Welcome to the April Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is Technique Triumphs. I love techniques, so it was actually hard to pick just one! You know I love watercoloring, so I thought I’d focus on some non-traditional ways to add watercoloring to your projects. My card features the Paper Florist and Gorgeously Made Dies. Both are big favorites and they’re retiring at the end of this month,… Read More »
Happy Friday and welcome to a new TGIF Sketch Challenge. I love our sketch this week! It’s so different because all the focus is on the lower portion of the card, and it really inspired me. I decided to use the new Seaside Wishes Bundle from the upcoming 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. This bundle immediately caught my eye, as I’m sure you would have guessed. I’m known for loving all ocean-themed… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, we are focusing on techniques! One of my favorite stamping techniques is “watercolor stamping.” I love the look of watercoloring in general, and this technique makes it super easy! It’s a great way to create a “wow” card without a lot of effort. (I’ll explain how.) My card features the Textured Floral Stamp Set and coordinating dies, one of my favorite bundles. To see… Read More »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for April 2024. This month, our color combination includes Parakeet Party, Granny Apple Green, and Calypso Coral. This combo makes me think of Spring and new growth. Looking through my stamp stash, I noticed the perfect set to go with this combo — Planted Paradise! It’s one I haven’t used before and it was so much fun!!! Whether you just started… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! We have an extra Friday this month, so it’s a bonus challenge to design simple gift sets. Designing simple cards isn’t something I usually do, but I immediately thought of the Meandering Meadows 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. It’s so pretty, I feel like all I need to do is glue it on a card base and add a sentiment. For these cards,… Read More »
Hello Friends! Today, I’m sharing a swap I designed for OnStage earlier this month. Swapping is one of the funnest things about convention. In fact, I created this card specifically for a Fancy Friday group swap including both past and present Artisans – no pressure there, haha! On the upside, I received some really beautiful cards!!! For my swap, I used the Beach Day Bundle, one of my favorites. I’m… Read More »
Welcome to the March Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is to “CASE” the Team or inspired creations. CASE means to Copy And Share Everything. So in other words, we each pick a project we love from one of the other team members, and selectively copy the elements that inspire us. For example it could be the layout, colors, stamps, or even a technique. I decided to CASE… Read More »
Hello and welcome to a new TGIF Challenge. This week, we have an inspiration challenge using the photo below. Inspiration could come from the colors, layout, basically anything in the photo. I particularly liked the striped background and random flowers, so that’s what I chose to use. I used a new Online Exclusive — the Magnolia Mood Bundle for my card. This bundle is available to order online only, so… Read More »
For this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday, we have a sketch challenge! Sketch challenges are great because a lot of the designing is already completed. All I need to do is pick the stamps, paper, and embellishments. For this project, that was easy because I was totally inspired by the new Online Exclusive — Simply Zinnia Bundle. If you’ve haven’t checked out the Online Exclusives, you should! They’re amazing!!! Stampin’ Up!… Read More »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for March 2024! This month, our color combination includes Sweet Sorbet, Pool Party, and Lost Lagoon. I LOVE it!!! My project was inspired by a “Field Notes” card designed by Susan Wong for The Crafty Carrot Collective. She created a similar project with Vellum pockets to slip in interactive tags. I thought the idea was so cute and perfect for the Notes of… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Color Challenge! This month, we’re using a color combination of Highland Heather, Balmy Blue, and Lemon Lolly … all soft, subtle colors. I decided to break out the Everyday Details Stamp Set. You’ve probably noticed me using the coordinating Everyday Details Dies a lot; they are one of my current favorites. But this is the first time I’ve used the stamps. I stamped the images… Read More »
Welcome to the February Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Whimsical Wings and Soaring Hearts.” I decided to pick the Bee My Valentine Bundle for my project, with its darling little bees and heart embellishments, as well as a heart embossed background. I think that pretty much checked all the boxes. 🙂 I love watercoloring, so I used it to create the background and flowers. I also… Read More »
Hello and welcome to my blog! It’s Friday, and that means a new TGIF Challenge. This week, our theme is Sale-A-Bration products. There are so many fantastic ones to choose from! I used two of my favorites: 1) the Flight & Airy 12″ x 12 Designer Series Paper (DSP) and 2) Heartfelt Hellos Cling Stamp Set. Both are available for free with qualifying purchases of $50 USD, while supplies last,… Read More »
Our theme for this month’s Stampin’ Fancy Friday is “Something Blue.” If you know me, you know I LOVE blue, so this was probably one of my favorite challenges to date. Blue makes me think of water, the ocean, and waves. It’s a tranquil color that soothes my soul. And, that’s why I decided to use the Waves of Inspiration Stamp Set. It’s one of my all-time favorites. I absolutely… Read More »
Welcome Stamping Friends! For this month’s Color Fusers Blog Hop, we have a beautiful color combination of Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis, Starry Sky, and Gorgeous Grape. I love it, especially because it includes three 2022-2024 In Colors. Those In Colors have got to be some of my favorites of all time. I’m going to have serious withdrawals when they retire! If you’re a fan of them like me, I advise… Read More »
Happy Friday!!! It’s a new month, so that means we have a new color challenge at TGIF Challenges, including Bubble Bath, Real Red, and Very Vanilla. Doesn’t this combo make you think of Valentine’s Day? It sure did for me! In fact, I realized that Sale-A-Bration is already half over, so I decided to pull out a bunch of the cute Sale-A-Bration products I’ve been collecting and use them to… Read More »
Welcome to the January 2024 Stamping Sunday Blog Hop! This month, our theme is manly or mainly monochrome cards!!! I love monochrome projects, so that’s what I picked. Additionally, I LOVE blue, so my card focuses on blue tones, including Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, and a little Blueberry Bushel. To see all the designers’ project this month, see the blog roll at the bottom of the post. We are starting… Read More »
Hi stamping friends! I’m back and feeling better. For our TGIF Challenge this week, our theme is cakes! What a fun idea! I love the new Cake Fancy Stamp Set, with it’s watercolor style stamps. You can use it to build all sorts of delicious looking goodies. Plus, it’s got lots of fun decorating elements. I decided to build a lemon cake, one of my favorites. I stamped the cake… Read More »
Welcome to a new TGIF Challenge! This week, we have a technique challenge to use your Christmas scraps. If you’re like me after the hustle and bustle of making Christmas cards, tags, treats, you have LOTS of scraps laying around, so this is the perfect challenge. Look around and use them up! To come up with a concept, I thought of two things. First, I love patchwork backgrounds, so I… Read More »
Welcome to the December Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Simply the Best” or clean and simple cards!!! Believe it or not, I was a little freaked out about this challenge! Ha!!! Clean and simple really isn’t my thing. I figure if I’m going to make the effort to design a handmade card, I’m going to put forth my best effort. Typically, I start with a simple… Read More »