Friday, May 15, 2026

Challenge #277 ~ Anything Goes w/twist "Flowers for Mom"

 Hello there, all you crafty people! This month we began another new Challenge, #277, over at Crafty Gals Challenges This one is with the twist of Flowers for Mom. Of Course, you can do any card or papercraft, but we always have a twist for you if you choose to do so! I went with the Flowers for Mom. Here is my card:


I love using embossing folders. They give a really good dimension to the card. And if you wanted, you can add color to it. This time I decided no color. 

So of course I cut and folded my base for the card, then I add a pink paper for mounting, size 4"x5 1/4", then took a white piece of 3"x3 3/4" and that's when I did my embossing. Before I mounted all of them together, I put my white piece into an embossing folder and then through my machine. 

I then mounted a white strip of paper onto the pink paper, giving it a sentiment first. I finished the card by added the roses to the top of the card. And that's all there was to it! 

Be sure you go to the Crafty Gals blog and enter into our monthly challenge! And share with your friends too!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis, Scrapbookingmamaw



Saturday, March 14, 2026

Crafty Gals Corner #275 - Make it Green!

 Hello everyone and welcome to my Blog. This month we start a new challenge over at Crafty Gals Challenges #275. The challenge for this month Anything Goes with a twist - Make it Green!

So make it green I did! Totally green. All over. 🤣 Anyway, here it is:


As you can see, I don’t have a digital on this card. I actually didn’t want to use a digital this time. So I use a base card of white, added a mat of light green, then embossed a smaller mat with a folder, then added my sentiment to my pieces to go along with the sentiment. It’s a simple yet effective card. 

I hope that you decide to join us over at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges!

See you next time!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis – Scrapbookingmamaw


Friday, February 13, 2026

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #274 with twist

 Hello everyone! Well, it’s time for another challenge over at Crafty Gals CornerThe theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist "Hearts" ~

So that mean’s Valentine’s Day is coming! We’d love to see your cards for this. A heart isn’t required for this challenge…it’s optional. But I did decide to add hearts to my card. Check it out!



We hope to see you there! And Happy Valentine’s Day!

Many blessings, Jeanie Ellis
Scrapbookingmamaw

Monday, January 26, 2026

CGC Challenge #273 - With a Twist!

Hello, everyone! I’m here with the first challenge of the New Year 2026 (wait! Didn’t we just have Y2K??). Anyway, I had taken off a few months so I could handle the fall and the holidays better, during which includes what would have been my anniversary. But I’m back now!

So for this Challenge #273, the theme is Anything Goes with an Optional Twist: Use a Snowman! (Be sure you use paper, because this is a paper challenge blog).

So here is what I created, using a snowman from free internet images (be sure they aren’t watermarked).



I hope you enjoy this little card. And I hope to see you over at the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge Blog!

Many blessings, Jeanie Ellis, Scapbookingmamaw

Friday, June 13, 2025

Crafty Gals Challenge - #268 Fill in the blank: Dad's ____________

Hello and Welcome back to my blog! If you view my blog, you might notice that I'm missing some challenges. The truth is, I've been going through some sickness and missing my husband. Our sweet Challenge Coordinator for the Crafty Gals Corner, gave me time off so I could heal physically and emotionally. She a wonderful team leader. So, let's get on with the challenge, shall we?

 The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Fill in the blank - Dad's _____ ~
(day, cars, clothes, hobbies, sports, tools, birthday,  etc.)

  Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order)


Prize ~ 2 Digital Images


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Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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For this challenge, I chose a cute little bee/flower digital. At the time, I was thinking...it's so cute. Surely I can figure out what to make with this image (with a few doubts in the back of my mind). But! I figured it out! And here is what I made:


So, for my card, I decided to make the buzzing theme to become dad’s birthday! I love how the bees turned out and I’m so excited that they came out so well. In the thistle, I had to look up what they look like and I came as close to it as I could. All in all this is a cute image and there’s a lot of things one can do with this image.

This cute little image came from SheepSki Designs (the specific image link is under the picture). I hope that you will join us in this fun challenge! See you there!

Blessings, 
Jeanie Ellis, Scrapbookingmamaw


Monday, February 17, 2025

Crafty Gals Corner #264

 Hello, crafters! We started a new challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner, #264. The theme for this challenge is: 


~ Fill in the blank - Pink_____ ~
(hearts, candy, bows, flowers, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order)


Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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There are a lot of things you can color using pink. But for this challenge, using the color pink, I chose to color my digital with a pink dress. Here she is:

Using: Abigail
LeAnn's World 101

Isn’t she lovely? I took a card base and used my inks to color the background. Then I Rand it through my machine with an embossing folder. I thought about using a mat on top of that, but it would have hidden a lot of the design, so I dismissed that idea. 

Then I took my TriBlend markers and colored her up, focusing mainly on her dress. I then placed her on the top of the card. And that’s it! 

Please be sure to check out the challenge blog. I hope you will join us! 

Thank you for stopping in! 

Blessings, 
Jeanie Ellis, Scrapbookingmamaw



Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Crafty Gals Corner #263 Fill in the Blanks

 Happy New Year crafting friends!  And welcome to the first challenge of the year 2025 with Crafty Gals Corner!

We have fun challenges for you this coming year, all with the theme of
 "Fill in the Blank".  We look forward to seeing all your creative projects!

The theme for our challenge this month is: 

~ Fill in the blank - Snow _______ ~ 
(examples: man, flake, globe, buddies, etc.)

Our sponsors for this challenge are: 


Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis


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Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:
I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

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Now onto my project. Here’s what I created with the link to the digital image.

Last Minute Manda

These Little Snow people are just so adorable! And what’s even more awesome Is that all I had to do was print out the images to the size I needed, mount them on some silver foil paper, added some jeweled gems, And mount them to the base of the 4 x 4 cards. And they became cute little note cards!

And when I’m ready to send off a note card to someone, all I have to do is write on the inside of the card or stamp it and send it off!

I do hope that you will join us in our challenge for this month. Thanks for stopping in! Stay safe and stay warm!

Blessings, Jeanie Ellis
Scrapbookingmamaw