Rainbow Mandala

It's a Many Splendored Mandala Monday, featuring lots of my favorite Tombow Dual Brush Pens, splashed (and sometimes gently brushed or blended) with my favorite chunky waterbrush for a fun watercolor effect! Because you can never have too many bright colors, imo... especially in JANUARY!!!

JB2602: Something Old... Something New

You've probably guessed from the title, "Something Old... Something New" that this fortnight at Jingle Belles we'd like to see holiday cards on which you combine an item or two that you've had in your craft stash for a bit; with something new that you received for the holidays... or shopped for yourself!

My NEW things consist of: lots of stickers from the Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Christmas Sticker Book I treated myself to; a brand new pack of EO Angel Brads that I got last summer, promptly lost and just now found again (yay!); and snowflakes diecut from very cool sticky-back felt that a friend gifted me. The OLD stuff is... everything else, lol; including: papers from Prima's Pretty Pale collection; doily scraps; gold glitter cardstock; and chipboard letter diecuts made from well-patina-ed vintage sheet music. The only downside to this card is that both my mom and my auntie have seen it and if I don't make second before December, there could be some trouble! ;)

JB2602: Something Old... Something New runs until the evening of Wednesday, January 28th. Hop over to Jingle Belles to see Stephanie's beautiful card and start planning what you'll link up with us this time!

Valentine ATCs

Eyelet Outlet Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads aren't just for breakfast anymore! Combine them with cute stamps and diabolical puns to make adorable Valentine themed Artist Trading Cards. Heart Washi and Tiny Heart Tape form the perfect seasonal background; Egg Brads, Bright Fresh Flowers and the Waffle from our Chicken and Waffles Set (the last three are on sale!) set the scene.

Handy Shopping List:

Bacon, Egg and Toast Brads

Egg Brads

Chicken and Waffles Brads

Bright Fresh Flower Brads

Heart Washi Tape 
Tiny Heart Washi Tape 

Check out all of the fabulous brads, tapes, bling, sequins and embellishments in the Eyelet Outlet Store!

SOS565: Out with the Old and in with the New

This might be one of the longest-ever titles for a challenge at Shopping Our Stash, but all we really want is for you to take some lovely OLD stash and pair it with something NEW you got over the holidays... or even something that you've had for a while but haven't used yet. Sound good? Here's what I made:

Stephanie, who knows how much I LOVE narwhals, gave me this super-duper-cuuuute Whimsy Stamps' Be Unique Stamp Set which has not one, not two, but three adorable narwhals; plus a tail and a bunch of great sentiments... which I didn't use this time, lol. I colored them with my Tombows and paired them with faux polaroids, alphabet stickers and cardstock buttons from Echo Park's Sweet Day collection, circa ten-or-so years ago? (Not sure exactly how old it is but it's OLD!) I added a plaid background from Photoplay and some yellow cardstock accents and called it good. 

SOS565: Out with the Old and in with the New runs until Monday evening, January 26th. Hop over to Shopping Our Stash and join the fun!

The Highlight(ers) of Mandala Monday

It's a soft and dreamy Mandala Monday thanks to these really fun double-sided pastel highlighters my mom found at the big box store. Gotta love it when an inexpensive art supply turns out to be fairly awesome, right?! 

Songbirds

It's my first art journal page of 2026, featuring my friend Gina's unique and colorful illustrations, fussycut from the fabulous Gina Is Arty Clipart Book, which she released this past Fall. There's a flip-through pinned to the top of her @ginaisarty profile if you'd like to see ALL the pages.

The sweet birds, the colorful tags and the gorgeously grungy heart are all from Gina's book. The Ledger Journal and the Typed Ledger quote are from Dina Wakley MEdia and are available on the @ranger_ink website. The rest of the items are from my embarrassingly large stash of collage goodies, including sheet music, an old Chinese astrology calendar, some washi tape, and gorgeous Big Dollar Trading Stamps that Stephanie found and gifted to me.

Here's a photo of the book, available on Amazon!

I hope you'll find some time this weekend to make something just for yourself! ♥

Wrap Artists

It's the second week of our "No Time Like the Presents" prompt at Jingle Belles, so Stephanie and I are still making cards using bits of leftover holiday wrapping paper and tags. You could make one, too, link up with us, and have a chance at a sweet little prize!

Here's my card:

I've got TWO styles of carefully-saved giftwrap here (the pink snowflake paper and the white snowflake paper in the background); plus the white tag with the pink tree was on one of my presents. (Pink Christmas runs in my family, lol!!!) I added some (ancient) KI Memories lasercut snowflake paper, and lots more tags and stickers to make a little collage on my 5.5" square card.

Hop over to Jingle Belles to link your giftwrap-inclusive cards and check out the inspiring Readers' Gallery. JB2601: No Time Like the Presents runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday, January 14th.