This Sweet Madness
The home of The Royal Pumpkin, Lisa's personal art blog for all things crafty. Partnering with my Etsy shop, this blog will feature my crafty creations and the things that inspire them.
Monday, March 18, 2024
31 Days of Crafting - Day Eighteen - Be Fearless
Sunday, March 17, 2024
31 Days of Crafting - Day Seventeen - Gingerbread Christmas Wishes
The only thing I like better than a Christmas card is a Christmast cocoa card!!! (Or coffee or tea!) I actually made peppermint hot cocoa the other morning because it might be March, but Michigan weather doesn't know that.
Just a few challenges:
- Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge - #27 GREEN
- Peace on Earth Christmas - #60 Anything Christmas Goes 1/3
- Simon Says Stamp Monday - A Bit O Green 1/5
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - A Bit O Green 1/5
Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated Christmas crafting! Laters!!
Friday, March 15, 2024
**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with The Creative Crafters!!
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
31 Days of Crafting - Day Thirteen - He's JUST Ken!!!
**SPRING INTO CARDMAKING IG HOP** Week One - Birth Month Flowers
We're back!! Welcome to Week 1 of the Spring Into Cardmaking Hop hosted by @kellysantidesigns! Each Wednesday we will share a themed card focusing on the joy of spring. This week's theme is Birth Month Flowers. If this theme inspires you, please share your creation on IG using the hashtag #springintocardmakinghop.
I actually had so much fun making this card. I had to research what November's birth flower is, and it's chrysanthemum, and then I had to raid my stash for something I could use. I got this set from Unity Stamp Co. along with some astrological stamps last year and had forgotten all about it. The stamps are TINY but I made it work. And I just love this card sketch, you might see different variations of this card in the future :)
Just a few challenges:
Thanks so much for looking and be sure to visit my Instagram to view the whole hop! Laters!!
Monday, March 11, 2024
31 Days of Crafting - Day Eleven - Baby Boy Joy
Saturday, March 9, 2024
31 Days of Crafting - Day Nine - Bombshell Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBIE!! My favorite doll turns 65 today, and as always, I made a card to celebrate it!
I also want to note that while I have been posting birthday cards I make to honor Barbie here on my blog since 2014, I don't really know that the world made such a big deal out of "National Barbie Day" before the whole movie/speech/Kennough thing. (Want me take on all of THAT? Scroll to the bottom, or wait until my post on Wednesday!!)
Just a few challenges:
- Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
- Crafty Catz - #667 Anything Goes 2/5
- Word Art Wednesday - #638 Anything Goes 3/5
Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting. Laters!!
***BARBIE PSA HERE*** As a lifelong Barbie lover, I have made the not-at-all difficult decision not to watch the movie. It's nothing against Margot Robbie who, from what I've seen on television, plays the part--despite that RIDICULOUS SCRIPT--quite well. She has the look and the personality to embody the doll we all grew up loving. But that's where all the good about this movie ends. Let us not forget too, that Greta Gerwig initially wanted that COW^ Amy Schumer to play this role! The movie is just not what Barbie is about. And look, it's CALLED Barbie, and yes, it features many, many, many Barbies (one of the better aspects of the film), but it's too much about Ken. Poor Ken. Oh get over yourself! Women have taken a backseat to men everywhere since the beginning of time, and she goes and makes the Barbie movie about KEN? Are you kidding me? And then there's Gloria and her "speech". Have any of you seen or read the speech? It's RIDICULOUS. It may have held some water had it been written in 1959 when Barbie was introduced, but today? It's utterly indulgent and insulting to women everywhere!!! I've seen women in shirts with this speech printed on it, and I just shake my head. Do they actually agree with all that BS, or do they just support it because they think they're supposed to? UGH I hate it. I hate it all.
^I apologize to cows everywhere for that analogy, I think most of us would rather have a real cow in our homes than be anywhere near Amy Schumer 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮