Vintage Poppy Days

One of my favorite kind of card is the vintage flowery card.  I love it when I can add lace or bows or any antique looking items such has hat pins – I love hat pins. I lightly sponged the background panel with the pink and yellow in the Confectionary Days Panpastels.  I then inked up the poppy from the Poppy Days Stamp Set and stamped with Bubble Gum Ink. … Read More »

Stay Sassy

The dictionary describes “Sassy” as lively, bold, and full of spirit; cheeky.  And that’s exactly what these images are!  The Stay Sassy Stamp Set makes a perfect card for teenage girls or when you want to send out a word of encouragement. Today’s card uses the Shaving Cream Technique using the Pool Play Reinker and, of course, shaving cream. I also did the paper piecing technique and cut the dress… Read More »

A Better Place

One of the hardest cards for me to make is the sympathy card.  Usually you wait until something happens and then you struggle with making the right one.  Having a supply on hand is a good idea and will save you a lot of stress.  Sending a handmade card gives it that special touch and shows the receiver that you care. For today’s card, I chose the A Better Place… Read More »

Blue Skies

Have you ever wanted to go up in a Hot Air Balloon?  I certainly have but not had the opportunity to.  I can just image how magical and peace it would be. Today’s card features the Blue Skies Stamp Set Bundle from the Celebrating Life’s Memories Mini Catalog.   Did you know that when you purchase the bundle, you receive a 10% discount?   You can tell if a stamp set has… Read More »

Lovely Day

Today’s card features the Lovely ATS Stamp Set.  I made it to enter into our teams (Inking the Way) weekly sketch challenge. The images were stamped with Black Licorice Ink and the pistil of each daisy was colored in using Summer Days Reinker, Fusion Blender and a Blending Brush.  The bee is from the A Better Place Stamp Set and it was colored using the Summer Days Reinker.  I also… Read More »

Stay Sassy

Today’s card features the Stay Sassy Stamp Set from the Celebrating Life’s Memories. The girl image was stamped in with Black Licorice Ink and colored in with the Watermelon Fusion Reinker and a Blending Brush.  The hair was colored in using the Banana Cream Reinker and a Blending Brush.  Note:  Always add Fusion Blender to the liquid when using to color the images. I added flowers from the Good Karma… Read More »

A Better Place

Our winner of the “Guess how many stamps are retiring” contest is Cindy Cayton.  Congratulations! Cindy, please send me your address and which stamp set you would like.  If you would prefer to wait until the new catalog comes out, we can do that also.  Or you can select from the current annual catalog or the Creating Life’s Memories Mini Catalog. Today’s card features the color splashes that are 20%… Read More »

Romantic Journey Prints

They still haven’t released the retirement list, so the contest is still ongoing!  Click here for all the details on guessing how many stamps are retiring. I won a sketch/color challenge on our team blog and I was selected as a winner.  My prize was the In & Out Stamp Set from the Creating Life’s memories provided by my upline, the awesome Becky Roberts!  Thanks Becky for the stamp set.… Read More »

Summer Rose

I’m running a contest where you guess which stamp sets are retiring from the 2017-2018 Fun Stampers Journey annual catalog.  You don’t have to guess all of them because the winner will be the one with the most accurate guesses!  See details here Today’s card features the Summer Rose stamp set.  I not only used it as a focal point but also as the background. The rose images in the… Read More »

Love Life Card #4, April Bloom Box

I’m running a contest where you guess which stamp sets are retiring from the 2017-2018 Fun Stampers Journey annual catalog.  You don’t have to guess all of them because the winner will be the one with the most accurate guesses!  See details here This is card #4 from the 2018 April Bloom Box kit.  The stamp set is called Love Life and it’s a beautiful set. The main flower image… Read More »