Unique Twilight Birthday Cards: Cupcake and Shaker Designs

Challenge: Design a Twilight themed birthday card for a female in high school This is when I say that I haven’t read the books or watched the movies. I just know it is vampires. I decided to design two cards, let’s chat about the cupcake one first: I decided to use the book cover as

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Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration

I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a

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Explore the Under the Sea Collection by Waffle Flower

I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:

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Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

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:

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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Flamazing | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you hopped along with us yet? The Brass & Bliss Craft Co Waves & Wins Release is now in the shop and 20% off. I have the direct links to each hop stop at the end of this post. There are two $50 Brass & Bliss Craft Co Gift Cards up for grabs. Leave

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Cheers | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: drinks I was inspired by the colors, theme and sketch. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products: I switched out the chocolately drink with a Boba Tea. I had fun going on a treasure hunt to find the different

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Give me Coffee | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Have you hopped along with us yet? The Brass & Bliss Craft Co Waves & Wins Release is now in the shop and 20% off. I have the direct links to each hop stop at the end of this post. There are two $50 Brass & Bliss Craft Co Gift Cards up for grabs. Leave

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Waves & Wins Release IG Hop | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

We’re celebrating the new Brass & Bliss Craft Co release with an instagram hop! Here’s a peek at my project: 20% off all New Release items until 5/26/2025!! INSTAGRAM HOP. It’s finally summer—and the Brass and Bliss “Waves & Wins” Release is live! This collection brings the perfect blend of beachy vibes (Waves) and sporty

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Oh Happy Day | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s card combines: The Concord & 9th inks I used: These colors are so happy! In case you missed this: Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35 and FREE shipping over $65:

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Crafty + Happy Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Monday! I’m excited to be up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of one of my three projects that I designed especially for today: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project

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Spring in Kyoto Guest Blogger | Spellbinders

Hello and Happy Tuesday! I’m excited to be up on the Spellbinders blog. I have a bit of a sneak peek of one of my three projects that I designed especially for today: Make sure you check out the Spellbinders blog + Spellbinders Shop! I wanted to go ahead and also create a new project

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Have a great day | Altenew

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Lemons I was inspired by the colors. My card features the following products: For those that have been following me for a bit, know that I love all things citrus. I recently ordered the Blossoming Apple set. I knew that

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Apple-solutely Awesome | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s card combines: I caught a color combo that I translated to this: I’ve been on a birthday card kick but this one could easily be a just because or even a birthday greeting too. Here’s to a fantastic day! Doodlebugs offers $2 shipping for orders over $35

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