There is a new challenge on the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge site and it is a stitching challenge! Your project needs to include stitching! It is still an Anything Goes challenge, so you can make any kind of project, but there should be some stitching on it. Our sponsor for this week is Oddball Art Stamps and… Read More »
This week’s Make the Cards Challenge is a Circle Theme Challenge! I had a lot of fun playing with this one and doing a little experimenting with a new background technique! The theme made me think of the STAMPlorations Bubbles stencil that I love so much and I have a drawer full of circle punches. I’ve been… Read More »
I had several projects I wanted to create today and all I felt like doing was scrapbooking in my little traveler’s notebook, so I combined all the projects into a fun little documented story in my traveler’s notebook! If you have been one of my long time blog readers, you know that I’m all about stretching my… Read More »
The Make the Cards Challenge for this week is a fabulous Ombre challenge using shades of purple! Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I could not resist this challenge!! (Well…I did some resist for the challenge for card #4!) I don’t have a ton of colored cardstock in my craft room, so I opted to use… Read More »
I used the TLC Designs Daisy Frame set intending to make an interactive card. I got distracted by the daisy. Once I die cut one of those out, that was the only part I wanted to play with for the day! I ended up making a very quick card and a couple of mixed media bookmarks because I… Read More »
Ever since I received the Scalloped Rectangle Die Set from TLC Designs, I haven’t been able to get it off my desk! I keep reaching for it to create new and different projects! I love it when I get a new crafting tool, stamp, or die that I find so many uses for. When you get something and… Read More »
The Atlantic Hearts Sketch for this week’s challenge is a great sketch for a last minute quick and easy Christmas card! As soon as I saw this, I knew I wanted to use some of my new Doodlebug Washi Tapes and a Doodle-Pop Cardstock Sticker that I got on sale. I cut all my card stock pieces first… Read More »
I have been using my patterned paper stash like there is no tomorrow. I probably shouldn’t word it that way given that it is still 2020! I actually took yesterday off from all creative endeavors. I was honestly exhausted from participating in a 3 day virtual crop event. I create 10 scrapbook layouts, participated in 5 Zoom sessions… Read More »
LOAD Challenge 1020 Day 6: Layout A Day Challenge! This is my layout for today’s Scrap Happy LOAD Challenge. I receive the story prompt emailed to me today and it was to share a physical feature that affected someone’s life. The technique prompt was to include an icon related to that physical feature. I had no idea what… Read More »
The prompt for today’s LOAD (LayOut A Day) scrapbook challenge for the Scrap Happy forum is all about family trees and you get bonus points if you used leaves on the page. This was a fun one because I used a picture that someone posted on my hometown Facebook group page that showed my grandfather cutting his hair… Read More »
The Paper Craft Crew sketch for this week inspired me to add a foiling detail to my card. I’ve had foil in my stash for a couple of years and haven’t played with it in a while. I decided to keep it simple and use it on my card for today! I aspire to make clean and… Read More »
Who doesn’t love the episode of the office where Dwight puts the pumpkin on his head and then can’t get it off?! If you are a fan of The Office, you will understand why I had to pick this digital image from Kinda Cute by Patricia as soon as I saw it! I couldn’t resist making a mixed… Read More »
Have you tried any new stamp companies lately? I’ve been trying a few new ones that I haven’t tried before!! There are just so many companies out there now! It’s hard to know where to start exploring! The problem is that I’m also rediscovering scrapbooking and I’ve added journals, art journals and traveler’s notebooks so I have those… Read More »
Sketch challenges are great when you need inspiration or when you are stuck in a designing rut. They are even useful when you just want a challenge creating something you wouldn’t have created without the challenge put before you. Some sketch challenges expect you to follow the sketch exactly, while most say it’s okay to flip it, rotate… Read More »
Today’s card features the Cute Shaped Animals digital stamp set from Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez and the new Slimline Scalloped Frame from Sunny Studio Stamps. As soon as Patricia added this image to her online store, I knew that I had to make some cards with it. These are just the cutest critters! I LOVE the big… Read More »