Back in the day, I use to make one layer cards all the time. Today is the first time in a very long time. With a bit of masking you can really make things pop. I managed to ink up the new STAMPlorations – Happy Zen Coffee Cups. It’s part of their newest release and
I’m in full Fall theme mode this week and paired up Echo Park Paper’s – Celebrate Autumn with Paper Smooches: I happily inked up Paper Smooches’ Courteous Cuties. Aren’t they, well, cute?! The sentiment is from I Heart Art. Everything is nestled on a Scallop Frame. I was inspired by the Paper Smooches October Sketch
Keeping things real here. I’m still a die hard blogger at heart. It’s an easier social media for me to view and comment on. Next month I celebrate 11 years…what? How could that happen? Although these days I’m always on catch up mode for blogs, please know that I’m trying!!! I was an IG late
Another Halloween card, trying to sneak in as many as possible. I should have used one of my other Halloween sets that I haven’t inked up but that dragon dude was already colored up so I added the others. Lawn Fawn’s Costume Party is so cute! I had to add a Zombie Mummy…just to add
Hello! I’m trying to do a catch up on supplies that haven’t received any crafty love yet. Today’s card uses the MFT Happy Birthday Circle Frame + BB Fall Friends. Loving the MFT Subtle Plaids paper combined with green + yellow palette. I’ve had the images from the BB Fall Friends waiting for me, inked
Hello and Welcome to the Collaboration Hop for CAS-ual Fridays and Coffee Loving Cardmakers! You should have arrived here from the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s blog. If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the hop which is the CAS-ual Fridays blog. I have two projects to share with you today so let’s get
The wonderful STAMPlorations is hostessing an event in tribute to Melissa Lane: Last October 2, Melissa Lane passed away. She was a talented cardmaker/crafter/artist, a mother of 4, wife, and servant of Jesus. Melissa loved to garden and she loved photography. Her favorite color was red, and she loved butterflies — so much so that many of
I’m so very excited to be joining The Card Concept for their 100th challenge! A big thank you to my friend Tangii Crain for the invite! Isn’t the photo inspiration beautiful? Here’s how I was inspired: I tend to be a literal interpretation kind of gal. That pink pumpkin changed looks at least three times
Have you seen the new monthly Reverse Confetti challenge, Stock Your Stash?! The new challenge is the STOCK YOUR STASH Challenge! This is a chance to create a card to keep in your stash. (Of course, you could send it off right away!). Each month will bring a new theme. There will be a new Stock Your Stash
Hello! I picked up a couple of older Stampin’ Up sets from a bloggie friend and decided to ink them up. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on the Merry Cafe set and she had it and the coordinating dies for Coffee Cafe. Here’s how I was inspired: The pattern paper is by Stampin’
Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today: Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you:
Thank you to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me some products to play with. Here’s how I was inspired today: Today’s project features the following Spellbinders products from the Summer Felt Stitch & Create Collection by Nichol Spohr: I also used these Spellbinder products: Just say yes to pink sunflowers. I did stitching on
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Pina Colada I was inspired by the theme + colors. My card features the following products: I love designing drink cards! I can’t wait to see how my teamies were inspired! Thanks for stopping by! Affiliate links at no extra
Thank you to my friends at Spellbinders for sending me some products to play with. Here’s how I was inspired today: Today’s project features the following NEW Spellbinders products from the Wonderland Collection: I also used these Spellbinder products: *New this month These are the BetterPress products I used: Don’t forget about the Archival Ink
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs…I’m a long time fan of all things nautical so I’ve been really enjoying the current papercrafting trend. Let me introduce you to the purple crab. I googled ‘crab colors’ and caught an article about a purple crab that was spotted in the Philippines. My card for today features: The
I’m so behind on my holiday stash for the year. I carved out some time to whip up this card: This card features: The photography took longer than the creative process, I took 30+ photos. The cardstock colors were getting lost in the photos. Concord & 9th cardstock: I ended up using a ton of
Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: summer We welcome a new teamie, MarDi! Her work is amazing! I was inspired by the theme + colors. My card features the following products from Brass & Bliss Craft Co.: So I actually finished this project about 5:30 am
I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs…I’m a long time fan of all things nautical so I’ve been really enjoying the current papercrafting trend. Today’s card features: I googled nautical color combos and went with this one: I think this might be a new go to color combo! What has you inspired these days? Thanks for stopping
New month means a brand new challenge over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! This month is the start of a couple changes to the challenge: Let’s get to this month’s challenge: Here’s how I was inspired: My project features these products by Hero Arts: Speaking of Hero Arts, make sure you check their SALE:
We’re back with the July Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Dragon ended on January 28th. The Year of the Snake started on January 29th and runs through February 16, 2026. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I went