the Year of the Horse, and US New Year has passed, I used the Horse as the theme for a birthday card (since I believe at one point in time almost every US child wished for a horse or pony for … Read more
Winter Vibes
For Christmas, Santa Stephanie brought me the super-fun Honey Bee Stamps Build a Snowman Honey Cuts. I thought the CAS on Friday Snowman Challenge was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. I went with a three ball snowman because that’s the size I remember most from my childhood. His hat and it’s colors … Read more
‘Tis the Season
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
Top 10 Cards of 2025
Each year I enjoy taking a walk down memory lane and picking my Top 10 Favorite Non-Holiday cards of the year (you can see my 2024 Picks & 2023 Picks Here & my Top Five Holiday cards here). Here are the cards I’ve chosen this year in to no particular order. 1. I loved the combination of stamping, … Read more