The Challenge at Shopping Our Stash this week is Love is in the Air. I started with a gorgeous Alcohol Ink and foiled background (just press sheets of foil while the edges of the ink puddles are still a bit damp). I die cut it with a stitched rectangle and then added a … Read more
Last year at our Scrapbook House Outing, I made lots of fun Alcohol Ink Panels. This one featured lots of pinks including new glittery alcohol inks from Couture Creations. It's glittery all over, but in the photo it's most visible at the top left and I die cut the panel with a stitched … Read more
Love is in the Air at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge. I couldn't resist combining some fun foam stickers with Gel Press Prints for some cute & oh-so-easy Valentine's Day Love Cards. I added several heart stickers to finish the design. This was so easy, I had to make another. For … Read more
The newest challenge at The Paper Players is creating Clean & Simple with birdies. I've had these vintage little collage images from Red Lead Paper Works in my stash for more years than I can remember. Today they finally get to send some papercrafting love. I paired this cutie with a … Read more
I have always loved libraries. Growing-up they were one of the places I felt most at ease. I loved the magic of being able to look at, touch, and take home almost anything I wanted. So needless to say, I had to have the new Essentials by Ellen Treat Yo'Shelf Set and the coordinating Library … Read more
It's the time of year for Heart Cards, and that's the Challenge theme at Just Us Girls. I started by playing with some new Japanese Sakura Shimmery Pastels that I found at my local Create/Exchange yesterday to create a scribbled and blended background … absolutely gorgeous color and shimmer. As the packaging noted, they … Read more
The January #TEMakerChallenge is to use stitching or faux stitching on a card. I stamped the Taylored Expressions Good Hearted Background in Guava ink on a piece of pink Tayored Expressions Hello Happiness designer paper. Next, I used the Taylored Expressions Frame in Frame 2 Cutting Plate to die cut the stamped paper and … Read more
I spent part of today purging my studio and trying to decide which backgrounds to keep and which Reverse Confetti products to keep. This background was made on a day I spent playing with Dina Wakley Gloss Sprays. It's sort of an unexpected color combination (Lime, Blackberry & Orchid I think), but I love it. … Read more