The newest prompt at Jingle Belles is to make a card inspired by these amazing Christmas Cookies by @Kristens.Cookies. My eyes were instantly drawn to the Merry Tree cookie in the middle bottom. I felt like I had a similar word in my stash, so I went on a treasure hunt and found … Read more
The plan this morning was to sleep in, but my body had other ideas and woke up like it was a Monday morning work day. I know when it does that, there's no fighting it, so I got out of bed. Then mid-morning, it felt like I might be able to get a little nap, … Read more
As I mentioned before, one of the fun things about creating with friends and trying products you don't own. I borrowed these die cuts from my friend Brenda and used them with a Michael's Christmas slimline paper pad. The quilt die cut was from a Concord & 9th class. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp … Read more
The September Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is All Things Fall. I started by using Orange Foil on the Unity/Therm-o-Web Circles a Plenty Card Front (so hard to photogram, but you can see a bit of the sparkle where the light hit it at the top of the card). I went through my … Read more
The current theme at Seize the Birthday is Make it Musical. I've had these musical instruments stickers from The Dollar Tree for a long time, so I decided it was time to them to make their appearance on a card. I used some vintage sheet music and a strip of Gelliprint … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're celebrating the Spirit of Christmas Past … which means creating a card with a vintage design. It could mean incorporating actual vintage elements, using new products that have a vintage style, or using stamps or images that convey a vintage vibe – whatever says vintage to you. And … Read more
After making my first Wings & Things card for the Unity Stamp Company July Challenge, I couldn't put everything back in the drawer without making one more. I decided to foil-up the Unity Stamp Company Butterfly Fly Away Toner Card Fronts using Therm-o-Web Summer Rainbow foil. I took some inspiration from … Read more
When I saw the July Unity Challenge was to create a card featuring wings, I knew I would have no trouble finding stamps in my collection. Actually, the trouble was narrowing down what to use. From the first drawer (of six drawers) I found 6 stamp sets, so I stopped there and narrowed … Read more
The May Unity Stamp Challenge is to create with Watercolors and Florals. I realized I don't have a lot of floral stamps because coloring and watercoloring aren't always something I enjoy doing. I found the big blooms from the Unity Stamp Company Birthday Blooms set and stamped it in black on watercolor paper. I pulled … Read more
The newest Caffeinated Christmas Challenge is to incorporate the rainbow. I knew it was the perfect opportunity to feature my rainbow gelli print I made using Dylusions Shimmer paints during the GelliArts #marchprintingchallenge. I also took my inspiration from the Rainbow images at the Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge. I used … Read more