Our newest Challenge at Shopping our Stash is to create a paper crafted card that features NO STAMPING. Pull out your die cuts, stickers, Ephemera, vintage elements … anything but inking-up a stamp. I decided to start by shopping a Reminisce Cocoa designer paper scrap from my basket for the base on my … Read more
Another week of #dyicad2023 fun. For day 29 Evergreen, I stamped a NBUS stamp from Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember in Evergreen Ink (ended-up looking more black in the photo, but trust me it's green). Day 30 Playground I took a shot at drawing (so not my strong suit). I doodled with … Read more
Each year, I do two months of gelliprinting challenges, and I love the feeling I have creating art every day. For years, Lauren has done two months of Index Card a Day art (June & July), so I decided to join her for that fun. You can see my daily posts on Instagram (@SmilynStef) There … Read more
The current challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Let's Hear it for the Boys – make a masculine card. I shopped all sorts of things in my stash for this Father's Day Card. I started with some papers from the BasicGrey Hey Boy Collection (one as my base and an orange piece for … Read more
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is She's a Lady – Create a Card that features a woman or a card for a special woman in your life. When I was sorting through my product for a purge, I found this never-been-inked vintage Pattern Pieces stamp by Tim Holtz from Stampers Anonymous. I stamped … Read more
Today's card is a collage to celebrate a milestone of a co-worker. As I've said many times before, one of my favorite things about cardmaking is being able to make a card that is very specific to the recipient … and collage even makes that more possible. I started with a page from a vintage … Read more
We're still creating Earth Day inspired holiday cards at Jingle Belles this week using recycled materials. I started my card with a piece of saved Tim Holtz Holiday packaging for my card base … I love the snowy edges. I used the Sketch from Just Add Ink Challenge and layered on a number … Read more
Another collage card that combines vintage maps, music, images with some gel prints. I'm a glue as I go collager … Just pick a piece I like, glue it down, and continue building up the layers. It makes me trust my decisions. I loved combining all of the flowers, especially the one that … Read more
The February Challenge at Unity Stamp Company is a Sketch. I opened a drawer of Unity Stamps and picked out the first one I saw that had yet to be inked – Unity Stamp Company Queen of the Universe. She seemed perfect paired with Scenic Route Designer paper from Echo Park. I stamped … Read more
The Simon Says Stamp Challenge is Beautiful Blooms. This collage card started with a large Tulip and then a little planting map of Bulbs blooming in June. A favorite memory was sitting on the couch with my Grandma going through the bulb catalogue deciding on our order of which colors we would plant … Read more