Do you ever have days where you feel like just making backgrounds and playing with background techniques? I sometimes do. I actually have a whole pile of backgrounds all made just because I wanted to play with my gel plates. I also have other backgrounds that I’ve experimented with just to play around with inks and colors. I… Read More »
It’s time for a new challenge at Make The Cards Challenge! This week, we have a color challenge! I love that the theme is summer fun!!! I just got a stamp from Colorado Crafts that I just could not resist using for this challenge! It’s called Sundae Funday!! I loved the way the 4 blocks of color looked… Read More »
Welcome friend! I am so delighted that you stopped by today. I have a quick and easy single layer card to share with you today using a simple, but lovely background technique. I’m using the Scrappy Tails Crafts Fairy Friends stamp set to create my card. This card took me less than 10 minutes to put together. I… Read More »
It’s time for the Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge! This week is a sketch challenge with a choice between two sketches! You can choose between 2 sketches: This card is a bit of a departure for me. I used a bit of grunge and a color combination that is not one of my go-to combinations. I was… Read More »
It’s time for a new StarInMyPocket ~ StarStampz Challenge! This month is all about Fairytales and Fantasy!! I selected an image called A Dragon and a Knight and I LOVE this one!! How adorable is this little scene? My son always liked to dress up in his Halloween costumes all year long and he always… Read More »
Scrapping4Fun has a new challenge that starts today and it is an anything goes birthday challenge. Our sponsors for this challenge are Bugaboo Stamps and All Dressed Up Stamps. You can find Bugaboo Stamps HERE! I was given an mage from All Dressed Up to create with today and I got a sweet image called Birthday Butterfly.… Read More »
Phew! That title has a lot packed into it! There is a new challenge at Kendra’s Card Challenge. I love this challenge! It’s all about using your 6 x 6″ patterned paper to make a beautiful set of 16 cards. Plus you can win a fabulous prize by doing so if you participate in the challenge! This is… Read More »
I’m on The Hedgehog Hollow blog today with 3 cards that are super quick and easy using the emboss resist techniques. I created backgrounds by heat embossing stamps from the Atomic Age stamp set in white. Then I ink blended some Neon Yellowstone and Neon Outrageous orange inks from Maker Forte over the embossing to create a soft… Read More »
The July Challenge for the Scrapbook Challenge YOUrself challenge this month is all about shapes! I chose to use circles. You could use just one shape in your layout or combine many shapes if you want to. Just make sure YOU are in the photo! As you know, I have pretty much scrapbooked all my photos… Read More »
Today we are having a YouTube hop to feature the tools of papercrafters! That’s right…there are materials and tools we use to make all of our creations and nobody ever sees them! The silent heroes of papercrafting! We partnered up with Amy from ScraPerfect to learn about all the fabulous products that she has and we got a… Read More »
Yay! It’s time for a new challenge at the Make The Cards Challenge and this week it’s a sketch challenge! I should have picked the size of my circle to use on the vertical card orientation before starting my project. But alas, I didn’t plan that far ahead. So you will see that I turned my card… Read More »
It’s Saturday and that means it is time for the Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge!! This week’s challenge is a Red, White, and Blue challenge! Join us and play along with the challenge for a chance to win a $15 gift card to Three Room Studio!! You can find the challenge HERE! This is the new Gerbera… Read More »
Did I tell you that you can get a free digital stamp set at the beginning of August if you participate in the Kinda Cute by Patricia Alvarez Group Challenge on Facebook? You can use some of the free images that Patricia has on her Facebook group page, or you can purchase one from the shop to participate… Read More »
Hello friend! I was excited to be invited to participate in the Turner’s Syndrome Awareness Instagram Card Auction by the event organizer, Lori Kobular. Lori is organizing an auction on Instagram where she is featuring cards created by card makers that you can bid on to help her raise money for her Turner’s Syndrome Awareness efforts. She has… Read More »
Do you love making interactive cards that make people say, “Wow!”? I have the perfect project for you!!! You would enjoy creating a pop up shadow box book using the new die set from Scrappy Tails Crafts! You can decorate the cover as much or as little as you like. I kept mine simple. I was trying to… Read More »