The new Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge! I pulled out the Wild Things background stamp from my Catherine Pooler collection and heat embossed it in gold on white paper. I ink blended on some Spiced Marmalade distress oxide ink and added some scraps of dark brown cardstock strips. I used my… Read More »
Some former design team members for the Sassy & Crafty store are having a YouTube Hop today to send love and encouragement to our friend Beth! We are asking that you leave a comment with words of encouragement on each of the 5 YouTube videos which you will find linked below. Leave some words that someone said that… Read More »
The new challenge at Scrapping4Fun is an anything goes challenge with a theme of shapes. I used squares! Hopefully that is obvious when you see my project. This challenge is sponsored by SheepSki Designs. I could not resist this image when I saw it! I love gnomes and these are adorable! I loved this so… Read More »
I’ve had a busy and eventful 6 or 7 week period. You know what it’s like. Those days where your To Do list is longer than they day is. I finally felt like I caught up today! Tomorrow, I can work on getting ahead again. Phew! I decided that I deserved some flowers, so I pulled up my… Read More »
Welcome to the #ShopYourStashMonsterMash YouTube Hop!! Hop Information: 1.) That this is a hashtag driven hop. You must use the #shopyourstashmonstermash hashtag in the search bar on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram to generate a playlist of participants and hop along from there! 2.) This is a giveaway hop as well. Giveaway and Prize information is below. Check out… Read More »
I won a gift certificate to Connie Fong’s Etsy shop by participating in one of those Instagram Hops a couple of week’s ago. You know the ones, like this post, follow me on IG, tag a friend…but honestly, I’ve won at least 3 of them in the last three months! I got a nice scrapbook collection from Photoplay… Read More »
I loved dressing up for Halloween with my kids when they were younger. We had a lot of fun going around our little neighborhood. Kinda Cute by Patricia has some really cute Halloween digital stamp images and they are all 40% off. If you have ever wanted to give digi stamps a try, this is the time! Some… Read More »
I always love making cards for fall so I was happy to see the Star Stampz Challenge for this month was to create a fall card. For this challenge, I selected the Autumn Fall Girl Reading digital stamp from the Star Stampz Etsy Shop. A year ago, I would have been very intimidated by the thought… Read More »
I had a lot of fun creating today’s card! I used a Martial Arts Mouse digital image from Three Room Studio to create a card for the Saturday Challenge. I am the host of this week’s challenge and I selected the theme of adding leaves to your card design. The design team members who are participating in… Read More »
I have two quick and easy cards to share today using one stamp set in very different ways! You can see all the details on my video below as well! The first card was inspired by fall colors. I love gold embossing on dark brown with the orange, red, yellow, and greens added in. For this, I used… Read More »
Have you been checking out the monthly digital image challenge at the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Group on Facebook? The first month you participate, you can use any image or stamp that you want. It’s nice to use on of Patricia’s images, but you can use whatever you have. If you share your picture… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a theme challenge, plus 1. I used the Catherine Pooler Boho Fall collection for this card and I just love the way it came out. I also added the Rounded Checkerboard stencil from Three Room Studio and I adore the background. Every single time I use this stencil, I love… Read More »
I have a very cute mini slimline Christmas card to share with you today. I’ve used a fun die, some gorgeous patterned paper, and one sweet digital stamp. I loved this sweet Christmas Train digital stamp from Kinda Cute by Patricia. It was quick and easy to color. I fussy cut it out with my Brother Scan-n-Cut… Read More »
There are some little tips that I want to share today to show you how to get realistic looking frosting on your cake and cupcake images. I also want to share how I got such shiny images today and how I created some dimension in my stenciled images. I create dimension on my stenciled images by either adding… Read More »
I have a quick and easy card using the sweet Papa Bear and Baby digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia. Isn’t this image just irresistible? It is also a nice quick one to color! Copic Combinations: Bears: E79, 77, 74, 71, 70, 44, 43, 42, RV21 I added a few sequins from my stash along with… Read More »