August 22nd, 2020 This week my challenge is to use a stamp set in your collection that had not yet seen ink. If that criteria did not apply, choose a stamp set you haven’t used recently. For me, that new un-inked stamp set was Queen Anne’s Lace. So pretty and delicate. One of my favoriteContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Inque a New Stamp Set”
Author Archives: Jolanda Johnstone
Friday Simple Stamping
August 21st, 2020 – Stampin’ Up!’s Monthly Theme This week the theme for Simple Stamping is SPOOKY or WHIMSEY – as challenged by Stampin’ Up! for the month of August… After much consideration, I chose SPOOKY. I rarely make Halloween cards. Not sure if you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber…In July, we had the opportunityContinue reading “Friday Simple Stamping”
Paper Pumpkin Play Date
August 20, 2020 Today I played with the OCTOBER 2016 – SEASON OF GRATITUDE kit. A Fall themed kit replete with Shaker Cards. Using components leftover in this box, these were the cards I created. I do love the warmth of the fall colors and think that the touch of green adds just that muchContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date”
Boho Lace
Case-ing Tuesday Choose a card sample from the Catalog and Case!August 18th – Tuesday Case-ing #265 (Catalog page 11) “Boho Lace” As soon as I saw the Product Medley, Boho Indigo, I was smitten! Who could resist the all that fresh blue and white? The Medley has it all: Stamp set, dies, designer paper, embellishmentsContinue reading “Boho Lace”
Sunday Sketch – SS016
August 16th, 2020 “Primary Stitches” I wanted to play with the shape suggested by the sketch. What could I use to replace the “oval”? I recently acquired the “Stitched Rectangles Dies”. Could they possibly work? Well, I think they do! I wanted to create something fun and bright. It was rainy and dark when IContinue reading “Sunday Sketch – SS016”
Saturday Keep Stamping – Six Inch One Sheet Wonder
August 15th, 2020 This week my challenge is to complete 3 cards by using a 6” square of patterned paper. If you use a double-sided paper, you can get several different looks. Here are my cards followed by the One Sheet Wonder cut pattern designed by Deseree Kramm and a basic sketch for all threeContinue reading “Saturday Keep Stamping – Six Inch One Sheet Wonder”
Fresh Florals – Friday Simple Stamping
August 14th, 2020 This week my theme for Simple Stamping is FRESH FLORALS – essentially anything that blooms. I chose “Grace’s Garden” stamp set (151513) and the coordinating “Garden Gateway Dies” (151512). For the color palette, I am working with the current Color INKspiration CI83 challenge: Bumble Bee, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black and Whisper White.Continue reading “Fresh Florals – Friday Simple Stamping”
Paper Hugs
Stampin’ Through the Catalog. This is a challenge I found on Facebook. One by one the moderator, stamps her way through the catalog every Tuesday and Thursday. I have only just begun and I do not have all of the stamp sets. I plan to complete the challenges as they come along for the stampContinue reading “Paper Hugs”
Paper Pumpkin Play Date – October 2018 Kit
Today’s I played with the OCTOBER 2018 – FRIENDS OF A FEATHER kit. A subtle kit with a bunch of colored feathers and little leaf die cuts. I did not want to be subtle at all! Fresh Fig and Grapefruit Grove were used as accents in the original concept cards. Me? I used them asContinue reading “Paper Pumpkin Play Date – October 2018 Kit”
Tone-on-Tone Autumn Sympathy Card
Case-ing Tuesday Choose a card sample from the Catalog and Case!August 11th – Tuesday Case-ing #264 (Catalog page 72) “Peace”Two new products in the August – December Mini Catalog caught my eye. Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper (153520) and Brushed Metallic 12 x 12 cardstock in Bronze, Copper and Gold (153524). They look soContinue reading “Tone-on-Tone Autumn Sympathy Card”
The Inque Spot Studio 