This month’s theme was very fortuitous for me. I only have a small number of buttons and they’re part of an Autumn-themed 28Lilac Lane embellishment kit. 1. I love making Autumn cards and 2. It was a wonderful way to use what was already on hand and use the September Pink & Main card kit.ContinueContinue reading “October Smash Our Stash: Buttons!”
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September Smash Our Stash: Flowers!
Slimline and watercolor experiment. It’s that time of the month again! The September Smash Our Stash collaboration is upon us. This month’s theme was flowers and I went all out. I decided to use the Simon Says Stamp 8×6 stamp set Sketched Flowers. I used my Arteza Watercolor Real Brush markers to color in theContinueContinue reading “September Smash Our Stash: Flowers!”
May Smash Our Stash: Ribbon!
Happy birthday! With ribbon! It’s May 7th, which means all new smash our stash posts and videos. This month’s theme is ribbon. I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of ribbon and I tend to forget about it, so I was excited to jump into the theme. I used a birthday themedContinueContinue reading “May Smash Our Stash: Ribbon!”
Another Mystery Box Haul!
Lawn Fawn is always worth the price Every year Lawn Fawn does a mystery bag sale with proceeds going to a charity. This year they donated 100% of the profits to Feeding America. The grab bags go up on Giving Tuesday and sell out FAST. There are three cost tiers: $25, $50, and $100. IContinueContinue reading “Another Mystery Box Haul!”
Smash Your Stash: January Washi Tape
I reused a photo! I have been graciously accepted into a 2021 Smash Your Stash Collaboration hosted by Beth at Bourbon Creek Crafts and Teresa of Fresh and Renewed. The goal of the collaboration is to use the amazing products we all have in our stashes. Each month has a theme and the crafters involvedContinueContinue reading “Smash Your Stash: January Washi Tape”
Never Not Fall
A quartet of cards I think some of my favorite cards to make are fall themed ones. I love the colors and how you can incorporate rich colors and the thankful theme. Hence, the cards I created above. As part of my desire to use up things in my stash, I combined the October 2020ContinueContinue reading “Never Not Fall”
Stickers Do the Heavy Lifting
A Day at the Beach Equipment Amy Tangerine Sticker Book Sunshine and Good TimesDistress Oxide Ink in Vintage PhotoDistress Oxide Ink Tumbled GlassGeorgia Pacific 110lb White Card StockPark Lane A2 Blank CardsVivace Make Up BrushesNuvo – Deluxe Adhesive What I Did I have been using the Georgia Pacific card stock as design panels since IContinueContinue reading “Stickers Do the Heavy Lifting”
Stash Bash Part 4: No More I Love Yous, or Celebrates, or Get Wells, or…
A Grouping of 12 Cards Thank you for joining me on the last of my May Stash Bash journey. I learned a lot from this experiment, not the least of which was that I should be more focused and more forgiving when working on these projects. When I originally pulled out the rub-on sentiments andContinueContinue reading “Stash Bash Part 4: No More I Love Yous, or Celebrates, or Get Wells, or…”
Stash Bash Part 1
During this stay-at-home time of life, YouTube videos have been my constant companions. As we all know, you start watching one video, which more often than not leads you down a rabbit hole, frequently ending in disturbing videos of someone setting their craft supplies on fire and oh my gosh, the horror! Or, instead, youContinueContinue reading “Stash Bash Part 1”
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