This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a Color Challenge! This is a lovely combination! I just got a new package of cardstocks that I was trying out from My Colors Cardstock. One of the two packages I got to try was a Rose Chintz color. I will link these papers below. They are gorgeous solid core colors… Read More »
Have you ever purchased a grab bag or mystery box from a craft store before? I did a few years ago and regretted spending the money. I basically got a box of weird embellishments and ephemera that were very appropriate for kids crafting, but not mine. I haven’t purchased any mystery items since then…until a couple of weeks… Read More »
Time for a new Make The Cards Challenge! These 3-2-1 challenges are my favorite!! I always pull fun stuff out of my stash and use it up! I pulled out some goodies from Doodlebug Designs for this card. I started with some ink blending to create my background sky and grass. I added some grass details with my… 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 »
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 »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a color challenge!! I have to say, I saw this as green, blue and orange on my laptop. Looking at it now, it looks like green, blue, and red. I used a deep orange for my card! I used the Bloomfully: Thankful stamp set from STAMPlorations and watercolored the image… Read More »
Have you checked out the Sassy & Crafty stamp and stencil store yet? It’s one of my new faves! I really like the owner and designer, Beth Duff, and she has an amazing full time design team. I was lucky enough to be invited by her to be part of her YouTube team for the last 6 months. … Read More »
Today I am creating a very clean and simple (CAS) card for the Make The Cards Challenge for this week. This is a theme challenge this week and we are creating encouragement cards. I used some new goodies I just ordered from The Rabbit Hole Designs. They have such cute things and they were have a couple… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is an Only 2 Things challenge!! I LOVE these kinds of challenges. This really is a challenge! I used a slimline stencil with the Maker Forte Rah Rah Skirt neon pink ink. I didn’t stencil the entire image in pink. I left the tips free so I could color those with… Read More »
Do you love challenges as much as I do? I really love that the Make The Cards Challenge isn’t just a sketch challenge. There is some new kind of challenge every week. This week it happens to be a sketch challenge. Now, I do have hexagon dies, but I kind of wanted to put my own twist on… Read More »
This week’s Make The Cards Challenge is a beach themed challenge! This past winter, I’ve seen such a variety of sea creatures off the dock at our house, that I think more about what is under the water now than I ever did before. For my beach themed card, I created an underwater beach scene! This is… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge is teaming up with the Double Trouble Challenge to create a 2 Week Challenge! I created a watercolored floral card using the colors in the challenge! For the colors, I chose Catherine Pooler Inks in Peppermint Scrub, In The Park, Mardis Gras, Rose Petals, and Midnight. The stamp set is… Read More »
Are you like me? Has it been some time since you played with your alcohol inks? I pulled mine out today to create a quick and fabulous background for a pretty butterfly die cut from Scrappy Tails Crafts Open Butterfly Die Cut set and I’m so happy that I did! Why am I playing with butterflies? Because it… Read More »
The new Make The Cards Challenge is a sketch challenge this week! I decided to use circular frames that I created with my STAX Circle die sets from MFT Stamps in light gray cardstock. I love these die sets and I use them all the time. I added some foliage dies using my Assorted Leaves die sets… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge and it’s a super fun combination! How pretty is this combination?! I am loving it! I decided to make a fun fold card that is quick and easy. I kept it simple and added some mixed media for fun. That citron color made me want to… Read More »