Star Stampz November Challenge Reminder!

I am posting a reminder that the Star Stampz Challenge ends on December 8 for this month! This month’s challenge is an anything goes with a focus on nature. This month, I used the Autumn Gift digi from the Star Stampz Shop on Etsy. I love this sweet image.  When I first started coloring the digi images from… Read More »

Three Room Studio Happy Birthday Challenge!

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 »

Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge for November!

This month’s theme for the scrapbook layout challenge on the Challenge YOUrself blog is to use your own handwriting to do some journaling on the page. I won’t lie…I’m too lazy to do anything but my own handwriting to do journaling on my layout! Everything else seems like a lot more work!     I had fun with… Read More »

Making Small Gift Tags and Cards for the Holiday!

Once November gets here, I go into holiday prep mode.  I need to actually start thinking about what I am giving people for Christmas this year as well. I got a couple of cute stamp sets last week from Maker Forte. I started making projects with both of them as soon as I got them!     I… Read More »

Love To Scrap Challenge: November 1-December 15

I created a quick card using my scrap bin and a new stamp, die, and stencil set that I purchased from Close To My Heart.   Close To My Heart was the first company that I ever purchase paper craft supplies from!  I love that they focus on stamping and scrapbooking.  I treated myself to a couple of… Read More »

October Card Hoppin’ YouTube Hop

I’m hoppin’ along on YouTube with some crafty friends today.  We all belong to the Handmade Happiness and Card Hoppin’ Facebook groups. Today’s hop has a fall theme and the technique focus for the hop is either retiform or geometric.   I chose to use the geometric technique:       You can check out the details and… Read More »

Patterned Paper Stash Busting: Traveler’s Notebook October Layout

Today I created a two page layout in my traveler’s notebook to document the books I have read during October.  I took the opportunity to use some of my September card kit leftover patterned papers.   I used papers from my September Hedgehog Hollow card kit.  You can see that I also used the stamp sets in the… Read More »

No Stamping Required Fall Card: Craft Stash Die Cuts

I’ve long admired the fabulous papercrafting magazines that come from the UK.  Every few months I pick up one at the local bookstore or craft store.  They have lots of fantastic craft store brands that we really can’t find anywhere in the US. Well, now we can! Craft Stash has opened a branch in the US and they… Read More »

A Sketch Challenge, a Digi, and a Spooky Background!

I had so much fun creating my card project for today. I had trouble falling asleep last night and decided to watch some Copic coloring videos from My Creative Scoop.  I joined the Coloring Club when Mindy was offering a deal that included access to all of her previous Copic coloring classes.  I LOVE her classes and splurged.… Read More »

Black and White Cards

Today was one of those days that I needed to make an easy card! I pulled out some slimline patterned paper and a new Healing Crystals stamp set that I just got from Maker Forte.  I made a card base to fit the paper and added the paper to the card base. I stamped one of the large… Read More »

Star Stampz Challenge: Welcome Baby

This month’s Star Stampz challenge is a Welcome Baby/New Parents themed challenge.  I used the Panda Balloon digi from Star Stampz to create my card today.     I pulled out a 6 x 6″ paper pad to find a sweet background paper for this image after I colored it with my Copics.  I actually ended up using… Read More »

October Scrapbook Challenge YOUrself Sketch Challenge

I have two scrapbook layouts that I made with this month’s Challenge YOUrself Challenge.  The theme is to use a sketch to create your layout. Here is my first one:   While packing up my Mother-in-Law’s house after she passed away last fall, I salvaged all the pictures I could find of my husband and my kids.  It… Read More »

Ink Smooshed and Splattered Background: 3 for 1 project

I created a fun card and two tags today by playing with the smooshing and splattering ink techniques!   I used 7 shades of green from my Maker Forte Color Hive inks to create this background today.  I also used the Maker Forte Holly Berry stamp set. I started by doing some ink smooshing onto my glass mat. … Read More »

Monochrome Cards: Yay or Nay?

This month’s Star Stampz Challenge is actually a challenge to create a card using all blue, green, or red.     I used this adorable Monster Under the Bed digi from the Star Stampz shop on Etsy. I had a lot of fun trying different Copic combinations of greens.  I really found it a challenge to use only… Read More »