I love the challenge of converting scrapbooking layouts to cards, so when I saw the wonderful scrapbooking gallery of today's SplitcoastStampers Featured Stamper Oscar T. Grouch, I had to join the fun. I chose this wonderful Let it Snow Let it Snow layout as my inspiration. I started with a hot pink Gelli … Read more
The January Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Anything Goes with an optional theme of something new. I used one of my Penny Black Adorable Amore Masterpieces Made Simple with the vertical layout from Paper Craft Crew, which produced an extra skinny & tall card design. The sentiment is from a new Penny … Read more
I pulled out my drawer of Valentine's Day papers and stamps because it's that time of year again. This card features papers from Doodlebug Lots of Love Collection using a Sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday (which is combining with the Double Trouble Challenge to create an Introverted or Extroverted background – I am … Read more
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 2022 Picks Here & my Top Five Holiday cards here). Here are the cards I've chosen this year in to no particular order. 1. This Mother's Day Daisy Card was … Read more
The February Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to incorporate Hearts or Flowers. I started with a Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple Adorable Amore. I love how they fit exactly into the Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies to add a bit more texture. I used the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch with a … Read more
Sometimes after a long work day, playing with my washi tape feels almost meditative to me. Tonight I decided to use colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge and see what I could pull together. I started with the wide gold floral tape in the center and then moved up and down with repeating … Read more
The February Poppystamps Challenge is Me & You … the perfect opportunity to create another valentine. I started by die cutting the Poppystamps Heart Confetti Collage from some lovely salmony pink glitter paper. I backed it with a soft pink marker colored paper. Next I used the Sketch from Try Stampin' … Read more
I love the fun new Jammin' Stamps from Essentials by Ellen. When I was in 4th Grade, I asked for my very own jar of homemade strawberry jam made by my Grandma's neighbor and one of her freshly baked loaves of bread that she would sell from her carport each Saturday to those in the … Read more
Cathy Zielske's Love Your Guts Die Cut is one of my favorites, so I decided to pair it with one of my Gel Prints and some vellum for some fun Valentines. I just love the combination of purple & lime green. I'm linking this one up at the Country View Be Sentiment Challenge. … Read more
The current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is G is for Glitter. The only glitter I really like to create with is glitter paper where none of the glitter rubs off … otherwise I invariably find glitter on my skin & all over my studio for days. Today in the mail I got … Read more