Happy International Women’s Day! I’m participating in this year’s International Women’s Day Blog Hop and Linky Party! Today is a celebration of all women around the world and the qualities that that describe us. We are taking a step toward women empowerment by being positive, encouraging, and uplifting to each other via our papercrafts! The love for crafting… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a Coffee Themed Challenge! I don’t really have a good coffee cup stamp set, so I purchased a digital stamp from Not 2 Shabby for this challenge. I have a great stamp set from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps called Coffee Talk and I finally had a reason to use… Read More »
I have a fun card using TLC Designs Happy Dragon stamp set and the Celebrate Frame Set. The card is really fun because I also used a set of Pear Blossom EZ Lights that Tammy from TLC Designs sent me to try and they are really fun to play with! This is a sweet little card even without… Read More »
The new Challenge YOUrself Scrapbook Challenge is a theme challenge this month! You need to make a layout about YOU! I decided that any layout that I create about myself needs to include a mixed media background. I consider myself a mixed media artist even though I don’t share all those projects here or on YouTube. I’ve… Read More »
There is a new challenge on the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge site and it is a stitching challenge! Your project needs to include stitching! It is still an Anything Goes challenge, so you can make any kind of project, but there should be some stitching on it. Our sponsor for this week is Oddball Art Stamps and… Read More »
Slimline cards are one of the new trends in cardmaking and I have to admit, they are fun to make! I love the scenes you can create when you have 8-1/2″ of space instead of 4 or 5-1/2″. It’s just fun to make them. I have collected a few slimline products over the last few months. I have… Read More »
I can’t believe it is the sixth Make The Cards Challenge already! It seems like we just started last week! I’m loving this challenge because is something new every week. Last week we did a color challenge and the week before it was a theme challenge. This week, we have a sketch challenge! I was excited about… Read More »
I have been looking for ways to use up my patterned paper scraps and some of the 6 x 6″ paper pads that I haven’t used in ages. Seriously! The new spring paper pads are coming out and I can’t justify buying any more pretty papers if I still have some left on my shelf! Today I created… Read More »
Hey Y’all!!! It’s a Baby Card Crazy Hop. Hope you’ll join in the fun. And a little added benefit – If you comment on every blog post & video along the hop you will be entered into the chance to win a $25 gift certificate. The more you comment the more opportunities to win. Also consider subscribing to… Read More »
Did you ever have a stamp set that you enjoyed creating with so much that you actually had to force yourself to stop playing with it? That’s how I felt about today’s Cute Shaped Animals digital stamp set from Kinda Cute by Patricia! I ended up making 4 cards just to fit all the critters that I colored.… Read More »
Scrappy Tails Crafts has this fabulous Rose Petals stamp and die set that I have really been enjoying creating with. I have been in the mood for watercoloring techniques, so I created 3 quick cards using easy watercoloring techniques with my Catherine Pooler ink pads. Catherine Pooler just came out with some new colors of inks and I… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge! I just got a new order from Sassy & Crafty Stamps and I was very excited to use one of the new stamps from the February release! I love my Chucks! I always wanted a pair of these sneakers when I was a kid and… Read More »
The latest challenge for the Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge is an anything goes challenge which means that you can use whatever you want and create any kind of project! The challenge has been sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps! We are sharing projects for two images that they provided for this challenge: Love my home https://www.etsy.com/listing/786133186/love-my-home?ref=shop_home_active_80 Follow your… Read More »
Hi friends! I am guest designing on the STAMPlorations blog for the Throwback Thursday feature today. I have 3 cards to share with you today featuring quick and easy backgrounds. My job is to select an inspiration card from another designer and re-create their card in 3 new ways. My inspiration card was created by the queen of… Read More »
This week’s Make the Cards Challenge is a Circle Theme Challenge! I had a lot of fun playing with this one and doing a little experimenting with a new background technique! The theme made me think of the STAMPlorations Bubbles stencil that I love so much and I have a drawer full of circle punches. I’ve been… Read More »