If you’ve been visiting my blog for the past couple of years, you know that I’ve fallen in love with digital stamps. I love that I can change the size of them and I really love that they take no physical space to store. I’ve got a craft room jammed full of stuff that I’ve organized and that… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge! I pulled out the Wild Things background stamp from my Catherine Pooler collection and heat embossed it in gold on white paper. I ink blended on some Spiced Marmalade distress oxide ink and added some scraps of dark brown cardstock strips. I used my… Read More »
It’s time for the Saturday Challenge at Three Room Studio and I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets. The theme this week is bold and bright so I pulled out some new Catherine Pooler Ink colors to play with this set. I used the Hello Fri end stamp and die set from Three Room… Read More »
I have a quick share today! I have two cards that I created and 4 quick ways to add snowfall effects to your cards. I inked up the edges of my card fronts with some distress oxides. You know I’ve been obsessed with adding this detail to my cards lately! I’m just loving it! I heat embossed the… Read More »
Some former design team members for the Sassy & Crafty store are having a YouTube Hop today to send love and encouragement to our friend Beth! We are asking that you leave a comment with words of encouragement on each of the 5 YouTube videos which you will find linked below. Leave some words that someone said that… Read More »
The new challenge at Scrapping4Fun is an anything goes challenge with a theme of shapes. I used squares! Hopefully that is obvious when you see my project. This challenge is sponsored by SheepSki Designs. I could not resist this image when I saw it! I love gnomes and these are adorable! I loved this so… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »