Over the past year there have been several self discoveries I’ve made about myself as a card maker. I like clean and simple cards. I really like that white space. I’m not always good at leaving it, but I really like it. I also like single layer cards. In that, I personally include the cards that I just… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a color challenge. I think that color challenges are my least favorite. The choices always tend to be colors I wouldn’t put together on an ordinary basis. Here is my card: Here is the color challenge from the Paper Craft Crew: For some reason, this color combo reminds me… Read More »
I’m calling this the Packed Heart Card! It’s a mixed media card with what feels like a little bit of almost everything! I’ve got Glitter Glaze from Brutus Monroe that I used the Flowing Drops stencil with from Altenew. Then there is the alcohol ink heart cut with the new Sunny Studio scalloped and stitched hearts. The Love… Read More »
I created this flower on Friday to participate in the Flower Challenge. Their challenge was to create a floral card with an older stamp and/or die. I pulled out the Artistic Dahlia stamp that I had purchased from Hero Arts some time ago and never got around to using. I bought it to practice coloring techniques with it… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew is a Holiday Challenge! I gleefully pulled out a few of my favorite things…my favorite poinsettia stamp from Catherine Pooler’s Tis The Season Winterhaven Collection and the Merry Christmas Layered Word Die from her Home For The Holidays Collection. I stamped everything in Versa Mark ink and added Brustus Monroe’s Christmas Eve embossing… Read More »
I ran out of day before I ran out of things to do today! My card for this week’s Paper Craft Crew ended up being a little rushed, but I got a chance to use a couple of stamp sets that I recently purchased. I decided to go with the classic Christmas colors and I used Catherine Pooler’s… Read More »
This week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge is a challenge to use your favorite new product. I’ve tried so many new products this year that it really is impossible to pick just one. I decided to share my favorite new products of the week! How adorable is this little penguin on the snowy hills under the night sky? What… Read More »
I found this stamp company that I just love. Have you tried Kat Scrappiness? I found it when I was trying to get the Gina K Wreath Builder kit and she was all sold out. I poked around the internet and found that a stamp store by the name of Kat Scrappiness still had it in stock and… Read More »
Create a pretty pearlized sheen on your cards using the Nuvo Embellishment Mousse in Powder Blue and Mother of Pearl. I’m having a blast experimenting with this embellishment mousse just to see what I can do with it. Today’s card and technique was created using this week’s Paper Craft Crew card sketch. This fabulous sketch is very clean… Read More »
Today’s Paper Craft Crew challenge is an inspiration challenge. It’s all about fall and nature. As of today, not one single tree has changed color on the East End of Long Island. I’m telling you that every single deciduous tree is still green. We’re supposed to have a giant Nor’easter this weekend and all the leaves will get… Read More »
It’s time for the Paper Craft Crew to have a color challenge for fall! It’s orange, purple, lime green and one color of your choice…I chose a butterscotch yellow. I used the Hedgehog Hollow October Kit for this card. The stamp set is from The Ink Road created exclusively for The Hedgehog Hollow. I created an alcohol ink… Read More »
Today was one of those crafting slump days for me. I was exhausted when I got home from work and fell asleep for 2 hours. When I woke up, I had to double time it to get my Paper Craft Crew design team submission done for the week. I just couldn’t get it together…even when provided with the… Read More »
One of my favorite techniques with a giant bloom image is to stamp it several times and cut out different parts of it and layer them together with foam tape to add dimension to the bloom. My second ever card class taught me this technique and we used Outline Stamps with fabulous results. I used the same technique… Read More »
Wait! What?! I create an alcohol ink background and then I use a special ink to lift some of it off my background? That’s what I said! If you follow me, you know that my latest class is all about re-inkers and I just fell in love with the re-inking techniques that I’ve been doing using the Altenew… Read More »
That’s right…I said it. Life begins AFTER coffee. Other people who are near me in the morning don’t seem to get it. Never interact with me before coffee. I pulled out one of several coffee and tea stamp and die sets that I have. You really only need one coffee and tea set unless there is an image… Read More »