Catherine Pooler always comes up with fun holiday stamp and paper designs. I needed a quick card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew sketch and I pulled out her fabulous Patterns & Pine 6 x 6″ paper along with the sweet Happy Buddies stamp set and created a quick card with this week’s PCC sketch. How sweet is… Read More »
Do you have those packages of premade die cuts and ephemera? Perhaps you have a giant stash of them. I haven’t purchased any of those items for a very long time. Until recently. I’ve been getting the Simon Says Stamps card kits for quite some time and every few months they will have some of the die cut… Read More »
I spent last week trying to finish up a couple of classes that I have been taking and that involved creating projects to share in the class forums. Creating projects meant pulling out lots of fabulous stamps, dies and ink colors. I felt a high degree of frustration when I was using my Altenew inks because only about… Read More »
Are you at a point that you feel like you know every possible paper crafting technique? Sometimes it feels that way, but I still love taking classes. I always feel like if I get just one tip or idea, I’ve gotten value from the class and it was money well spent. I’m taking a class at Altenew Academy… Read More »
You will notice the date of this photo on this scrapbook page in my little journaling note. 2005. Yep! I’ve got some scrapbooking catching up to do. I found a photo box with some fun pictures of my kids from 2005 and it is going to be fun to walk down memory lane while I scrapbook these! To… Read More »
Have you ever had a stamp set that you just couldn’t get enough of? The Thankful Flowers stamp set from the Simon Says Card Kit has not moved from my studio table since I got it! I just keep pulling out those fabulous florals to color with my alcohol markers. Here is a single layer clean and… Read More »
Here is one more quick card to share with you using the Altenew Artist Marker Re-Inkers on Yupo paper. I used some rubbing alcohol, the Ruby Red, Warm Sunshine, and Desert Night reinkers on the Yupo paper and dabbed the excess off with a microfiber cloth. This gave some fun texture. Once this dried, I used the Atlenew… Read More »
Have you tried creating a card background with alcohol ink yet? You’ll be hooked when you do! The cards that I created to share with you today and tomorrow are both created with Altenew Alcohol Re-Inkers. The re-inkers are actually the Altenew Artist Marker refill inks, but they work beautifully on Yupo paper to create amazing backgrounds for… Read More »
Another quick card for you today. I was in the mood for a clean and simple single layer card. I pulled out Concord & 9th’s Autumn Harvest bundle and attempted a no line coloring technique. This week’s Paper Craft Crew is actually a Halloween themed card and the pumpkin was the handiest image I had! I played with… Read More »
Today’s card was totally inspired by the Altenew Academy Color Blending class taught by Kelly Latevola. I’ve included a link to this fantastic class in the supply list below. For less than $10 you get Kelly’s expertise. She is a super hero colorist! I used the October Simon Says Stamp Card Kit: Thankful Flowers to create this card… Read More »
I have a gift for you today! I just finished taking the Altenew Academy Color Blending class with Kelly Latevola and it was fabulous! The first lesson was all about color theory, creating color swatches and a color wheel. I’ve taken several color theory classes and I’ve been collecting my notes from them. I decided it was… Read More »
I’m taking a Color Blending class through Altenew Academy and I’m loving it. It’s taught by Kelly Latevola who is one of my favorite colorists to watch. For the first lesson, she had us create a color wheel and color swatches. We did a lesson on color theory. I will share all of that tomorrow along with… Read More »
I have a set of vintage jars that came from my grandmother’s house. They are these fantastic blue glass jars and they are giant. I absolutely love them. My card today was inspired by those jars and by this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. As soon as I saw the card sketch, I knew that I wanted to… Read More »
It’s hard to resist a stamp set as cute as the MFT Stamps Squirrel! set. The little squirrels and acorns were too adorable not to add to my shopping cart! This week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was the perfect sketch to pull out some of my favorite Sunny Studio Stamps 6×6″ patterned paper to use as the background… Read More »
I was in the mood for a clean and simple single layer card for today, so I took some liberties with the card sketches for my design teams. I’ve used Catherine Pooler’s Fluttering Friends stamp set and her mandarin spice, tiara, eucalyptus and icing on the cake inks. I added some detailed coloring with my Altenew Artist markers… Read More »