Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for September 2025. Our theme this month is to be inspired by nature’s palette. Since our group of designers reside all around the world, I imagine there will be a wide variety of interpretations. Some of us are experiencing the the end of Summer or beginning of Autumn,… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Nature’s Palette »
Welcome to the July 2025 Color Fusers Blog Hop! This month, our color combination includes Smoky Slate, Cherry Cobbler, and Night of Navy. The colors seemed perfect for a masculine project, so I decided to use the Scenic Adventure Bundle to create a birthday card. I also realized that I had some brand new Need… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — July 2025 »
Hi Stamping Friends! Welcome to the April 2025 Color Fusers Blog Hop. This month, our color combination includes Lemon Lime Twist, Balmy Blue, and Gorgeous Grape. I decided to use a new stamp set from the upcoming 2025-2026 Annual Catalog called Layered Thoughts. It has great sketched sentiments that are perfect for masculine cards, something… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — April 2025 »
Welcome to the January 2025 Color Fusers Blog Hop! To start out the New Year, we have a cool color combination of Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, and Blueberry Bushel. (Isn’t it funny that I just did a very similar color challenge for TGIF Challenges?) Since I did a feminine card for that one, I decided… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — January 2025 »
Welcome to the October 2024 Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Rich Comforts and Rustic Elegance.” It’s perfect for cooler weather, falling leaves, and Autumn holidays. I bet the international team of designers will dream up some fun projects for this one! So be sure to follow along the entire blog hop… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop — Rich Comforts and Rustic Elegance »
This month, our theme for Stampin’ Fancy Friday is Earth Tones. Now that’s something fun and different. I was pretty excited about this for a couple reasons. First, I think neutrals are seriously underrated, because I’ve see some gorgeous projects lately. Second, I have LOTS of guy birthday cards to make for September, so the… Read More: Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Earth Tones Challenge »
Welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for August! This month’s color combination is a cool collection, including Pebbled Path, Boho Blue and Misty Moonlight. It could work well for masculine cards, which was perfect, because that’s exactly what I needed to make. My son got some great news this week (he passed his boards!)… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — August 2023 »
Paper Pumpkin Kits are so fun, especially if you have limited time to craft and want to bang out a bunch of great cards. The monthly kits have unique and varied themes. The examples above use the May Explore In Color Kit. I absolutely LOVE this kit! If you haven’t heard of Paper Pumpkin, check… Read More: Exploring In Color – Paper Pumpkin Kit »
I have a fun card to share today featuring the Taco Fiesta stamp set. This stamp set is ADORABLE and includes all sorts of fun elements, including cute faces. I had a blast playing with the different images and designing this card for my nephew’s birthday. I stamped the images with Memento Ink on Basic… Read More: Taco Fiesta Birthday »
Welcome to the February Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month, our theme is “Nurture or Nature.” It’s a broad theme that allows our global designers lots of options to celebrate people who nurture, local holidays (including Valentine’s and Mother’s Day), or the beauty of nature. I decided to combine all those ideas and create Valentine’s… Read More: Stamping Sunday Blog Hop – Nurture or Nature »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for October 2021! This month, we have a color combination that’s just perfect for Fall, including Just Jade, Evening Evergreen, and Cajun Craze. Whether you started the blog hop here or just came from Jo Anne Hewins’s blog, be sure to continue on by clicking the… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — October »
Welcome to the Control Freaks Blog Hop for September! This month, we have a fun sketch challenge. I love sketch challenges, because I can use them for any occasion, and they’re easy since the bulk of the designing is already finished. Whether you’re just starting the blog hop here or hopped over from Cindy Elam’s… Read More: Control Freaks Blog Hop – Sketch Challenge »
Happy Friday! Time for a new TGIF Challenge. This week, we have an inspiration challenge based on the photo below. For these types of challenges, you can use take inspiration from anything in the photo, including the images and/or colors. I decided to take inspiration from the watercolor wash background and general layout. My nephew… Read More: #TGIFC308 — Inspiration Challenge »
Hello and welcome to the Color Fusers Blog Hop for March! This month, we have a really “cool” color combination of Seaside Spray, Gray Granite and Early Espresso. When I saw these colors, I immediately thought of designing something masculine and rustic. So, I dug out the Campology stamp set. This is a stamp set… Read More: Color Fusers Blog Hop — March 2021 »
It’s TGIF Challenges Friday! This is a special Friday too, because it’s designer take over. Every time we have five Fridays in a month, one of our designers take over to create the fifth challenge. Fun, right? This month, it’s Stesha Bloodhart’s turn, and she chose “Mad For Plaid.” Stesha is an AMAZING designer known… Read More: #TGIFC301 – Lots of Heart »
Today, I have a really special card to share using the new Suit & Tie Dies! I absolutely love this new set, because it’s so versatile. I first saw it during the November Convention, and I immediately knew what I wanted to do. (Please note that I am not affiliated with Chapman University. I obtained… Read More: New Suit & Tie Dies »
Happy Friday!!! It’s the last Friday of the month, so that means a new “Designer Take Over” at TGIF Challenges. This month, the super talented Tammy Wilson from Stamps, Paper, Scissors came up with the challenge, and she chose “Going In Circles.” This is going to be a fun one! Next week is our 30th… Read More: #TGIFC288 — Designer Take Over »
It’s TGIF time! This week, TGIF Challenges has an inspiration challenge using the photo below. I have to say that I really love challenges like this, because I know that I NEVER would have dreamed up this card on my own without the inspiration, and I absolutely LOVE how it turned out When I first… Read More: #TGIFC286 — Inspiration Challenge »
It’s a new month, and that means a new color challenge over at TGIF Challenges! September’s challenge includes the following color combination: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, and Soft Suede. While being far from the obvious choice, I decided to use this color combination for a birthday card for my son. I know … normally I… Read More: #TGIFC280 – Color Challenge »
Happy TGIF Friday!!! This week, TGIF Challenges has a fun “Paper Scraps” challenge. If you’re like me, you have LOTS of paper scraps in your craft room, so I’m super excited to see what the designers’ come up with this week! Be sure to check out their creative projects on the TGIF Challenges Blog. I… Read More: #TGIFC274 — Paper Scraps! »