SOS -Once Upon a Time

Shopping Our Stash has a Once Upon a Time challenge to create something inspired by a fairy tale. What says fairy tale better than rainbows and unicorns?

The white edges were spattered with purple and silver ink. Paper from Echo Park, Fiskars sentiments, My Favorite Things rainbow die. 

It’s been a minute!!

Life has gotten in the way of blogging.  All good things happening!  Hubs retired and that’s an adjustment in and of itself. We bought some property and are building a new home with a huge craft room. Yay for me!  

I have been playing with the Taylored Expressions create in quads and triple slim layering stencils. If you haven’t tried them you should!  All 4 of these card fronts were made with one piece of paper and one quad set of stencils:

Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster, Punpkin Pie, Pineapple, and Blue Corn inks. The sentiments are from their line of Simple Strips. Love these!!!

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge: Cards 4 Moms/Special Ladies

 This month's challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is Cards 4 Moms/Special Ladies.  Here is my take:

Stencil and images from Hero Arts, cut on my Scan n Cut.  Such a sweet bunny!  Be sure to link up your creation at the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge blog.  

Send A Smile 4 Kids March Challenge: 4 The Boys

The March challenge over at Send A Smile 4 Kids is cards 4 Boys.  Feminine cards tend to be more common, so cards for the boys are always appreciated!

Sentiment and papers from CTMH, the bling is from This calls for confetti.  I like how flat these sequins are!  Be sure to link up your card 4 Boys at Send A Smile 4 Kids.  

Lime Green and Cyan?!?

Color Hues has an interesting challenge to use lime green and cyan.  Odd pairing (to me :)) but check out the fun examples from the design team.  

The "wood" panel is taken from a Gina K tip.  Score your paper in 1/2" increments, then drag grey ink on the other side of the paper.  Instant shiplap!  The "hello" was die cut from adhesive puffy foam. Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster and Peapod inks, Gina K stamps, die cut, and stencil.  I would never have chosen this color combo on my own, but I will probably use it again!

 

February 2023: Spring/Easter Cards 4 Kids

This month's challenge is to make a Spring or Easter card 4 a kid.  Bunnies and pastels scream Spring to me!!

Tiny envelopes, cut from scraps, holding tiny brown bunnies.  So much fun!  Link up your your creation over at the SAS 4 Kids blog.  

Lots of Love

I get the Scrapbook and Cards Today monthly sampler, and it is my absolute favorite subscription.  $15 per month for papers, a die and/or a small stamp set, shipped.  Super value!!  The Sampler was perfect for The Color Hues challenge of Pink and Red and the Paper Craft Crew Love is in the Air challenge:

I used the stencil and die from the Sampler.  I inked the stencil in pink, then turned it 90 degrees and inked in red.  I didn't have the exact paper color, so I inked some white paper with the red to create the sentiment and base layer.  Such a soft, pretty effect!  Sharing with The Color Hues Pink and Red Challenge: