This week’s Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge is to use polka dots, stripes, or plaids. Just before I was about to start my card for the challenge, the postal carrier delivered a package from Three Room Studio containing the 5 new stencils designed by Sandy Boone, the owner! What perfect timing! Oh wow! This background was… Read More »
The new challenge at the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge blog is an anything goes challenge with more than 2 layers. The sponsor for this challenge is The Paper Shelter. I used the Summer Winds digital stamp from The Paper Shelter. I really enjoyed coloring this one. It was a challenge!! To meet the challenge, I’ve… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a Back To School Challenge! I love this challenge! I have so many former colleagues and friends who are returning to work after what I hope was a very restful summer. I’m sending some cards out to wish them a happy new school year in what I hope is not going… Read More »
Yay! I love the Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio! This week’s challenge is to include a person on your card. Three Room Studio has several great stamp sets that have people featured in them. I chose the “Let’s Hygge” clear stamp set. If you want to know more about the name, you can check it out by… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is an old fashioned challenge! I’m going to perfectly honest and admit that I rarely used these items on my cards. I used so much ribbon and buttons when I was with Stampin’ Up! that I am still tired of adding those to my cards. Plus, it has been years since… Read More »
It’s time for a new challenge at Star Stamps for August! This month’s theme is Birthday! I used the Dennis digital stamp from the Star In My Pocket Digital Stamp Store on Etsy. I used my Copics to color this sweet little man in and to create a simple background. I’ve cut my card base to 6… Read More »
Three Room Studio is releasing a new floral digi every Friday during the summer. I love florals. I’m sure you can tell that if you follow any of my social media platforms along with this blog! I also love that those digis are less than one dollar and you can immediately download it and get creating with it.… Read More »
I love this month’s Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge theme! I love that this challenge requires me to use photos of myself. I also love that now this theme is asking me to share something I do to take care of myself. The most important thing that I do is to take a walk every morning before I do… Read More »
I think the new challenge for Scrapping4Fun is a fun one! For this challenge, I received an adorable image called Lily Bug Love hello from the heart from Polkadoodles Stamps & Papercrafting. I absolutely adore the digital images in the shop. They have magnificent bundles that work well for projects from cards to scrapbook layouts. I love that… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a Color Challenge! This is a lovely combination! I just got a new package of cardstocks that I was trying out from My Colors Cardstock. One of the two packages I got to try was a Rose Chintz color. I will link these papers below. They are gorgeous solid core colors… Read More »
Have you ever purchased a grab bag or mystery box from a craft store before? I did a few years ago and regretted spending the money. I basically got a box of weird embellishments and ephemera that were very appropriate for kids crafting, but not mine. I haven’t purchased any mystery items since then…until a couple of weeks… Read More »
I finally had time to sit down and finish the last 8 cards for Kendra’s Card Challenge! In early July, I created a video to share the cutting templates and first 8 cards that I created from half of the card sketches. Today I am sharing the last 8 cards with the final 8 sketches. These are cards… Read More »
Today we have a new Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio. You will find that Sandy has been creating a new flower digi each Friday for the last three weeks. She released a pansy digi yesterday. I’m using the digi from a couple of weeks ago, which is an orchid. This week’s challenge involves a mood board for… Read More »
The new Scrapping4Fun Challenge is an anything goes birthday wishes challenge. We have 3 sponsors for this challenge: Sheepski Designs Oddball Art by Lizzy Love Fabrika Fantasy I was given an image from SheepSki Designs called Flowering Cherry. I used a simple palette of Copic markers to color these fabulous florals. I actually added the digital stamp twice… Read More »
Time for a new Make The Cards Challenge! These 3-2-1 challenges are my favorite!! I always pull fun stuff out of my stash and use it up! I pulled out some goodies from Doodlebug Designs for this card. I started with some ink blending to create my background sky and grass. I added some grass details with my… Read More »