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 totally lost track of my days this month! I actually keep a calendar that I check multiple times a day. The problem with a calendar is that if you accidentally leave something off the calendar…you don’t remember to get it posted! My project for the new Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge did not make it to my calendar! … 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 »
Yay! It’s time for another scrapbook challenge on the Challenge YOUrself blog! This month’s challenge is black and white plus one other color. I really enjoy these scrapbook challenges every month. I’m creating a lot of pages and I’m actually in the pictures! I’m also taking more pictures with me in them so that I can have some… Read More »
I really liked this week’s sketch challenge for the Make The Cards Challenge. I created a slimline card with all stuff from my stash. All the products that I’ve used today are Altenew products! This slime line card is cut at 7 x 8 “. I scored and folded it at 3-1/2”. I added a strip of… Read More »
Three Room Studio’s Saturday Challenge this week is a Fall Color Theme. Of course I pulled out my favorite stencil and my new favorite color scheme for my card today! I pulled out the Moving Sentiments stamp set, the Rounded Checkerboard Stencil, the Hello Friend stamp and die, and the Simple Sentiments stamp set to complete my card… Read More »
I really admire Debby Hughes and her amazing watercoloring skills. I’ve been following her for years and I’ve take a couple classes with her as well. I know that she has really put the time in to practicing and developing her skills as an artist and a colorist. She is a really amazing designer! The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge… Read More »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes something a simple card versus a stepped up card. I spent some time on Instagram looking at cards for other designers to see what little things they do to make their cards spectacular. I thought I’d share some of those tips with you today. I’ve made two cards to… 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 »
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 »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a color challenge called Peach Keen! I actually wasn’t sure weather this challenge had a very dark brown or black. I chose to make it very dark brown because it looked better on the card!! I used some colors I don’t use often from my Catherine Pooler inks. I used… 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 »
This week’s Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio has a circle theme. One lucky participant in the September Saturday Challenges will win a $15 gift card to Three Room Studio Shop. I’ve been participating in more challenges and social media contests and I’ve won some prizes!! Yesterday I found out I won a gift card to Connie Fong’s… Read More »
I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the Therm-o-Web Deco Foil toner sheets to do some foiling with my laminator. I decided to try them out today to create a Christmas card with my Poinsettia Dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts. A couple of months ago I won a gift card to Therm-o-Web’s store. One of the items… Read More »