We’re still creating with Stars and/or Stripes at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to use Echo Park Happy Holidays collection together with a Sketch from Just Add Ink. I cut a striped designer paper and a star designer paper into 1/2 inch strips and attached them to a white card base. I matted one … Read more
I had so much fun with the STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts and STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker sentiments, I decided to make more cards with them this week … this time combining them with STAMPlorations Pop Art Faces for two 5″ x 6 1/2″ cards (proving that card fronts are versatile for all sizes … Read more
The July Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio is Shades of Summer … happy, vibrant summer colors. I thought this paper from the Pinkfresh Studio Scattered Confetti collection fit the bill. I paired it with books and plant ephemera from Pinkfresh Studio Happy Heart and a Chipboard Flair sentiment sticker from Pinkfresh Studio Delightful collection (all attached … Read more
Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more
I picked-up the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Carnation Layering Die Set on a recent trip to my local store Scrapmania, so I wanted to give it a try for the July Altenew Inspiration Challenge, which also features Carnations. I die cut the large carnation from the darker pink (which I ink blended quite a bit) and the … Read more
Since July 4th is Independence Day in the United States of America, this fortnight we’re asking you to incorporate the USA flag elements of either stars or stripes into your card design. It doesn’t need to be red, white or blue, but certainly can be… just stars or stripes (or both!) in any medium you choose. Since I … Read more
It’s the STAMPlorations 13th Birthday Celebration! I’m sharing cards made with new products – STAMPlorations Flowers & Coffee Focal Fronts paired with STAMPlorations Floral Magic Sticker Sentiments. For the first two I used a similar recipe combining elements from each of them with papers from STAMPlorations Botanical Beats Collage papers for two 5″x7″ cards. For … Read more
You’re So Sweet is the newest Challenge at Shopping Our Stash. You can create with something sweet on your project … it could be a sweet treat, a cute baby card, however you interpret it. Of course, I went with both. I’ve had these 3-D baby stickers in my stash FOR-ever … and I paired … Read more
