Day 8 already!! December is flying and I’m three quarters of the way through this advent calendar already. Stampin’ Up! is doing a great job with it’s very first Advent Calendar. I feel like I have gotten great value for my money so far. If I add up what I believe they would charge for each item, the… Read More »
I can’t believe that I’ve opened up half of the goodies in the Advent Calendar already! Time is flying. I still haven’t put my tree up or decorated my house for the holiday yet! Today’s reveal: It’s Puffy Stickers! There are two sheets of tiny puffy sticker embellishments! I used one of them today on… Read More »
Watch out! You are about to fall in love with the Sweet Jar stamp set from Stampin’ Up! I made 3 quick and easy cards today just to play with this new stamp set. I didn’t even play with the coordinating punch yet! I was too busy making cards with the sweet little stamp set. I pulled out… Read More »
I have another interesting and challenging sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge for this week! This was a challenging sketch and a challenging layout! I kept the number of rectangles to a minimal amount and tried to use a variety of sizes. Here is what I came up with: I found it very challenging to… Read More »
Happy June! Lots going on here. We just had our pool opened. It’s a very old pool. It was installed in 1970, so every year we open it, I’m happy that it’s working. My plan for the rest of the day is to go to the garden center and get some plants for the deck and the porch. … Read More »
Another challenge card sketch is available for you to play with on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog! Another great sketch for those paper strip scraps you have sitting around. Am I right?! I always save those little slivers of paper and then never use them. Here was a perfect opportunity! This is the card I created… Read More »
Once a month, it’s a good idea to start your crafty session by pulling out your folder of patterned paper scraps. The more I work on using up that pile, the less of a mess I have in front of me! I’ve been storing my 6 x 6″ DSP paper scraps and some bits of coordinating card… Read More »
Have you ever purchased a stamp or die set that had a stamp or die in it and you couldn’t figure out what the heck it was supposed to be? I had two stamps in the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set that I had now idea what they were supposed to be. I thought they looked like shells. Why… Read More »
I’ve been creating a new card sketch every week to try to challenge myself to try different card layouts. It’s so easy to fall into a pattern of creating the same few cards over and over again. I pulled out the Beautiful Butterfly stamp set and the Bloom Impressions FREE Sale-A-Bration DSP to play with for the new… Read More »
I love single layer cards. There is something so elegant about simply stamping on the front of a card and calling it done. I used the Elements of Text stamp in Gray Granite to create a subtle background. The large image from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set was stamped on top of the background in Blueberry Bushel. … Read More »
We have a new challenge on the Three Room Studio blog today! The theme for the challenge is Happy Birthday! You can never have too many birthday cards! I used several stamp sets to create my project today. Check it out: I used the amazing Awesome Coffee clear stamp set for my image. I just love that… Read More »
It’s time for the Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge! This week’s theme is Birthday! I can always use birthday cards for my stash! I like to create a bunch of them to put in the card gift boxes that I like to have on hand for a quick gift for someone when the need arises. My… Read More »
We have an Instagram going on today for the new Birthday release from Kat Scrappiness. I shared 3 cards: This is the Balloon Cover die and it comes with 3 smaller balloon dies so you can use those together with the cover die or separately on their own. The Birthday Kisses is one of the new word dies… Read More »
Kinda Cute by Patricia is an Advent Calendar Sponsor over at Kit and Clowder. If you stop by their blog or Facebook group, you can get the freebies that several stamp companies have been giving out all month long! Kinda Cute by Patricia gave a sweet little birthday turtle image for you to download and enjoy! I love… Read More »
I am finally getting a chance to do 2 things that I’ve been trying to find time to do: Create the 17 cards for the 4th challenge for Kendra’s Card Challenge. Play with the December Not 2 Shabby card kit I treated myself to! Kendra’s Card Challenge supplies you with a FREE PDF (CLICK HERE) that has 17… Read More »