Make The Cards Sketch Challenge

This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a sketch challenge! This is a fabulous sketch.  It’s one of those classics that you can use as a go to sketch when you need a little inspiration or a creativity boost!   This card uses the Trinity Stamps Friends are Flowers stamp set and some watercoloring.  I have been spending… Read More »

Some Days You Deserve Flowers!

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 »

5 Card Ideas For 1 Die Featuring Trinity Stamps

I have really fallen in love with mini slimline cards.  The smaller 3 x 6″ size of the finished card just seems easier lately. I got the Mini Slimline Oak Leaf Die from Trinity stamps. I just love the stitched detail and all the possibilities of the different ways I can piece these pieces together. I have 5… Read More »

Easy Angel Card With Lots of Sparkle and Shine

Today I have an easy angel holiday card to share that has lots of sparkle and shine! This card uses one of the hot foil dies from Scrappy Tails Crafts to create the snow background.  It also uses the angel spinner die to create the focal point and sentiment for the card. I used my Glimmer Hot Foil… Read More »

3 Mini Slimline Autumn Impression Cards Featuring Trinity Stamps

I have a video to share the details of the 3 mini slimline cards I made using the Autumn Impressions stamp and die set from Trinity Stamps! For the first card, I created an elegant quilted background using the Quilted Slimline Cover Die and then the Stitched Stack Mini Slimline Rectangle set. I stamped all the leaves from… Read More »

#ShopYourStashMonsterMash YouTube Hop

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 »

Scrappy Tails Crafts October Release Instagram Hop + Giveaway

It’s time for another new release from Scrappy Tails Crafts!! Sabrina designed two sizes of interactive spinner card stands and multiple ornament dies to use in the spinner stands. I was so happy to see all the ornament dies!  I want to make a bunch of ornaments for our Christmas tree this year so the timing of this… Read More »

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge: Anything Goes

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 »

Create An Ink Blended Sky For A Quick Christmas Card

I love doing a nice ink blended sky background for a night scene Christmas card. The Vertical Christmas Greetings stamp set from Maker Forte would be a nice and easy set to create mass produced cards. I used Bristol smooth paper cut at 3-3/4 x 5″ and added Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot distress… Read More »

Make The Cards Challenge: Witch or Halloween Theme

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 »

Happy Halloween: Be A Superhero

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 »

Star Stampz Challenge For October: Autumn

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 »

Fall Inspired Card

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 »

Two Card Ideas For A Floral Wreath Stamp Set

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 »

Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge For October!

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 »