Hi friends, how are you doing? This week has been a difficult one for me and my company. Amongst all the big decisions that needed to be made and conference calls/emails, being able to escape into my studio was a Godsend. If you're also finding the stress building up, my wish for you is that ...

Hello Bella Blvd Fans and Friends! This is Patricia to share my first post with you as a Creative Team Member! I have been a fan of Stephanie's designs and use of color in her products. The Bella Blvd products work perfectly with my eclectic and sometimes clean and simple style! Although I l...

Today is the newest MFT release and I have two cards to share with you using the newest stamp set by Stacey Yacula called Sky High. Here is an image of it: I think this one is so so cute (but I think ALL of her sets are so so cute which is why I work with them each month!). I wanted to make ...

Today I'm joining my creative friends at Ellen Hutson to celebrate her HUGE March release of Essentials by Ellen product with a blog hop and giveaway. This release is the largest she has done since I first joined her team, and there is a LOT to love in it. I fell in love with the Succulent Sen...

The new LawnFawnatics Challenge is Bring It Back ... to revisit the older and neglected supplies in your stash ... when I saw the stack of Washi Tape, I knew right where I was starting. I love making Washi Tape backgrounds ... and today I used GREEN. My MISTI Cover (or Mousepad) is the perf...

The theme at A Blog Named Hero is Birthdays ... and as always, I need more masculine birthday cards for my stash. And as with so many other manufacturers in my studio, I have quite a few Hero Arts products that are still new in the package, so I used three of them on this card design. I start...

Hey everyone! This week's Color Throwdown challenge is up: You can check out what the rest of the DT created with these colors HERE <-------click! and play along yourself if you'd like! Here's what I made: I'm including these cards as part of my 2020 Valentine Series (if you missed any of th...

~ Hello! The latest Color Throwdown is now live! We have a great love/Valentine combo to play with this week: Red, Light Gray, Dark Gray, and White. ~ ~ I made Valentine cards for my grandkids using an older Papertrey Ink set called Happy Hearts and the Hearts Cover Die. ~ ~ I wanted to ...

After a long day at the office, I'm usually in search of some quick and easy creativity. Tonight I decided to combine the Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketch. I went hunting through my piles of 6" paper pads searching for papers in the three colors. I put together one card base and went s...

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown! This week we have a really great color combo: Pink, Green, and Navy! ~ ~ I needed a get well card for a certain sweet little girl and the adorable bear from the Essentials by Ellen All Inside stamp set is just perfect! ~ ~...

Our current prompt at Jingle Belles is to Use What Santa Brought You (create a card featuring something new in your stash). Since I am my own Santa, I got exactly what I wanted for Christmas ... like these stamps from new releases at Reverse Confetti. I just loved the Candy Canes with Holl...

~ Hello there, everyone! Happy Wednesday!! Are you ready for a new Color Throwdown challenge? This week our generic colors are Navy, Teal, and Mustard. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for my almost 30 year old nephew, and botanicals are always a good bet for masculine cards. I used a group of ...

Welcome! I'm tickled pink to be celebrating with Pretty Pink Posh today--it's their sixth birthday! And just like any birthday party, there are GIFTS involved--scroll to the end of my post for more details on that! My first card uses the sweet Party Friends stamp set and coordinating die se...

I have been a lover of gnomes long before they were popular ... now you see gnomes everywhere. Here's a fun little gnome card I made in 2008. When I saw the Gnome Sweet Gnome Challenge at Shopping Our Stash, I knew I had to join the fun. I used my new L'il Gnome die from Simon Says Stamp, whi...

***Updated with new winner: Jo has let me know that she has some of the things in the prize already and would love to pass it on to someone who could really use it. How generous! New winner is: Karen Kuschel My goal is to include more water coloring in my projects this year, this giveaway is...

Hello everyone!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I'm so excited to participate in the Season's Givings Blog Hop again! This is an AMAZING hop with a ton of fabulous and wonderful designers in the industry - and EVERY stop on this hop has a giveaway!! I will have the list of all the stops on this hop in the...

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU EVERYONE! MY WINNER IS NATALIE WINTERSTEIN HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020! MANY BLESSINGS FOR A HAPPY, HEALTHY, CREATIVE YEAR AHEAD! Thank you very much for coming by my blog today to celebrate "Season's Givings" with a giant blog hop and awesome prize giveaways! This ...

~ Happy New Year, everyone!! It's time for the very first Color Throwdown challenge of 2020! Amy Rohl is our hostess and here are the generic colors she's chosen for us to play with: Red, Brown, and White. ~ ~ I recently got the new Altenew Mega Blessings 4 stamp set along with the Mega Bles...

Since Lauren & I started Jingle Belles in 2010, I've been recapping my five favorite Christmas cards of the year (you can find 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2018 here) ... I always enjoy revisiting my creations for the year. Here they are in no particular order: 1. This card...

Anyone who creates with me knows that I hate glitter. I don't mind Glitter Glitz Gel or Glittery Paper that doesn't shed, but I hate having sparkles all over my studio that last for days. So when I saw the Unity Stamp Company Mini Challenge was All That Sparkles, I almost just walked on by. ...

Need some handmade gift ideas for those special people in your life? Maybe a neighbor, a coach, a teacher or a co-worker? Here is a fun cocoa mug gift set that actually can be made quickly. The mugs are made with a cut file and some permanent vinyl. This set has a burgundy mug with white vinyl s...

Hey everyone!! This week's Color Throwdown Challenge is live and I am LOVING this color combo: You can check out what the rest of the Design Team created with these colors HERE <-------click! and play along too if you'd like! I pulled out Simon Says Stamp's Thankful Flowers stamp set - it come...

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for the newest edition of the Color Throwdown challenge! Our awesome color palette this week consists of these generic colors: Teal, Olive, Rust, and Navy. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for a cute little guy and decided my Rubbernecker Party Dog was a definite boy...

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When we got to New Jersey, we started making a little art. I started small with my new 2" Speeball Brayer and my 6" square gel press plate. I wanted to play with some techniques on a smaller scale before working with a larger plate tomorrow. I realized when I finished my first set of tags that ...