I’m really loving the Advent Calendar that Stampin’ Up! came out with this year. What a nice treat for myself! I’m spending several hours each day playing with the goodies that have been included in the reveals so far. Here is today’s reveal: The Day 2 gift was designer series paper! We got 20 sheets of single… Read More »
I’ve been looking at all the Advent Calendars that you see during the holiday season. I’ve been contemplating purchasing one for myself for a couple years and I finally did it! I purchased the Stampin’ Up! 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar. I actually purchased it in October (or whenever they first came out with it)! It felt… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has the following sketch: I started by cutting a Cherry Cobbler and a Shaded Spruce mat to 4 x 5-1/4″. I lined the diagonal up with the track on my trimmer and cut each piece in half diagonally. Then I gently turned the cut pieces so the other diagonal lined up… Read More »
I enjoyed playing with this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! Check out this week’s sketch: I love this sketch. It feels like a classic layout that you could use over and over again with so many different stamp sets. I chose to do a Christmas themed card today. The stamp set that I used for this… Read More »
I have another sketch challenge from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! This isn’t one of the weeks my team is scheduled to create a card for the sketch challenge, but this is one of my favorite card layouts. I decided to play along! I’m still playing with the Mix & Match Christmas cards & envelopes, tag… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is a slimline style card sketch! I decided to create a Christmas card since my craft table is literally filled with Christmas papers and ephemera! I added lots of dimension to this card, along with some ink blending for the background. I used Soft Sea Foam ink with a blending… Read More »
If you are looking for some easy and whimsical Christmas card ideas, check out the Gift of Joy stamp set from Stampin’ Up! Add some of the Specialty Christmas Cards and Envelopes and keep it simple! I made 6 quick cards using 2-1/2″ white card stock squares, 2-3/4″ Real Red card stock squares, and the Christmas Greetings cards… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a fun torn paper detail! I think this is one of the go to techniques for paper crafting lately and I love the touch it adds to my projects. I think this is a lovely sketch and a quick one to create as well. I pulled out the Peaceful… Read More »
This month’s scrapbook challenge for the Challenge YOUrself scrapbook challenge is a black and white challenge…with a splash of color! I love a black and white layout. It was a fun twist to be able to add a splash of one color. Ordinarily with a black and white challenge, I would use black and white photos. This… Read More »
There is a new sketch challenge for theAtlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge this week. For this challenge, I wanted to do a little watercoloring with my watercolor pencils. I used the new Amber Autumn stamp set from Stampin’ Up!. I stamped my image in StazOn ink and the added color with my watercolor pencils. I used my blender… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge gave me an opportunity to highlight one of the gorgeous new papers from the Lights of Aurora DSP set from Stampin’ Up! When I was thinking about what I wanted to create with this sketch, I didn’t notice that all the rectangles were different lengths. When I cut my paper, I… Read More »
This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge is all about using those paper strips you have sitting in a pile somewhere in your craft room! I actually don’t have a big pile of paper strip scraps sitting around, so I decided to try a twist on this sketch. I pulled out one sheet of pretty Beautiful Gallery Designer Series… Read More »
This week’s Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a sketch challenge using a PageMaps Sketch!! I love a good PageMaps sketch! I print out each month’s sketches and keep them in a binder. I have all of the scrapbook sketches going back to 2006! They are very inspiring, and they are FREE. Here is my take on this… Read More »
Welcome to the Something Old, Something New YouTube Hop. This month’s theme is Gardens and Bugs. The challenge is to use some new products and to shop your stash for something you haven’t used yet or maybe haven’t used enough. Use your stash and get creative! This hop has a different theme each month and it takes place… Read More »
The Spooky Sweet Halloween suite of products and the Sweet Halloween Scrapbook Workshop Kit and the coordinating stamps are hard to put down once you start playing with them. I used the Berry Burst card stock for this layout. To tone it down a little, I chose a second patterned paper with a white background and a… Read More »